Role Name: Study Delivery Senior Associate
Role GCF: 4
ABOUT AMGEN
Amgen harnesses the best of biology and technology to fight the world’s toughest diseases, and make people’s lives easier, fuller and longer. We discover, develop, manufacture and deliver innovative medicines to help millions of patients. Amgen helped establish the biotechnology industry more than 40 years ago and remains on the cutting-edge of innovation, using technology and human genetic data to push beyond what’s known today.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Role Description:
The Study Delivery Senior Associate provides essential global operational support to clinical study teams, ensuring timely, high-quality, and compliant study execution. They complete assigned by the Study Managers and Leads start-up and conduct activities, own specific study tasks, support with monitoring for risks or issues, and escalate early warning signals with proposed solutions to relevant stakeholders.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Study Planning & Coordination
Support and sometimes own the development and maintenance of study-level trackers, dashboards, timelines, and tools (e.g., vendor management, sample tracking, drug supply planning) to ensure accuracy and visibility.
Coordinate logistics for investigator meetings, trial events, and site communications.
Manage assigned start-up activities, including system setup, access management, and document readiness, ensuring completion to required standards.
Study Execution & Oversight
Use study dashboards and reports to monitor global enrollment, data flow, and quality indicators, taking proactive action to address deviations and risks.
Lead delivery of assigned risk and quality management activities
Track and report study progress, coordinating with Study team and vendors to resolve operational issues and maintain compliance.
Deliver assigned components of global recruitment and retention strategies to help ensure enrollment targets are achieved.
Stakeholder Engagement & Team Collaboration
Build and maintain effective relationships with internal study team members, vendors and investigator sites
Act as a point of contact for routine study updates, ensuring stakeholders are informed and aligned.
Identify, prioritize, and escalate risks effectively to support swift, informed decisions
Site & Vendor Engagement
Coordinate with vendors and suppliers to ensure quality, speed, and consistency in deliverables.
Data & Systems Management
Maintain and monitor clinical trial systems (e.g., CTMS), ensuring accurate and timely data entry and reporting.
Support data collection oversight, including query resolution and reconciliation activities.
Manage trial documentation (e.g., TMF) to ensure inspection readiness.
Process Improvement & Knowledge Sharing
Contribute to best practice development, knowledge-sharing and process improvement within the study support community.
Proactively identify and highlight opportunities to streamline / automate activities within remit.
Support Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) processes and embed lessons learned across studies.
Basic Qualifications and Experience:
Master’s degree OR
Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of clinical execution experience OR
Associate’s degree and 6 years of clinical execution experience OR
High school diploma / GED and 8 years of clinical execution experience
Preferred Qualifications and Experience:
3 years work experience in life sciences or medically related field, including 1 years of biopharmaceutical clinical research experience obtained working on clinical trials in a biotech, pharmaceutical or CRO company
Experience working on global clinical trials
Competencies:
Understands importance of accuracy in documentation, data tracking, and compliance checks. Identifies discrepancies and escalates appropriately.
Expertise in clinical trial processes, operations, and oversight in biotech, pharmaceutical, or Contract Research Organization environments
Strong skills in using MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other relevant software for documentation, data management, and trial support
Working knowledge of CTMS, eTMF, EDC, and Microsoft Office tools. Ability to maintain accurate and timely data entry. Skilled in managing clinical trial data flow, investigator documentation, and protocol adherence while ensuring regulatory compliance
Experience with overseeing vendors
Experience executing risk-based site monitoring, Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) implementation, and risk mitigation to resolve operational challenges and ensure inspection readiness
Cultural sensitivity and collaboration across global teams.
Ability to recognize, highlight and resolve issues. Demonstrates curiosity and willingness to take on new tasks.
Understanding of the clinical and pharmaceutical drug development process and clinical trial execution principles
Experience with tracking and filing of essential documents such as protocols, informed consent forms, and regulatory submissions to ensure documents are version-controlled and inspection-ready.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT
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