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HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of. Join us.

Global Safety Medical Director

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will serve as the safety expert of the assigned product(s) within the Hematology-Oncology portfolio.

You will:

Establish the strategy, direction, and priorities of pharmacovigilance activities and is accountable for the overall safety profile and all product-related decisions and deliverables for assigned products.

You will also lead the Safety Analysis Team (SAT), Global Safety Team (GST) and is a core member of the Executive Safety Committee (ESC).

Serve as a member of the Evidence Generation Team and other relevant cross-functional teams and will be assigned as delegated for the Therapeutic Area Head (TAH).

Key activities

• Validate safety signals and lead safety signal assessments

• Develop and maintain Core Safety Information (core data sheet, core risks in informed consent forms, etc.)

• Prepare/review core and regional risk management plans including additional risk minimization measures

• Prepare/review safety sections of periodic aggregate reports

• Provide safety input to protocols, statistical analysis plans, and clinical study reports

• Prepare/review safety sections of new drug applications and other regulatory filings

• Serve as safety expert on Evidence Generation Team for assigned products

• Inspection Readiness

• Domestic and International travel up to 10%

Win

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Global Safety Director we seek is a medical and scientific professional with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications

Doctorate with 4 years of experience OR Master's degree with 8 years of experience OR Bachelor's with 10 years experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Medical degree and full GMC registration
• Extensive pharmacovigilance (PV) experience.
• Product safety in the bio/pharmaceutical industry or regulatory agency
• Previous management and/or mentoring experience
• Experience in the study/research and/or treatment of Oncology disease states

Thrive

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

• Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization
• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act
• Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits

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for a career that defies imagination

In our quest to serve patients above all else, Amgen is the first to imagine, and the last to doubt. Join us.

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