Career Category
Safety
Job Description
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. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.
Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.
Global Pharmacovigilance Manager
What you will do
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world.
In this vital role, you will partner closely with Global Safety Officers (GSOs), Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, and other cross-functional stakeholders to develop and execute product safety strategies across the product lifecycle, from early development through post-marketing phases. The Immuno-Oncology team supports an exciting portfolio spanning investigational and marketed products, requiring innovative and collaborative safety leadership to ensure patients have access to safe and effective therapies.
The Global Pharmacovigilance Manager is responsible for the following:
Product Safety Surveillance & Signal Management
- Lead signal detection, validation, prioritization, evaluation, and management activities utilizing multiple safety data sources and signal detection methodologies.
- Conduct scientific and medical evaluation of adverse events and emerging safety concerns from clinical trials, post-marketing surveillance, literature, and external data sources.
- Perform complex safety analyses and communicate evidence-based recommendations supporting product safety decisions.
- Integrate information from safety databases, clinical studies, literature, epidemiology, and external sources to assess potential safety signals.
- Support and contribute to benefit-risk evaluations that inform product development, regulatory submissions, labeling updates, and lifecycle management decisions.
- Collaborate with GSOs to evaluate safety concerns and recommend appropriate risk mitigation strategies.
Aggregate Safety Reporting & Safety Assessments
- Lead or contribute to the planning, preparation, authoring, review, and submission of aggregate safety reports, including:
- PBRERs/PSURs
- DSURs
- Safety Assessment Reports
- Regulatory safety responses
- Other global pharmacovigilance deliverables
- Prepare clear, scientifically sound analyses and conclusions regarding product safety profiles.
- Ensure the quality, consistency, and scientific integrity of safety assessments and aggregate reports.
Clinical Development Support
- Provide strategic safety input into clinical protocols, statistical analysis plans, safety analysis plans, investigator brochures, and clinical study reports.
- Review and provide recommendations regarding safety data presentations, including tables, figures, and listings.
- Participate on study teams and collaborate with Clinical Development partners to support ongoing safety surveillance activities.
- Contribute to development of safety-related data collection tools and methodologies for clinical studies.
Safety Governance & Cross-Functional Leadership
- Represent Global Patient Safety within safety governance and cross-functional teams.
- Present safety analyses, emerging signals, benefit-risk assessments, and Global Safety Team recommendations to governance committees and cross-functional decision-making bodies.
- Collaborate effectively with Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, Biostatistics, Medical Affairs, Epidemiology, and other key stakeholders.
- Influence strategic safety decisions through effective communication and scientific leadership.
Risk Management
- Contribute to the development and execution of global risk management strategies throughout the product lifecycle.
- Develop and maintain safety content for Risk Management Plans (RMPs), risk minimization activities, and related regulatory documentation.
- Support implementation and tracking of risk minimization measures.
- Evaluate effectiveness of risk minimization activities and recommend enhancements as appropriate.
- Support responses to regulatory inquiries related to risk management activities.
Regulatory Support
- Provide strategic safety support for regulatory submissions, health authority interactions, product launches, and lifecycle management initiatives.
- Partner with GSOs in developing and executing global safety regulatory strategies.
- Prepare safety content and supporting documentation for regulatory filings and submissions.
- Support preparation of responses to regulatory authority questions and requests.
Compliance & Inspection Readiness
- Support regulatory inspections, audits, and pharmacovigilance compliance activities while maintaining a continuous state of inspection readiness.
- Undertake activities delegated by the Qualified Person for Pharmacovigilance (QPPV) as described within the Pharmacovigilance System Master File.
- Ensure compliance with global pharmacovigilance regulations, GVP guidance, ICH requirements, and internal Amgen procedures.
Process Improvement & Scientific Leadership
- Lead or support initiatives that improve pharmacovigilance processes, methodologies, quality, compliance, and operational efficiency.
- Participate on teams responsible for implementation of new safety processes, technologies, and methodologies.
- Provide scientific leadership and mentorship to junior pharmacovigilance scientists and project team members.
- Contribute to safety strategy discussions supporting oncology, immunology, inflammation, rare disease, and biologic development programs.
- Perform other duties related to the position as assigned by management or described in applicable procedures.
What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The pharmacovigilance professional we seek is a leader with these qualifications.
Basic Qualifications:
Doctorate degree
OR
Master’s degree and 2 years of Industry Pharmacovigilance experience
OR
Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of Industry Pharmacovigilance experience
OR
Associate’s degree and 8 years of Industry Pharmacovigilance experience
OR
High school diploma / GED and 10 years of Industry Pharmacovigilance experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced scientific or healthcare degree preferred (PharmD, PhD, RN, NP, PA, MD, or equivalent scientific discipline).
- 5+ years of pharmacovigilance or drug safety experience within biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or CRO environments.
- Demonstrated experience in signal detection, signal evaluation, signal analysis, and signal management activities.
- Experience authoring and/or reviewing aggregate safety reports including PBRERs, PSURs, DSURs, and Safety Assessment Reports.
- Experience supporting benefit-risk assessments for investigational and/or marketed products.
- Experience developing, maintaining, or supporting Risk Management Plans (RMPs), REMS, or other risk minimization strategies.
- Experience utilizing literature surveillance and external data sources to support signal detection and safety assessments.
- Experience using Argus Safety and/or other global safety databases and signal management tools.
- Knowledge of FDA, EMA, ICH, and global pharmacovigilance regulations and guidance.
- Experience supporting regulatory submissions, inspections, audits, and health authority responses.
- Clinical development, medical affairs, clinical research, and/or pharmacovigilance experience supporting products in both development and post-marketing settings.
- Experience within oncology, immunology, inflammation, rare disease, biologics, or related therapeutic areas preferred.
- Demonstrated clinical and scientific judgment with the ability to interpret complex safety data and communicate risk effectively.
- Proven ability to influence and lead within a highly matrixed, cross-functional environment.
- Experience presenting safety assessments and recommendations to governance committees and senior leadership.
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
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’ll support your journey every step of the way.
The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.
In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities that may include:
- 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. Refer to the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies.
Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.
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Application deadline
Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.
Sponsorship
Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.
As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.
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.
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Salary Range
116,167.80USD -157,168.20 USD
