Senior Manager Biostatistical Programming
About this opportunity
Career Category
Clinical Development
Job Description
What you will do
Amgen is expanding its Global Statistical Programming (GSP) capabilities, with Amgen Taiwan playing a key role in supporting integrated delivery across regions. As a Senior Manager of Biostatistical Programming (Programming Execution Lead), you will partner with the Global Programming Lead (GPL) and lead an offshore team of Study Lead Programmers (SLP) and Study Programmers (SP) to ensure successful execution of end-to-end programming activities for products within or across therapeutic areas. Together with the GPL, this Senior Manager will be accountable and responsible for Global Statistical Programming study results and drug approval submission activities for the assigned product areas.
Key Responsibilities:
Accountable and responsible for ensuring successful execution and delivery of Global Statistical Programming milestone analysis deliverables and regulatory submission packages for a product, or group of Amgen products, being supported by the offshore programming team.
Work with GPL to ensure successful implementation of programming strategies, such as functional standards and industry requirements for the assigned product globally.
Plan and monitor progress of projects and address issues accordingly.
Provide GSP product level input to developing and managing resource plans and budgets for GSP.
Efficiently and effectively monitor and utilize assigned staff at product level according to priorities.
Lead and/or participate in departmental process improvement initiatives and cross-functional working groups.
Assist in study and system audits and inspections by internal and external bodies.
Develop, review, and implement Policies, SOPs and other controlled documents affecting GSP globally.
Provide hands-on support to the assigned product areas as required.
Provide coaching and mentoring to local programming staff.
Provide input into career development plans for all staff on assigned projects
Win
What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is a results-oriented, tech-forward programming leader with deep expertise in clinical trial operations and digital transformation.
Basic Qualifications :
BA/BSc or higher degree in biostatistics, statistics, mathematics, computer science, or other related quantitative or scientific subjects, with at least 8 years of statistical programming experience in clinical development environment.
Strong technical, communication, and leadership skills
Ability to lead and manage programmers in successful and timely completion of all programming activities for a study or multiple studies from end to end
Experience developing a successful offshore statistical programming team
Flexibility and desire to work across different time-zones
Advanced analysis and reporting skills in SAS (including SAS/STAT, Macro, Graph, SQL, etc.) and/or R
Prior regulatory submission experience for drug approval
Thorough understanding and experience with data quality and compliance checks
Experience in software development (e.g., gathering user requirements, creating technical specifications, developing code, creating, and driving test plans)
Experience working effectively in a globally dispersed team environment with cross-cultural partners
Prior staff development leadership and project management experience
Excellent oral and written English communication skills
Ability to effectively perform complex statistical programming and related tasks
Preferred Skills :
MSc or higher degree in statistics, biostatistics, mathematics, or related quantitative or scientific subjects
Familiarity with open-source programming tools (e.g., R, Python), automation platforms, and emerging technologies in statistical programming
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.
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
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Job details
How this role compares
Computed from every other active Clinical Development role in our database, not just this employer's listings.
We currently track 266 comparable Manager Clinical Development roles across 45 biopharma companies.
Salary context
64 of 266 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.
Where these roles are based
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Seniority mix
266 of 266 peers have a known seniority level
Therapeutic area mix
26 of 266 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden
Similar opportunities
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How we calculate "similar"
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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.
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.