This role demands the ability to drive and deliver against key organizational critical initiatives, foster a collaborative environment, and deliver high-quality results in a matrixed organizational structure.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage diverse teams within a matrixed organization.
- Collaborate with geographically dispersed teams, including those in the US, EU, and other international locations.
- Provide technology delivery leadership and domain expertise for Biological Studies product teams that enable in silico, in vitro and in vivo experimentation.
- Partner with Research and Technology leaders to create technology delivery strategy and prioritized agenda for Biological Studies.
- Provide leadership for the implementation and support of specialized technology platforms that enable streamlined and automated scientific data management ensuring data integrity from lab to analytics.
- Ensure scientific data operations are scoped into building Research-wide Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning capabilities.
- Follow global standards and practices.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Develop talent, motivate the team, delegate effectively, champion diversity within the team and act as a role model of servant leadership.
- Manage, grow, and develop the Amgen Technology team in India, ensuring global ways of working are embedded in the local organization.
- Understand the decision-making process, workflows, and business and information needs of business partners and collaborators.
- Work with Product Owners, Service Owners and/or delivery teams to ensure that delivery matches commitments, acting as a partner concern point and facilitating communication when service commitments are not met.
- Ensure communication of key performance metrics and analysis of unmet needs.
- Ensure ongoing alignment with strategy, compliance, and regulatory requirements for technology investments and services.
- Facilitate standard methodology sharing, ensuring ongoing alignment with the Technology & Digital strategy.
- Oversee operating budgets and product team budgets, ensuring regular review of actuals and latest estimates, managing according to agreed governance.
- Ensure alignment of Technology service plans across organization.
- Provide education to new partners with regards to Technology service offerings.
- Remain accountable for ensuring overall organizational compliance to quality/compliance requirements such as GXP and Privacy.
What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients.
Basic Qualifications:
- Masters degree and 8 to 10 years of Life Sciences, Computer Science, IT, Computational Chemistry/Cheminformatics, Computational Biology/Bioinformatics or related field, OR
- Bachelors degree and 10 to 14 years of [Job Codes DisciLife Sciences, Computer Science, IT, Computational Chemistry/Cheminformatics, Computational Biology/Bioinformatics or related field, OR
- Diploma and 14 to 18 years of Life Sciences, Computer Science, IT, Computational Chemistry/Cheminformatics, Computational Biology/Bioinformatics or related field, OR
- Demonstrated expertise in a scientific domain area and related technology needs
- Experience performing or enabling data capture and analysis from instruments in a research laboratory or vivarium
- Excellent problem-solving skills and a passion for tackling complex challenges in drug discovery with technology and data
- Demonstrated experience building strong teams with consistent practices in a matrix organization
Preferred Qualifications:
- 6+ years of experience in implementing and supporting biopharma scientific software platforms.
- Experience in a leadership role within a pharmaceutical or technology organization
- Demonstrated expertise enabling technology for drug discovery research capabilities such as high throughput screening, high content imaging, in vitro assay technologies, compound inventory management, in vivo studies, digital pathology, PK/PD assessments, GLP tox studies, etc.
- Experience leading the implementation of scientific software platforms, Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN), and Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS).
- Experience handling GxP data and system validation, and knowledge of regulatory requirements affecting laboratory data (e.g., FDA 21 CFR Part 11, GLP, GCP).
- Experience in AI and machine learning for drug discovery research and preclinical development.
- Experience with cloud (e.g. AWS) and on-premises infrastructure
- In-depth knowledge of Agile processes and principles for coordinated solutions and teams via SAFe
- Strong analytical/critical-thinking and decision-making abilities
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Experience in establishing business partnerships and IS governance practices involving senior business collaborators
Professional Certifications
- SAFe Agilist, Certified Agile Leader or similar (preferred)
Soft Skills:
- Excellent leadership and team management skills
- Strong transformation and change management experience
- Exceptional collaboration and communication skills
- High degree of initiative and self-motivation
- Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully
- Team-oriented with a focus on achieving team goals
- Strong presentation and public speaking skills
- Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams
