Global Strategy & Ops Lead – Agile PM (Remote)

Amgen; Thousand Oaks (CA); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock and retirement

Comprehensive benefits

Annual bonus

Long-term incentives

Flexible work models

Job summary

Amgen is seeking a Senior Associate Strategic Planning & Ops to lead cross-functional project initiatives. You will define deliverables, milestones, and risk plans, and create roadmaps, dashboards, and reports to track progress using Agile methodologies.

The role requires a Master’s degree and 5 years in Agile PM, strong skills with Smartsheet, Excel, and Office 365, plus familiarity with pharma lifecycle management.

Qualifications

• Requires Master’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in a related field and 5 years of experience.
• 5 years of experience in Agile project management and Agile frameworks (Scrum/Kanban).
• Experience with Smartsheet and Excel; familiarity with pharma lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Define project deliverables, milestones, tasks, and risks with global cross-functional teams.
• Create roadmaps, reports, and dashboards for project tracking.
• Apply Agile principles across project activities.
• Develop communication plans and stakeholder analyses.
• Schedule and facilitate team meetings, track actions and minutes.
• Build relationships with CfOR leaders to align objectives.
• Identify process gaps and propose solutions.
• Communicate status to stakeholders within CfOR and Amgen.
• Drive initiatives to improve CfOR capabilities and efficiency.
• Explore technology options (Smartsheet Automations, formulas, ChatGPT, CoPilot) to streamline operations.

Skills

Agile project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Data synthesis

Education

Master’s degree in Computer Science / Information Technology / Project Management

Tools

Smartsheet

Excel

Miro

Visio

SharePoint

OneNote

MS Teams

MS Project

Office 365

Job description

Amgen is seeking a Senior Associate Strategic Planning & Ops to lead cross-functional project initiatives. You will define deliverables, milestones, and risk plans, and create roadmaps, dashboards, and reports to track progress using Agile methodologies.

The role requires a Master’s degree and 5 years in Agile PM, strong skills with Smartsheet, Excel, and Office 365, plus familiarity with pharma lifecycle management.