Canada Country Head, Global Study & Site Operations Associate Director

About Amgen

At Amgen, you are part of something bigger, driven by a shared mission to serve patients living with serious illnesses. Since 1980, Amgen has pioneered the world of biotech, fighting against tough diseases across four therapeutic areas: Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease. Millions of patients benefit each year from Amgen's innovative medicines. As a member of the Amgen team, you will make a lasting impact, contributing to research, manufacturing, and delivery of medicines that help people live longer, fuller, happier lives. Amgen's award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science-based, providing an environment where those with a passion for challenges can thrive. Join Amgen and transform patient lives while advancing your career.

The Opportunity: Canada Country Head, Global Study & Site Operations Associate Director

Let's do this. Let's change the world. In this vital role, you will provide strategic and operational leadership for all study and site execution within Canada, ensuring the delivery of the clinical portfolio in alignment with global study strategies, regulatory requirements, and Amgen quality standards.

What You Will Do

• Accountable for end-to-end study, site, and site engagement execution across Canada, delivering start-up, enrolment, retention, data quality, and patient safety outcomes in compliance with local regulations and global strategies.
• Provide strategic leadership for country commitments, acting as a key advisor on study feasibility, placement, and site selection, aligned to global portfolio priorities and regional strengths.
• Lead, line-manage, and develop the Canadian Country/Hub team, ensuring clear direction, strong performance, capability development, and succession planning to deliver portfolio and organizational objectives.
• Ensure adequate and timely resourcing across study delivery, site operations, and monitoring roles, working closely with global partners to match capacity and capability to portfolio demand.
• Drive site engagement through a clearly differentiated Amgen site experience, strengthening investigator and site relationships through strong leadership, compliance, innovation, and collaboration with global study teams.
• Oversee country-level financial and operational management, including budgets, forecasting, vendor oversight, and efficient allocation of resources to ensure accountability and value delivery.
• Lead country governance and risk management, including chairing the Country Management Team (CMT), representing Canada in senior governance forums, and managing risks, issues, and escalation to protect quality and delivery.
• Ensure regulatory compliance, inspection readiness, and continuous improvement, promoting best-practice sharing, audit readiness, and adherence to ICH-GCP, SOPs, and local regulatory requirements.

What We Expect Of You

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The candidate we seek is an individual with the following qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree and 3 years of clinical execution experience OR Master’s degree and 7 years of clinical execution experience OR Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of clinical execution experience.
• In addition to meeting at least one of the above requirements, you must have at least 3 years’ experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation of resources. Your managerial experience may run concurrently with the required technical experience referenced above.

Preferred Qualifications:

• +8 years’ work experience in life sciences or medically related field, including 6 years of biopharmaceutical clinical research experience (clinical research experience obtained working on clinical trials at a biotech, pharmaceutical or CRO company).
• Experience at, or oversight of, clinical research vendors (CRO’s, central labs, imaging vendors, etc.).
• Significant experience managing clinical operations across relevant geography / region, including strong understanding of local regulatory requirements around global clinical trials.

What You Can Expect Of Us

Amgen cares for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From competitive benefits to a collaborative culture, Amgen supports your journey every step of the way. The annual base salary range for this opportunity in Canada is $170,268 - $210,225 CAD. Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans aligned with local industry standards. Amgen is proud to be recognized as one of LinkedIn Top 25 Companies in Canada for career growth.

Key skills/competency

• Clinical Operations Leadership
• Site Management
• Regulatory Compliance (ICH-GCP)
• Team Leadership & Development
• Strategic Planning
• Budget & Financial Oversight
• Risk Management
• Vendor Management
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Continuous Improvement