Senior Director, GDO Operational Business Management

Senior Director, GDO Operational Business Management 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 patients’ lives by researching, manufacturing, and delivering innovative medicines. What You Will Do In this vital role you will be a member of the GDO leadership teams and a strategic partner to the Amgen India and R&D organizations. You will provide financial oversight and strategic resource allocation to assure operational efficiency and financial discipline within development operations. The senior leader will give GDO insight and direction to the study budget forecast and approval process, ensure that GDO resources are staffed and deployed in alignment with organizational goals, and manage the GDO functional budget while adhering to regulatory compliance and budgetary constraints. Responsibilities Align operational plans with financial targets, prioritize GDO investments, and build business cases for technology and modernization initiatives. Link GDO resources to budget, identify efficiencies, and drive awareness, allocation, and management of non-resource spend. Translate resourcing data into actionable insights for senior leadership and business partners. Partner with R&D Finance to ensure alignment on GDO budget understanding, targets, and resource planning. Identify and quantify resource needs (staffing, technology, clinical trial costs) across the Amgen portfolio. Manage staffing capacity across Amgen staff, FSPs, and contingent workers to support portfolio needs. Deliver analyses and reports on resource demand/supply, highlighting variances and financial risks. Lead, mentor, and develop a global team while collaborating with cross‑functional and external stakeholders. Foster accountability, innovation, and collaboration; build talent pipelines and develop critical skills. Serve as GDO's senior business owner, leading analyses to inform executive trade‑off decisions on budget, cost, technology, and efficiency. Partner with GDO leadership to build future resource capability plans. Collaborate with GDO functions to meet evolving business needs, ensuring speed, quality, productivity, and efficiency. Champion budget awareness and cost drivers; present analyses, scenarios, and recommendations to executive leadership. Partner with Finance and R&D Strategy & Operations to develop and refine resource algorithms and adapt them in real time. Drive continuous improvement and innovation in resource utilization, scenario modeling, and clinical trial technologies. What We Expect Of You We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The strategic, data‑driven professional we seek is a collaborative, results‑oriented leader with the following qualifications. Basic Qualifications Doctorate degree and five years of Business Operations, Resource Planning, or Financial Management experience in Pharmaceutical R&D or Clinical Operations. OR Master’s degree and eight years of Business Operations, Resource Planning, or Financial Management experience in Pharmaceutical R&D or Clinical Operations. OR Bachelor’s degree and ten years of Business Operations, Resource Planning, or Financial Management experience in Pharmaceutical R&D or Clinical Operations. Preferred Qualifications Ten or more years of experience in financial and/or resource management within clinical operations, including oversight of global teams and large‑scale clinical trials. Knowledge of emerging trends that enable significant agility and efficiency in business elements of clinical operations quality, time and cost. Global cross‑functional leadership across clinical domains and geographies. Expertise in managing timelines, vendor relations and project milestones. Expertise in assessing clinical portfolio resource demand and managing changes/variance against resource/supply plans. Portfolio‑level budget/resource oversight and optimization. Ability to analyze data for cost‑saving opportunities and efficiency improvements. Strategic thinking with the ability to advance the business through application of technology. Capability‑building and functional training strategy. Strong interpersonal skills to work with vendors, partner with IT and senior leadership. Establishment of external partnerships and thought leadership within the clinical operations and business domains. 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 fully support your journey every step of the way. Benefits 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 where possible (see the Work Location Type). Equal Opportunity Employer 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr BioSpace