Director, Strategic Planning & Operations

Amgen SA; Thousand Oaks (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement and Savings Plan

Medical, Dental and Vision coverage

Life and Disability Insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Stock-based long-term incentives

Time-off plans and company-wide shutth

Job summary

Amgen seeks a Director, Strategic Planning & Operations to ensure the US Bone Health business runs effectively while driving growth through strategic initiatives. You will partner with BHBU leadership, Marketing, Sales, and cross-functional teams, guiding planning, governance, and performance management.

The role includes leading cross-functional projects and adopting AI to boost efficiency and insights. You will collaborate with senior leaders, shaping operating rhythms and governance with a

Qualifications

• Master’s degree with 7+ years of project management experience, or a Bachelor’s degree with 9 years PM experience and 4 years of leadership.
• Commercial biopharmaceutical experience and cross-functional partnership across Marketing, Sales, and other teams.
• Experience in Bone Health, osteoporosis, or related therapeutic area.
• Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and presentation abilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for BHBU, coordinating across Marketing and Sales.
• Lead planning processes and annual/long-range planning with measurable milestones.
• Drive governance, performance reporting, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Lead strategic projects, including AI adoption and operating-model changes.
• Translate priorities into integrated plans with clear accountability and outcomes.
• Interface with Global partners to share information and align strategies.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Communication skills

Education

Master’s degree + 7+ years PM experience

Bachelor’s degree + 9 years PM + 4 years leadership

Job description

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Director, Strategic Planning & Operations

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role, the Director, Strategic Planning & Operations (SPO) for Amgen’s Bone Health Business Unit (BHBU) will ensure the effective operation of the U.S. Bone Health business while leading strategic initiatives critical to its growth and evolution.

The SPO will report directly to the VP/GM, BHBU, and work closely with the BHBU Leadership Team (LT), Marketing, Sales, and cross-functional partners, including Market Access, Medical, Finance, Business Insights, Patient Services, Regulatory, Supply, and Global colleagues.

This role serves as a strategic partner and integrator—supporting the BHBU operating rhythm; driving strategic planning, performance management, and governance; and ensuring business priorities are aligned and executed. The SPO will provide direct operational support to the VP/GM and BHBU LT, manage key business processes, and enable effective collaboration across functions.

In addition to core SPO responsibilities, the Director will lead strategic cross-functional projects that advance BHBU capabilities and performance, including AI adoption, operating-model evolution, commercial transformation, and improved ways of working.

This position provides an outstanding opportunity to work with senior commercial leaders, gain broad visibility into the U.S. Bone Health business, and directly contribute to strategies and operating practices that deliver value for patients.

Responsibilities Include:

Strategic Planning and Operations Support

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for BHBU, ensuring effective planning, prioritization, and coordination across Marketing, Sales, and cross-functional partners.
• Partner with the VP/GM and BHBU LT to support decision-making, execution, and alignment on key business priorities.
• Lead and coordinate annual and long-range planning processes, ensuring alignment across strategic priorities, plans, and milestones.
• Manage the BHBU operating cadence and key forums, including LT meetings, business reviews, business-planning meetings, and town halls.
• Drive performance-management processes, including business reporting, insights, and action planning to enable timely decisions and course correction.
• Facilitate Marketing–Sales integration, ensuring alignment between brand strategy, field execution, customer insights, and commercial priorities.
• Develop key presentations, reports, and communications for governance meetings, leadership forums, and planning sessions.
• Interface with Global partners to support appropriate alignment and information sharing.

Leadership of Strategic Projects

• Lead cross-functional strategic projects that advance the BHBU commercial strategy, operating model, and long-term performance.
• Drive adoption of AI tools and capabilities to enhance business efficiency, analytics, and decision-making.
• Identify and execute opportunities to strengthen cross-functional integration, agility, and execution through innovation and best practices.
• Lead transformation initiatives that improve business processes, collaboration, and ways of working.
• Translate strategic priorities into integrated plans, clear accountabilities, and measurable outcomes.
• Anticipate emerging business needs and recommend solutions that improve planning and execution.

Win

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The strategic professional we seek is a collaborative, commercially minded, and forward-thinking leader with these qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

• Master’s degree and 7 years of project management experience; OR
• Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of project management experience; AND
• 4 years of leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation of resources.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Commercial biopharmaceutical experience, with demonstrated partnership across Marketing, Sales, and cross-functional teams.
• Marketing experience, preferably at the Director level or with comparable strategic scope.
• Experience in Bone Health, osteoporosis, or a relevant specialty therapeutic area.
• Experience in sales leadership, launch excellence, lifecycle management, commercial planning, or performance management.
• Experience in management consulting, strategic planning, or commercial operations is a plus.
• Experience leading transformation initiatives and applying new tools, technologies, or operating models.
• Ability to lead complex initiatives through influence in a matrixed environment.
• Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder-management, and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated creativity and foresight in anticipating and solving complex business issues.

Thrive

What you can expect from us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities that may include:

• A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts
• A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan
• Stock-based long-term incentives
• Award-winning time-off plans and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns
• Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible

Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.

As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

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 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.