Director

Senior Director Database Design

Amgen·Posted 3 days ago

Location

All India, Hyderabad

Experience

18–22 years

Required Skills

Database DesignData AcquisitionLeadershipData ManagementProcess OptimizationAutomationInnovationGlobal SourcingClinical ExecutionClinical Systems

About the Role

As a Senior Director - Database Design & Acquisition at Amgen, you will play a crucial role in providing enterprise leadership for database design and data acquisition capabilities across Amgen's clinical portfolio. Your efforts will focus on ensuring scalable, high-quality, and efficient delivery of clinical database builds and integrated data acquisition solutions to accelerate study execution and improve patient outcomes.

Role Overview: In this role, you will: - Provide global leadership for the Database Design & Acquisition (DDA) function, overseeing therapeutic area leads, database design leads, and data acquisition leads across the portfolio. - Define and execute the enterprise strategy for database design and data acquisition, ensuring timely, high-quality builds with minimized split go-lives and reduced mid-study changes.

• Partner with Data Management and Clinical Systems leadership to align database design, acquisition standards, and integration capabilities with enterprise platforms and long-term technology strategy.

• Establish and monitor performance metrics to drive operational excellence and accountability, including cycle times, edit check efficiency, integration quality, and delivery performance.

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives across DDA, driving process optimization, automation, innovation, and adoption of modern database design and integration capabilities.

• Optimize the global sourcing and delivery model across internal teams, FSP partners, and global locations for scalable, cost-effective, and high-performing operations.

• Act as the senior escalation point for complex database build, integration, and supplier challenges to ensure study milestones and portfolio delivery remain on track.

• Represent the DDA function in executive forums and external partnerships, positioning Amgens database design and acquisition capabilities as industry-leading.
Key Responsibilities: - Provide global leadership for the Database Design & Acquisition (DDA) function
• Define and execute enterprise strategy for database design and data acquisition

• Partner with Data Management and Clinical Systems leadership

• Establish and monitor performance metrics

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives

• Optimize global sourcing and delivery model

• Act as senior escalation point for complex challenges

• Represent DDA function in executive forums
Qualifications Required: Basic Qualifications:
• Doctorate degree & 12 years of clinical execution experience or equivalent OR

• Masters degree & 18 years of clinical execution experience or equivalent OR

• Bachelors degree & 20 years of clinical execution experience or equivalent

• Minimum of 5 years' experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience
Preferred Qualifications:
• Doctorate degree and 10 years of clinical execution experience OR

• Masters degree and 15 years of clinical execution experience OR

• Bachelors degree and 18 years of clinical execution experience

• At least 4 years experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience
Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, competitive benefits, work-life balance, and career development opportunities. Apply now to be part of a team dedicated to serving patients and advancing science. Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive environment. As a Senior Director - Database Design & Acquisition at Amgen, you will play a crucial role in providing enterprise leadership for database design and data acquisition capabilities across Amgen's clinical portfolio. Your efforts will focus on ensuring scalable, high-quality, and efficient delivery of clinical database builds and integrated data acquisition solutions to accelerate study execution and improve patient outcomes.

Role Overview:
In this role, you will:

• Provide global leadership for the Database Design & Acquisition (DDA) function, overseeing therapeutic area leads, database design leads, and data acquisition leads across the portfolio.

• Define and execute the enterprise strategy for database design and data acquisition, ensuring timely, high-quality builds with minimized split go-lives and reduced mid-study changes.

• Establish and monitor performance metrics to drive operational excellence and accountability, including cycle times, edit check efficiency, integration quality, and delivery performance.

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives across DDA, driving process optimization, automation, innovation, and adoption of modern database design and integration capabilities.

• Optimize the global sourcing and delivery model across internal teams, FSP partners, and global locations for scalable, cost-effective, and high-performing operations.

• Act as the senior escalation point

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