Product Owner - Digital Lab Platform

Amgen Inc. (IR); Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Amgen Inc. (IR) in India is seeking a Product Owner to drive digital lab and data platform capabilities supporting Process Development.

You will partner with diverse stakeholders to define, prioritize, and deliver capabilities that improve data quality, lab execution, and scientific insights. You will lead backlog, drive roadmap, and enable adoption through training materials while ensuring alignment with data governance and enterprise architecture standards.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or Master’s with 3+ years relevant experience, or Bachelor’s with 5+ years.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum and backlog management.
• Strong data platform and lab domain knowledge preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver an industry-leading digital thread across lab systems and data analytics.
• Own product backlog with clear prioritization aligned to value and strategy.
• Drive roadmap planning, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate with engineering in Agile delivery and ensure release readiness.
• Ensure governance and training for adoption and continuous improvement.

Skills

Product ownership

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

Data quality focus

Education

Doctorate OR Masters + 3 years OR Bachelor +5 years

Tools

Python

Databricks

Redshift

ELN/LIMS

Job description

Career Category Information Systems Job Description At Amgen, our shared mission to serve patients drives all that we do. In this vital role, you will join Amgen's Transformative Digital Capabilities (TDC) organization and help advance the next generation of digital capabilities supporting Process Development. What will you do? As a Product Owner supporting digital lab and data platform capabilities, you will work at the intersection of science, technology, data, and business process transformation. You will partner with stakeholders across Process Development, digital product teams, data and engineering teams, and end users to define, prioritize, and deliver capabilities that improve data quality, user experience, lab execution efficiency, and scientific insight generation. This role requires an end-to-end product owner mindset, strong stakeholder engagement, and the ability to translate business and scientific needs into a well-managed roadmap and backlog. This role independently manages multiple assignments, owns tactical segments of broader programs, anticipates issues, and helps shape practical solutions aligned with team objectives and business value.

Job Responsibilities

• Partner with business, scientific, and technology stakeholders to define and deliver an industry-leading digital thread spanning lab execution systems and data analytics platforms.
• Drive the digital platform strategy to improve data quality, enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of lab experimentation, and unlock novel insights through data science to accelerate pipeline advancement.
• Own and manage product backlog with clear prioritization aligned to business value and TDC strategy.
• Drive product roadmap planning and execution aligned with product vision.
• Lead requirements definition, user story development, and acceptance criteria.
• Partner with engineering teams through Agile/Scrum delivery.
• Collaborate with functional leads and users to refine backlog and priorities.
• Drive user acceptance testing (UAT), business validation, and release readiness.
• Enable solution adoption through training materials and stakeholder engagement.
• Monitor product performance and user feedback for continuous improvement.
• Ensure alignment with data governance and enterprise architecture standards.

Basic Qualifications

• Doctorate OR Master's degree and 3 years of relevant experience OR Bachelor's degree and 5 years of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong understanding of structured/unstructured data (SQL/NoSQL).
• Experience with digital lab platforms such as ELN and LIMS in Pharma R&D.
• Knowledge of cloud data platforms like Databricks or Redshift.
• Familiarity with Generative AI, digital twins, and analytics applications.
• Strong product management and Agile delivery experience.
• Ability to translate scientific needs into scalable digital solutions.
• Proficiency in Python or similar tools.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent stakeholder collaboration skills.

Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology. Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its biologics manufacturing expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential. For more information, visit www.amgen.com and follow us on www.twitter.com/amgen