Senior Manager Development Engineering

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

Job summary

Amgen seeks a senior leader in Information Systems to drive software development and data engineering efforts across Salesforce, Tableau, and related platforms. You will mentor engineers, partner with product owners, and ensure governance and regulatory compliance in a global, cross‑functional environment.

The role requires strong business analysis skills, experience with SAFe, and a track record of delivering scalable, secure systems.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree with 10–15 years in CS/IT.
• 10–15 years overall experience, incl. leadership of engineers.
• 5+ years managing software engineers

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a high‑performing engineering team.
• Plan and deliver software products and platform capabilities on time and budget.
• Oversee architecture, design, and integrations with APIs and frontends.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Strategic planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Software development

Data engineering

SAFe (Scaled Agile)

DevOps

CI/CD

API design

Education

Master’s degree in Computer Science / IT

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / IT

Tools

Git

Subversion

Jenkins

Maven

CI/CD tooling

Cloud/Databricks/Data tools

MuleSoft (integration)

Databricks

Salesforce / CPQ / CLM

Job description

Career Category Information Systems Job Description

ABOUT AMGEN

Amgen harnesses the best of biology and technology to fight the world’s toughest diseases, and make people’s lives easier, fuller and longer. We discover, develop, manufacture and deliver innovative medicines to help millions of patients. Amgen helped establish the biotechnology industry more than 40 years ago and remains on the cutting-edge of innovation, using technology and human genetic data to push beyond what’s known today.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Role Description: The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of leadership and mentoring in technology-driven environment, with a strong focus on Software Development and data engineering, specifically within the Salesforce.com, Conga CPQ/CLM, Tableau, Databricks, Anaplan, or Model N platforms. The candidate should be a self-starter and have a strong passion for fostering innovation and excellence in the biotechnology industry. Additionally, collaboration with cross-functional and global teams is required to ensure seamless integration and operational excellence. The ideal candidate will have strong business analysis skills and technical background in end-to-end software development lifecycle. Proficiency in managing complex integration projects and ensuring compliance with privacy standards is essential.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Organizational Leadership: Work closely with senior leaders within the function and across the Amgen India site to align engineering goals with broader organizational objectives and demonstrate leadership by contributing to strategic discussions.
• Talent Growth & People Leadership: Lead, mentor, and manage a high-performing team of engineers, fostering an environment that encourages learning, collaboration, and innovation. Focus on nurturing future leaders and providing growth opportunities through coaching, training, and mentorship. Work with Product Owners, Service Owners and developers/testers to ensure that delivery matches commitments, acting as a critical issue point and facilitating communication when service commitments are not met.
• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of software products and platform capabilities. Ensure releases ship on time, stay within scope and budget, deliver measurable value, and meet business objectives. Oversee the architecture, design, and implementation of scalable, high-performance software systems and services, including APIs, application backends, web and mobile frontends, and integrations. Champion sound engineering practices such as modular design, secure coding, automated testing, CI/CD, and operational observability. Oversee the software development lifecycle using Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).

Basic Qualifications and Experience

• Master’s degree with 10 - 15 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field
• Bachelor’s degree with 12 - 17 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field
• 5+ years of experience managing a team of software engineers

Functional Skills

• Excellent leadership and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Experienced with software engineering best practices, including but not limited to version control (Git, Subversion, etc.), CI/CD (Jenkins, Maven etc.), automated unit testing, and Dev Ops.
• Experience working with agile development methodologies such as Scaled Agile.
• Success in mentoring and developing strong product analysts, business analysts, and developers.
• Demonstrated experience in managing technology initiatives and teams with a track record of successful innovation.
• Exceptional collaboration, communication, and interpersonal skills to effectively manage stakeholder relationships and build new partnerships.

Good-to-Have Skills

• Working knowledge of integrations and tools such as MuleSoft and Databricks
• Strong analytic/critical-thinking and decision-making abilities
• Established business partnerships and IS governance practices involving senior business stakeholders
• Broad working knowledge of key IS domains and layers
• Proficiency with AI tools such as ChatGPT and Copilot

Preferred Education and Professional Certifications

• SAFe for Teams (or other SAFe certification)
• Data Engineering / Data Analytics certification — Databricks preferred; major cloud equivalents also valued
• Salesforce certifications such as Administrator, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, or Architect

Soft Skills

• Excellent leadership and team management skills.
• Strong transformation and change management experience.
• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills.
• High degree of initiative and self-motivation.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully.
• Team-oriented with a focus on achieving team goals.
• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams.

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 with 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.

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 be 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