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HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of. Join us.

Sr. Project Manager – (Commercialization Portfolio Management Office)

Live

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 an ecosystem of processes that facilitates complex cross-functional collaboration, coordination, and portfolio decisions to deliver an innovative pipeline of therapies to our patients.  As part of this mission, we are building a next generation integrated portfolio planning, reporting, and decision-making capability known as Mercury.  We are in the early phases of rolling out this new capability and, in this vital role, you would work with a broad range of functional partners to drive its growth and deliver on the long-term vision. 

The Sr. Project Manager will report into the Project Management Director within the Commercialization PMO located at Amgen’s headquarters in Thousand Oaks California.  We are open to discussing location or remote work arrangements; however, co-location at Amgen’s headquarters is preferred due to the global and highly collaborative nature of this role.

Responsibilities of the Senior Project Manager includes:

• Lead development of business processes and tools, in partnership with cross functional team members, to optimize the Mercury operating model
• Provide thought leadership into process improvement and adoption strategies by developing a deep understanding of Commercialization processes and the voice of the customer
• Find opportunities to generate insights and grow the Mercury capability
• Collaborate closely with user community to use existing and develop new capabilities to drive delivery of value
• Enrich knowledge library by documenting case studies, success stories, and other lessons learned
• Develop and disseminate communications
• Act as a sounding board / advisor to the Product Owner on key activities and issues
• Serve as an extension of the Product Owner to manage interdependencies, identify alignments, and develop partnerships with other corporate initiatives
• Apply a structured change management methodology to ensure adoption of new processes, experience, and tools

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What we expect of you

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

• Experience in process improvement, organizational change, and executive level communications
• Independent, motivated, team member highly effective navigating a matrix environment
• Ability to motivate and influence without direct authority to complete tasks and meet timelines
• Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation, and excellence
• Ability to move from a strategic level to a tactical/operational level
• Strong understanding of the drug development process and key milestones
• Ability to build and maintain positive relationships within the organization to understand business objectives and priorities
• Be a self-starter with a proactive attitude to anticipate customer needs and be consultative to formulate or propose solutions 

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
• Knowledge management skills with experience curating lessons learned and establishing connections between knowledge seekers and useable information
• 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
• Well versed in social media and tool usage, preferably with experience in driving end to end marketing/branding campaigns

Thrive

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

• Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization
• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act
• Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits

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For a career that defies imagination

In our quest to serve patients above all else, Amgen is the first to imagine, and the last to doubt. Join us.

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Equal Opportunity Statement

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a 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 an accommodation.