Amgen Inc. Posted July 31, 2026

Quality Compliance, Director

Holly Springs, United States Full time
Quality Director

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About this opportunity

Career Category

Quality

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.

QUALITY COMPLIANCE, DIRECTOR

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will report to the Executive Director of Regulatory Compliance and primarily provide direct support for compliance related deliverables associated to new sites or expansion of existing manufacturing sites.

Serve as a strategic partner supporting the Quality Improvement Plans (QIP) and Operational Readiness program by providing independent compliance expertise, and objective guidance to support sustained GMP readiness and operational excellence.

Partner closely with QA Operational Readiness Team and cross-functional leadership to evaluate remediation strategies, operational readiness initiatives, and quality system enhancements, ensuring alignment with global quality standards, regulatory expectations, and enterprise best practices.

Participate in operational readiness reviews, and Go/No-Go decision-making processes to support objective, evidence-based assessments while promoting inspection readiness, effective risk management, and the long-term sustainability of the site's Quality Management System.

Draft and/or review regulatory communications in the form of inspection observation responses, third party audit finding responses, responses to questions associated with regulatory filings and other information requests.

Conduct inspection readiness exercises (strategy, preparation, pressure testing) in support of both scheduled and unscheduled regulatory inspections, in coordination with the sites and Site Inspection Lifecycle Management staff.

Assist with generation of inspection playbooks and ensure staff are prepared to present during regulatory inspections.

Lead virtual or on-site strategy support during regulatory inspections. May lead cross-functional regulatory response teams.

Provide direct compliance support for deviation investigation and key inspection topics. Ensure appropriate technical content and documented rationale is available in support of investigation conclusions. Participate on Investigation Advisory Boards as Advisor, as required.

Provide compliance advice on new technologies and proposed changes to quality processes in support of continuous improvement and the implementation of new digital strategies.

What we expect of you

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

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of Quality Compliance experience OR

Master’s degree and 7 years of Quality Compliance experience OR

Doctorate degree and 4 years of Quality Compliance experience

Preferred Qualifications:

Strong background in Quality Compliance within a GMP-regulated environment.

Experience supporting drug substance and bulk manufacturing operations.

Expertise in GMP compliance, inspection readiness, and regulatory requirements.

Experience with drug product manufacturing and compliance.

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.

. Salary Range

170,460.70USD -230,623.30 USD

Job details

Seniority
Director
Function
Quality
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Holly Springs, United States
Employment type
Full time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Quality role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 44 comparable Director Quality roles across 15 biopharma companies.

44Comparable roles tracked
36Currently active
15Companies hiring similar roles
10Countries represented

Salary context

24 of 44 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Peer group range $117,325 – $265,000 (median $192,400)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 44 comparable roles

United States31
Ireland3
Singapore2
China2
Canada1
Japan1

+ 4 more countries

Seniority mix

44 of 44 peers have a known seniority level

Director23
Principal14
Senior Director7

Therapeutic area mix

0 of 44 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

No peers with a known therapeutic area yet.

Similar opportunities

The closest matches from our peer group, ranked by how similar they are, not how well you'd qualify for them -- treat this as market context, not a guaranteed shortlist; a weak match is labeled as one below.

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AbbVie North Chicago, IL Director
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60%similar
AbbVie North Chicago, IL Director
Same function Same seniority Same country
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Novartis Cambridge (USA), United States Director
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Gilead Sciences, Inc. Foster City, United States Director
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60%similar
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How we calculate "similar"

No black box, no LLM guesswork: a deterministic score built from four normalized attributes. Here's this role's own peer group at different match levels, so you can see the mechanism, not just the result.

Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

60%
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AbbVie · North Chicago, IL · Director
Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
60%
Director, Product Quality Lead (PQL), Small Molecule Global Quality
Gilead Sciences, Inc. · Foster City, United States · Director
Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
60%
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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc (USA) · Saratoga Springs, United States · Director
Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
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Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
Unmatched or unknown dimensions score exactly the same: 0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.