Career Category

Project Management

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. 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.

Business Performance Senior Manager

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. The Commercialization Portfolio Management Office (PMO) is responsible for maintaining and improving Amgen’s Commercialization Framework. Amgen’s Commercialization framework touches nearly every aspect of what we do to discover, develop, and deliver life-changing therapies to our patients. The Commercialization Framework drives an ecosystem of processes that facilitates complex cross-functional collaboration, coordination, and portfolio decisions to deliver an innovative pipeline of therapies to our patients.

In this vital role the Senior Project Manager (SPM) is responsible for driving the establishment, implementation, monitoring, and improvement of cross-functional, fit-for-purpose processes within the Commercialization framework. In this role, you will work closely with Amgen’s cross-functional portfolio and product leaders to develop, implement, monitor, control, and improve tools and business processes to enable product teams to deliver innovative therapies to patients. You will also help to identify improvement opportunities through stakeholder feedback and any observed inefficiencies within the Commercialization Framework.

The Senior Project Manager will report into the Senior Director of Commercialization Model Innovation within the Commercialization PMO.

Responsibilities of the Senior Project Manager include:

• Understanding and positioning each business process in the context of Amgen’s Commercialization framework strategy and objectives
• Managing Commercialization business processes and leads cross-functional, high-impact projects to solve for new challenges or optimize existing business processes
• Developing and implementing project strategies to deliver high-quality, high-impact solutions as well as stakeholder engagement plans
• Owning the business process map with supporting tools, capabilities, and process guidance
• Providing thought leadership into process improvement strategies by developing a deep understanding of Commercialization processes and the voice of the customer
• Partnering with cross-functional leaders to identify process interdependencies and collaborative solutions
• Leading and facilitating workshops and project teams to develop and deliver process improvement solutions
• Establishing success metrics and leading indicators to monitor process effectiveness
• Implementing best practices and ensuring cross-functional alignment and accountability
• Identifying project issues or resource gaps and facilitating resolution
• Models Amgen’s Decision, Advice, inform (DAI) behaviors and drives team adherence to the DAI framework for effective decision making and results delivery

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Senior Project Manager professional we seek is a highly motivated, driven project manager with these qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 2 years of relevant experience

Or

Master’s degree and 4 years of relevant experience

Or

Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of relevant experience

Or

Associate’s degree and 10 years of relevant experience

Or

High school diploma / GED and 12 years of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree or strong demonstration of equivalent combination of relevant educational and professional training experience in leading cross-functional teams
• Industry experience in the Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, or other Healthcare-related field
• Drug Development knowledge with basic to strong understanding of other functions relevant to the position which may include: Research, Preclinical, Clinical, Manufacturing, Commercial and Regulatory
• Consistent track record of implementing Project Management tools, methodologies, practices and infrastructure, as related to the Biopharmaceutical Industry.
• Program and project management skills with experience operationalizing central initiatives, including cross-functional strategic planning, development of integrated plans, monitoring and driving execution to plan
• Independent, motivated, team member highly effective navigating a matrix environment
• Emotional intelligence skills including influencing without authority

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, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible

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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.

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

140,283.00 USD - 161,284.00 USD