Senior Associate Strategic Planning & Ops

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

Career Category Project Management 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. 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.

Senior Associate Strategic Planning & Ops

Duties

• Work with global cross-functional teams to define project deliverables, milestones, tasks, identify and manage risks
• Create roadmaps, reports, and dashboards for project tracking
• Apply Agile principles in all project management activities
• Develop necessary plans including communication plans, stakeholder analysis, implementation plans, sustainment plans and project schedules
• Schedule and facilitate team meetings including setting agendas, writing meeting minutes and tracking action items to ensure completion
• Build and maintain strong relationships with CfOR leaders to understand business objectives and priorities
• Identify process gaps root cause and generate creative solutions
• Communicate status and issues effectively to appropriate parties, both within CfOR and across Amgen
• Manage initiatives to improve and support CfOR capabilities and effectiveness
• Help increase efficiency across CfOR with innovative ideas in using technology including Smartsheet Automations and formulas, ChatGPT, and CoPilot to replace manual operations
• Build and maintain positive collaborations, communicating, seeking advice, and facilitating critical business decisions
• May telecommute

Requirements

• Master’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Information Technology, Project Management, or a related field & 5 years of experience in the job offered or a data-related occupation
• Position requires 5 years of experience in the following:
• Agile project management and Agile frameworks including: Scrum and Kanban
• Smartsheet and Excel
• Understanding market dynamics across therapeutic areas
• Synthesizing and analyzing cross-functional information to guide decision-making
• Pharmaceutical product lifecycle management, including early-stage development and commercialization
• Miro, Visio, SharePoint, OneNote, MS Teams, MS Project, and Office 365
• Project leadership in pharmaceutical or health industries
• Coding in languages including: Python and Jquery for non-interventional study management application development and enhancement
• Collaborating with global partners for project execution

Job type: Full-Time position.

The annual salary for this position in the U.S. is $135,533.00 per year.

Benefits

• Stock, retirement, medical, life and disability insurance and eligibility for an annual bonus or for sales roles, other incentive compensation
• For more details visit https://careers.amgen.com/life-at-amgen/benefits/
• 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
• Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible

What you can expect of 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.

Company Culture

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.

Equal Opportunity Employment

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.

About Amgen

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