About the Role
Amgen's shared mission to serve patients drives all that we do. We are global collaborators researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. This role provides proactive end-to-end quality support for the development and implementation of a risk-based quality assurance strategy that advances quality by design principles for the full clinical development program.
Responsibilities
- Provide proactive end-to-end quality support for the development and implementation of a risk-based quality assurance strategy that advances quality by design principles for the full clinical development program, including protocol development, database lock, and regulatory submissions/approvals.
- Oversee quality management and ensure compliance for global and local clinical trials by supporting study teams and trial sites involved in Amgen-sponsored Trials.
- Serve as the GCP quality SME, providing independent quality guidance for clinical trial activities aligned with global regulations and best practices.
- Oversee quality and compliance across all stages of clinical development programs, including risk management through RACT and protection of patient safety, rights, and data integrity.
- Support clinical trial teams with quality management activities such as deviations/CAPAs, inspection readiness, serious breaches, privacy issues, and regulatory inspection responses.
- Review protocols and trial processes to drive simplification, apply lessons learned, and identify critical data and operational risks.
- Implement innovative, risk-based quality oversight approaches using advanced analytics, AI, and NLP methodologies.
- Monitor and analyze quality metrics and trends, identify gaps, and recommend corrective and preventive actions to stakeholders and senior leadership.
- Provide vendor quality oversight and support regional compliance with local regulations and regulatory requirements.
- Plan, conduct, and report risk-based GCP audits, including investigator site, affiliate, and study-level audits.
Requirements
- Strong experience in GCP within Clinical R&D, Quality, or Study Management environments.
- Knowledge of electronic Quality Management Systems (e.g., Veeva, TrackWise) and clinical trial oversight processes.
- Solid understanding of clinical development, protocol execution, regulatory submissions, and inspection management.
- Proven ability to support operational and quality oversight of clinical trials from development through submission.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including business writing and stakeholder engagement.
- Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to simplify complex processes and technical concepts.
- Background in Quality Management/Assurance and risk-based quality approaches within the pharmaceutical or biotech industry is preferred.
Skills
- GCP
- Clinical R&D
- Quality
- Study Management
- Electronic Quality Management Systems
- Veeva
- TrackWise
- Clinical trial oversight
- Clinical development
- Protocol execution
- Regulatory submissions
- Inspection management
- Risk-based quality approaches
- Advanced analytics
- AI
- NLP
- Communication skills
- Business writing
- Stakeholder engagement
- Analytical skills
- Critical-thinking
- Problem-solving
Location
- Cambridge
- Uxbridge
Work Type
- Flexible from home
- Regular office work
Experience Level
- Experienced professional
Education Level
- Degree educated
Benefits
- 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
About the Company
- Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics.
- This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology.
- Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its biologics manufacturing expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives.
- A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential.
Equal Opportunity
- Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.
- We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
- Please contact us to request an accommodation.
