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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.

Talent Acquisition Advisor - Research & Development

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What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be responsible for the recruitment strategy and efforts for their associated function as well as other positions across Amgen as needed.

This position will also play a key role in developing and delivering best in class recruitment services to ensure Amgen is positioned to attract and recruit exceptional talent.

Responsibilities include:

• Create and implement recruiting strategies to source the best talent.
• Exercise a wide degree of creativity, near- and long-term recruiting vision, business understanding, and personal organization.
• Review resumes and credentials for appropriateness of skills, experience and knowledge in relation to position requirements.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with Hiring Managers, functional leaders, and other HR team members to build a partnership that yields success, predictable results and credibility.
• Prepare candidates for interviews and specific hiring managers by providing detailed information on the company, our mission, company culture, department background, job descriptions, and expectation-setting.
• Extend offers of employment to selected candidates in collaboration with the hiring managers, HR Business Partners and within the guidelines of company compensation policy and delegation of authority.
• Stay informed of trends and innovative recruiting techniques in order to be competitive in innovative recruiting practices.
• Act as career counselor to Amgen candidates (internal and external) and prospects guiding them through the process, providing advice, and giving them a well-rounded view of Amgen's business, including potential future paths within the organization
• As a brand ambassador, this person will develop and deliver Amgen's message of opportunity, success, diversity and potential to candidates and prospects.

What we expect of you

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

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree

Or

Master’s degree and 2 years of recruiting experience

Or

Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of recruiting experience

Or

Associate’s degree and 10 years of recruiting experience

Or

High school diploma / GED and 12 years of recruiting experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Life-sciences (Biotech/Pharmaceutical) industry experience
• Previous recruiting or sourcing experience at the professional and management team level.
• Experience delivering results by creating, implementing and driving an executive or functional recruitment processes while exhibiting subject matter expertise to influence executives and other business leaders or decision makers.
• Strategic adviser that drives excellence and takes accountability of recruitment processes and results to ensure outstanding experience for candidates as well as hiring managers.
• Leadership and relationship building skills with executives, senior leaders, various cross functional partners, HR (business partners, compensation/benefits, mobility) as well as executive support staff.
• Experience structuring, negotiating and delivering complex offers including a thorough understanding of various compensation levers and company benefits.
• Exercise discretion and sound judgement, uses analytical approach and has ability to think proactively and strategically throughout the recruitment and negotiation process
• Communication and executive level presentation skills with the ability to express ideas in a persuasive, confident, organized and eloquent manner
• Knowledge of Client Relationship Manager (CRM) tools such as Smashfly, Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) such as Workday, LinkedIn Recruiter, Microsoft Office Suite and AI sourcing technologies

Thrive

Some of the vast rewards of working here

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.

• 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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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 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.

Amgen requires all staff in the United States and Puerto Rico to be vaccinated from COVID 19 as a condition of employment. In accordance with applicable law, Amgen will provide reasonable accommodations to staff members who qualify on the basis of a medical reason or a sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance. Such accommodation may not pose an undue hardship to Amgen, its operations, or its staff.