Biostatistics, Manager

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

You’ve worked hard to become the professional you are today and are now ready to take the next step in your career. How will you put your skills, experience and passion to work toward your goals? 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, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Come do your best work alongside other innovative, driven professionals in this meaningful role.

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will work as a statistician in the Centralized Statistical Monitoring (CSM) Team and build machine learning and other statistical models, as well as support their implementation and deployment through a good understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). CSM is a key component of Quality by Design as advocated in the ICH E6 guideline and is fundamental in ensuring data integrity and quality for analysis.

• Work with Business owner to support the CSM analysis system
• Be a key contributor to the statistical team supporting CSM and be accountable for own deliverables and support team members' results
• Lead the build, implementation and deployment of machine learning models and other statistical models, as assigned by the CSM Statistical Team Lead
• Lead the development of business requirements through collaborations with cross-functional partners, as assigned by the CSM Statistical Team Lead
• Support statistical elements related to CSM studies set-up and execution, as the assigned CSM Statistician

Win

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Biostatistics Manager we seek is technically adept with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree in statistics or related field OR Master’s degree in statistics or related field and 3 years of pharmaceutical/biotech clinical statistics experience OR Bachelor’s degree in statistics or related field and 5 years of pharmaceutical/biotech clinical statistics experience OR Associate’s degree in statistics or related field and 10 years of pharmaceutical/biotech clinical statistics experience OR High school diploma / GED and 12 years of pharmaceutical/biotech clinical statistics experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with large data sets, data mining, and machine learning tools
• A good understanding of clinical data
• Experience working in a software development environment
• Experience constructing data visualizations of clinical data
• Experience with SAS programming and/or R
• Understanding of Clinical Trials
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate large amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
• Independent, self-motivated, organized, able to multi-task in time-sensitive environments, and skilled in communication, facilitation, and collaboration
• Familiarity with DevOps and software best practices (i.e., version control, continuous integration, test driven development)
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)

Thrive

What you can expect of us

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

The annual base salary range for this opportunity in the U.S. is $121,844- $135,382.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan comprising health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities including:

• Comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts.
• A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan
• Stock-based long-term incentives
• Award-winning time-off plans and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns
• Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible