Executive Director Study Start-Up

Cambridge - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 17 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Career Category

Clinical

Job Description

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION

At Amgen every challenge is an opportunity. And every opportunity brings the potential to change lives. Our shared missionto serve patientshas driven our status as one of the worlds preeminent biotechnology companies reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Leverage your high-level expertise to lead and forge partnerships that advance the biotechnical and biopharmaceutical science that can turn the tide of serious life-interrupting illnesses.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STUDY START-UP

LIVE

What you will do

In this vital role you will lead the Study Start-Up (SSU) Hub as a global center of excellence defining and implementing a unified SSU capability strategy that accelerates start-up timelines and ensures consistent quality across all programs and therapeutic areas.

You will shape a scalable operating model influence portfolio and program planning through governance forums and champion innovation digital solutions and continuous improvement to strengthen global study start-up performance.

Key Responsibilities:

Defining and governing the global SSU strategy integrating sub-function approaches into a cohesive scalable capability aligned with enterprise priorities.

Serving as the global escalation point for start-up risks and issues ensuringtimelyresolution and portfolio-level visibility.

Building and leading global SSU leadership team fostering accountability talent development andcenter-of-excellence.

Overseeing global study start-up planning and execution to consistently meet timeline quality and performance targets.

Embedding standardized metrics KPIs and performance management to drive transparency and improvement.

Partnering with senior leaders across Clinical Development Operations Regulatory and Regions to align resources and enable trial success.

RepresentingAmgen externally and internally bringing industry insights into the organization and positioning the SSU Hub as a strategic enabler of clinical trial administration.

WIN

What we expect of you

We are all different yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. What we seek in you as an experienced professional are these qualifications and skills:

Degree educated.

Extensive experience in biotech or pharma with deepexpertisein clinical trial execution.

Strong leadership experienceinglobal cross-functional and geographically diverse clinical teams including managing leaders in complex organizations.

Demonstrated success driving cross-functional change and operational transformation.

Deep knowledge of end-to-end clinical development across early and late stages.

Experience building capabilities including training and performance improvement.

Strong stakeholder management and senior-level influencing skills.

Strategic enterprise-minded problem solver with a portfolio-level perspective.

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.

Clear and disciplined strategic vision for the future that leverages superior-quality products operational excellence and top-shelf-talent
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

LOCATION: Ability to work fully remote or if situated near an office the option to work flexibly from home with occasional office presence at our Cambridge or Uxbridge next-generation workspace.

Application due date: 12th February 2026

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for a career that defies imagination

What we do is hard. It should be. We are working with each other against the challenges of today for the promise of tomorrow. Lead the way.

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