Associate Director, Commercial Data Science

Amgen

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Thousand Oaks, CA
Salary
$194,636–$263,331 / yr
Posted
56 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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This role $229k
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This role pays more than 63% of similar roles. Most pay $173,200–$259,111 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $229k versus about $216k for comparable roles.

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About Amgen

Amgen is a leading biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and delivers innovative human therapeutics, with products addressing conditions such as anemia, bone loss, inflammation, and cancer. Industry: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

Amgen currently has 46 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $136,906–$184,235 across 44 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Associate Director, Commercial Data Science

Associate Director, Commercial Data Science leads a team of data scientists to define and execute the Commercial AI and Advanced Analytics strategy across multiple business units. This leadership role involves managing a portfolio of initiatives including machine learning, generative AI, predictive modeling, customer targeting, next-best-action, causal inference, and optimization. The successful candidate will translate complex business challenges into scalable data products while fostering technical standards, model governance, and ethical AI practices. Key competencies include expertise in MLOps, production deployment, and the ability to communicate complex analytical concepts to executive stakeholders. Technical proficiency with platforms like Databricks, AWS, or Azure is required, along with familiarity with Python, R, Scala, or Java. The role addresses the challenge of improving commercial performance and patient access to therapies through advanced analytics in the pharmaceutical sector.

What you'll do

  • Define and execute the Commercial AI and Advanced Analytics strategy across business units.
  • Identify high-value opportunities where AI and data science can improve commercial performance and customer engagement.
  • Lead a portfolio of machine learning, generative AI, and advanced analytics initiatives from strategy through deployment.
  • Provide technical oversight for predictive modeling, customer targeting, and other advanced analytical capabilities.
  • Build business cases and success metrics to influence executive investment decisions in AI initiatives.
  • Manage, coach, and develop a high-performing team of data scientists while establishing technical standards.
  • Champion responsible AI principles, model governance, and ethical practices across the commercial organization.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to identify opportunities for competitive advantage.

What we're looking for

  • Must possess a relevant degree (Doctorate, Master's, Bachelor's, or Associate's) combined with 3 to 14 years of experience in a quantitative field.
  • Must have at least 3 years of experience managing people or leading teams, projects, and programs.
  • Preferred: 5+ years of experience leading cross-functional AI, analytics, or data science initiatives.
  • Deep understanding of AI, Machine Learning, Generative AI, optimization, causal inference, and modern data science methodologies.
  • Experience developing enterprise AI strategies and managing portfolios of analytical products.
  • Experience with cloud-based AI platforms (Databricks, AWS, Azure) and MLOps practices is preferred.
  • Previous hands-on programming experience in Python, R, Scala, or Java to guide technical solution design.
  • Bio/pharmaceutical commercial experience and knowledge of healthcare data (claims, EMR, etc.) are strongly preferred.

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