Clinical Scientist Director – Early Development, Inflammation Full-time

Clinical Scientist Director – Early Development, Inflammation

Join our team at AMGEN Capability Center Portugal, consistently recognized among the top companies in the Best Workplaces™ ranking by Great Place to Work® in Portugal. In 2026, we were once again distinguished as one of the top Best Workplaces in the country (category 201–500 employees), reinforcing our commitment to an exceptional employee experience and workplace culture.

We are a team of over 500 talented individuals, spanning more than 30 functions and areas of expertise, and representing over 40 nationalities. Together, we bring diverse perspectives and professional backgrounds to help shape the future of healthcare through innovation and technology.

This is your opportunity to explore a world of possibilities across areas such as Data & Analytics, Digital, Technology & Innovation, Cybersecurity, R&D Operations, Global Distribution, Finance, Regulatory Affairs, General & Administrative, Human Resources, and many more.

Located in the heart of Lisbon, our AMGEN office fosters a culture of innovation, excellence, and purpose. Come thrive with us at AMGEN, supporting our mission To Serve Patients.

What we do at AMGEN matters in people's lives.

Let's do this. Let's change the world. In this vital role, the Clinical Scientist Director will support early 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.

Key Responsibilities:

• 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), their delivery, clinical data review, 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.

Minimum Requirements:

• 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 Requirements:

• 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 early-phase drug development within Inflammation
• Strong communication & presentation skills in English 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 Inflammation and interpreting test results in compliance with Good Clinical Practice standards and regulatory requirements
• Understanding of conducting study data readout activities, including data cleaning, database 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

• Vast opportunities to learn, develop, and move up and across our global organization.
• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where colleagues are empowered to bring ideas to the table, take risks, and act.
• Generous AMGEN Total Rewards Plan comprising healthcare, finance, wealth, and career benefits.
• Flexible work arrangements.

AMGEN is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.