Amgen Capability Center Portugal Ltda Posted July 7, 2026

Clinical Scientist Director - Late Development Oncology

Portugal, Spain Full time
Drug Discovery & Preclinical Research Oncology Director

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About this opportunity

Career Category

Clinical

Job Description

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission, to serve patients living with serious illnesses, drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Clinical Scientist Director – Late Development Oncology

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role, the Clinical Scientist Director will support late-phase clinical development by translating scientific and clinical strategy into actionable execution across clinical trials. The Clinical Scientist serves as a key clinical development team member, providing hands-on oversight of protocol execution, medical data review, and clinical data quality to enable high-quality, decision-ready data. The Clinical Scientist works collaboratively within cross-functional teams to ensure clinical trials are executed in alignment with protocol intent, regulatory expectations, and Amgen quality standards.

Serve as a clinical and scientific subject-matter expert for the assigned therapeutic area and disease indication, with a strong focus on protocol execution and data integrity.

Contribute to medical monitoring activities and support ongoing assessment of subject-level clinical data to identify trends, risks, and emerging issues.

Present information internally and externally, anticipating and actively managing problems across a broad spectrum of cross-functional teams.

Provide guidance and assistance in the identification and management of collaborators, consultants, and/or Clinical Research Organizations (CROs) in completion of key projects.

Work cross functionally to ensure clinical strategy is translated into the development of the study concept document, study protocol, and related documents.

Ensure integrity of protocols and/or components of clinical plans and for the delivery of final protocol and its governance approval.

Provide clinical input into & implementation of clinical trial(s), delivery, clinical data review, and interpretation of results.

Review and analyze clinical trial data to ensure accuracy, completeness, and adherence to protocol and regulatory requirements.

Conduct thorough data quality assessments in the context of a data monitoring plan to maintain high standards of data accuracy and integrity throughout the trial lifecycle.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The dynamic professional we seek is a leader with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 4 years of life sciences/healthcare experience

OR

Master’s degree and 7 years of life sciences/healthcare experience

OR

Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of life sciences/healthcare experience

Preferred Qualifications:

5 years of pharmaceutical clinical drug development experience

Strong preference for individuals with proven track record of clinical trial process improvement

Industry or academic experience in late-phase drug development for Oncology

Strong communication & presentation skills to clearly communicate scientific concepts /data to leadership committees both internally or externally (both written and oral)

Experience with designing, monitoring, and implementing clinical trials for Oncology and interpreting test results in compliance with Good Clinical Practice standards and regulatory requirements

Understanding of conducting study data readout activities, including data cleaning, data base lock, data extract, producing outputs of data

Experience drafting high level submission documents for regulatory submissions including authoring clinical regulatory responses for health regulatory interactions

Serving as a contributing author to scientific publications and data presentations at scientific conferences

Experience in clinical data analysis such as Spotfire or other data analysis tools

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of 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 that may include:

A 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

Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible

Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team. careers.amgen.com In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

Application deadline

Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.

As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided 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 accommodation.

. Salary Range

105,822.45 EUR - 143,171.55 EUR

Job details

Seniority
Director
Function
Drug Discovery & Preclinical Research
Therapeutic area
Oncology
Location
Portugal, Spain
Employment type
Full time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Drug Discovery & Preclinical Research role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 94 comparable Director Drug Discovery & Preclinical Research roles across 22 biopharma companies.

94Comparable roles tracked
89Currently active
22Companies hiring similar roles
7Countries represented

Salary context

41 of 94 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Peer group range $129,125 – $322,650 (median $224,445)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 94 comparable roles

United States83
China3
India2
China's Mainland2
United Kingdom2
Switzerland1

+ 1 more countries

Seniority mix

94 of 94 peers have a known seniority level

Principal57
Director25
Senior Director12

Therapeutic area mix

21 of 94 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology10
Immunology4
Cardiovascular / CVRM4
Vaccines & Infectious Disease1
Neuroscience1
Respiratory1

Similar opportunities

The closest matches from our peer group, ranked by how similar they are, not how well you'd qualify for them -- treat this as market context, not a guaranteed shortlist; a weak match is labeled as one below.

85%similar
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85%similar
Amgen Inc. South San Francisco, United States Director
Same function Same therapeutic area Same seniority
85%similar
Merck Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America Director
Same function Same therapeutic area Same seniority
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Same function Same therapeutic area Same seniority
75%similar
Lilly San Francisco, California, United States of America Principal
Same function Same therapeutic area Adjacent seniority
75%similar
Cambridge Discovery Hub Cambridge Crossing, United States Principal
Same function Same therapeutic area Adjacent seniority

How we calculate "similar"

No black box, no LLM guesswork: a deterministic score built from four normalized attributes. Here's this role's own peer group at different match levels, so you can see the mechanism, not just the result.

Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

85%
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Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
85%
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Function Therapeutic area Adjacent seniority Country
Unmatched or unknown dimensions score exactly the same: 0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.