Amgen logo
Amgen
Thousand Oaks, California

Clinical Development Medical Director, Early Development Oncology

Medical AffairsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$275k-$372k

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

Ask the employer about call expectations, weekend coverage, nights and shift pattern and time off.

Posted 1h ago · Verified live

Job Description

Career Category

Clinical Development

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.

Clinical Development Director

What You Will Do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role, you will lead the early phase clinical development of compounds from first-in-human studies through proof-of-concept. You will collaborate on teams to support the design and delivery of early phase clinical trials. Through this role, the Clinical Medical Director will support protocol development, study start up, data review, monitoring and analysis activities.

Responsibilities

Contribute to the design and implementation of the early clinical development strategy for oncology therapeutic candidates

Contribute to the preparation of clinical development plans, clinical study protocols, informed consents, Investigator Brochures, and Ethics Committee and regulatory agency submissions

  • Review and evaluate clinical study safety, efficacy, pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic data
  • Contribute to the strategy and use of clinical biomarkers to facilitate drug development

Actively collaborate with Amgen Precision Medicine, Research, Late Development, Regulatory, Safety and Commercial colleagues

Contribute to the evaluation of external licensing or partnering opportunities within the oncology therapeutic areas

Collaborate with external experts to provide biomedical expertise and strategic guidance to oncology early development teams

What We Expect of You

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Early Development professional we seek is a Leader with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications

  • MD or DO degree from an accredited medical school AND
  • 2 years of industry or academic clinical research/drug development experience

Preferred Qualifications

  • Board certification or eligible (Oncology)
  • Residency training in Oncology and relevant subspecialty
  • Experience in basic research and/or clinical trial methodology
  • 3+ years of relevant drug development experience in the pharmaceutical industry and/or academia, preferably in early stage clinical trials
  • Experience collaborating with pharmaceutical sponsors
  • Experience in designing, monitoring and implementing clinical trials and interpreting trial results
  • Demonstrated leadership qualities; capable of conducting studies as part of a team
  • Experience within a matrix environment, contributes to decision-making and reaching alignment in order to meet challenging timelines

Publication Track Record

Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills; able to communicate effectively with internal stakeholders, as well as external partners and collaborators

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. careers.amgen.com

In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

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..

Salary Range

274,788.85USD -371,773.15 USD

Requirements

Candidates must hold an MD or DO degree and possess at least 2 years of clinical research or drug development experience. Preferred qualifications include board certification in Oncology and 3+ years of industry experience in early-stage clinical trials.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical trial designPharmacodynamicsPharmacokineticsRegulatory submissionsData analysisMedical leadershipStrategic planningInterpersonal skills

Medical Affairs — Physician Career Context

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$323k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $292k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Medical Affairs pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

What does the Medical Affairs market look like in California?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$275k–$372kMedical Affairs median $306k (middle half $285k–$338k)17 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$292k in purchasing powerCalifornia index 110.7 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Medical Affairs listings in California43 active287 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Medical Affairs pay trend−2.5% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Medical Affairs Jobs

1 matches · ranked by pay
#1

Sr. Medical Director (Neurologist)

Allucent · Remote - Nationwide

Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 3.0
Better work-life than 50% of Medical Affairs listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 285 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site
Amgen logo

About Amgen

Biotechnology Research
Thousand Oaks, CA
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Comprehensive employee benefits package
Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions
Group medical, dental, and vision coverage
Life and disability insurance
Flexible spending accounts
Discretionary annual bonus program
Stock-based long-term incentives
Award-winning time-off plans

Living in Thousand Oaks

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$904k≈ 3.3× annual pay
Typical market rent
$3,357/mo≈ 15% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
110.5
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.