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. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline and portfolio of medicines to treat heart disease, obesity and obesity-related conditions, rare diseases, inflammatory conditions and cancer. 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.
Manager, Strategic Planning & Operations, Global Development Operations
What you will do
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will support the company's strategic planning initiatives and oversee its operational performance, working with leaders across the organization to implement the strategic vision.
Amgen’s Global Development Operations (GDO) organization delivers high-quality data to advance our pipeline through strong customer partnership and operational excellence in study execution. The Manager, Strategic Planning & Operations (SP&O) will partner with GDO functional leadership, the GDO SP&O organization, and cross-functional teams to support operational execution, organizational processes, and business activities.
Support execution of GDO organizational strategy and priorities.
Manage and implement business processes and process improvements across GDO functional pillars.
Develop strong collaborative relationships with internal partners to support and proactively respond to business needs, including progress of functional goals and process improvement initiatives.
Partner with the GDO Strategic Planning & Operations team to align cross-functional processes and support operational improvement initiatives across GDO.
Collaborate with the GDO Functional/Pillar SPOs to support initiatives, including development and management of organizational communication and staff engagement plans.
Establish expense management approach to support planning, tracking, and reporting. Work closely with Functional SPOs and Finance partners to support appropriate budgeting processes.
Ensure adherence to corporate training and compliance requirements.
Provide staff operations support, including headcount management, open requisition tracking, and reconciliations to ensure effective resource allocation aligned with organizational priorities.
Support organizational meetings including All-Staff meetings, Leadership Team meetings and cross-functional collaborations.
Be an active member of the GDO SP&O network and help deliver execution of operational plans, including resource management, communication and engagement plans, as appropriate.
Contribute to cross-functional initiatives and special projects supporting organizational and operational priorities
Lead or contribute to cross-departmental and cross-functional initiatives and process improvement opportunities.
Partner with Operational Excellence to support process rollout.
What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The qualified professional we seek is a leader with these qualifications.
Basic Qualifications:
Doctorate degree, OR
Master’s degree and 2 years of experience in life sciences or medically related field, including biopharmaceutical clinical research experience (clinical research obtained working on clinical trials in a biotech, pharmaceutical or CRO company, or other relevant clinical…