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HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

You’ve earned your degree. How will you use that achievement to reach your goals? Do more with the knowledge you’ve worked hard to acquire and the passion you already have. 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, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Become the professional you are meant to be in this meaningful role.

Administrative Coordinator - Neurology

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. The Neuroscience Business Unit (NuBU) at Amgen is looking for a dynamic, organized administrative professional to support three Regional Sales Directors in our home office, Thousand Oaks, California.

The Administrative Coordinator is to perform a variety of sophisticated administrative support activities; to implement a significant amount of travel arrangements and expense reporting; to assist in report generation as requested; to support PowerPoint presentation development; to facilitate tracking of results and timelines as advised; and to lead the coordination of meeting logistics, minutes and other duties as assigned.

• Handling calendars and scheduling meetings
• Ordering office supplies
• Making travel arrangements and preparing expense reports as requested
• Assisting with preparation of presentations
• Managing departmental administrative files
• Performing administrative duties as assigned
• Maintaining distribution, contact and personnel lists
• Coordinating mailings and courier/deliveries
• Managing the administrative aspects of relationships with outside experts and vendors
• Participating in department project teams
• Provide backup support to additional department ACs
• Managing individual and team calendars (Outlook)
• Coordinating local meetings: arrange travel, meeting arrangements, visitor accommodations Organizing meeting rooms, including logistics, catering and equipment needs
• Preparing agendas and take action items as required.
• Assisting with special projects as requested by the Directors and others within group

Win

What we expect of you

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

Basic Qualifications:

Associate’s degree and 2 years of Administrative experience

Or

2 years in a technical school setting with hands-on experience

Or

High school diploma / GED and 4 years of Administrative experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Conducive, can-do demeanor with a solution-oriented approach
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple people at once (calendars too)
• Detail-orientated skills
• Excellent travel and meeting planning skills
• Good external customer communication skills
• Strong Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint Skills
• Excellent Time Management skills
• Ability to prioritize projects of greater vitality and importance
• Excellent Project management skills
• Calm under pressure
• Amgen experience
• Bachelor’s degree
• Experience working in the biopharma industry
• 5+ years of experience in an administrative support role supporting large teams at different levels
• Running multiple calendars including coordination across multiple time zones

Thrive

Some of the vast rewards of working here

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

• Full support and career-development resources to expand your skills, enhance your expertise, and maximize your potential along your career journey
• A 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—with compensation and benefits rated above 4 stars (out of 5) on Glassdoor

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for a career that defies imagination

Objects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us.

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