Senior Manager Packaging Engineering

Amgen; New Albany (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plan

Stock-based incentives

Flexible work model

Job summary

Amgen in Ohio seeks a Senior Manager of Commercial Secondary Packaging to lead a team of engineers supporting packaging operations for final and WIP products. You will drive reliability, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement, coordinating with Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain and external partners.

The role emphasizes leadership, strategic planning, and delivering safe, compliant packaging processes to meet ongoing demand in a regulated biopharma environment.

Qualifications

• Must have 2+ years direct people management experience.
• Advanced degree with relevant engineering/science discipline required or equivalent.
• Experience leading packaging engineering teams in a GMP/regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of packaging engineers for commercial operations.
• Drive root-cause analysis and CAPAs for deviations.
• Improve packaging line performance through reliability and efficiency.
• Own packaging configurations and maintenance for commercial products.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and readiness with Manufacturing, Quality, and External Supply.
• Lead continuous improvement to reduce downtime, waste, and variability.
• Support change controls across internal and external sites.
• Provide updates to site leadership on performance and issues.

Skills

Leadership

Packaging engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Doctorate + 2 years

Master's + 6 years

Bachelor's + 8 years

Associate + 10 years

High school / GED + 12 years

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.

What You Will Do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world! In this vital role you will report to the Director of Commercial Secondary Packaging and be based in Ohio, leading a team of engineers responsible for supporting commercial secondary packaging operations for final and WIP product presentations. This role is focused on ensuring reliable, compliant, and efficient packaging processes to meet ongoing commercial supply demands. The Senior Manager will set priorities and direction for the packaging organization to support day-to-day manufacturing, drive operational excellence, and continuously improve packaging performance across commercial operations. You will collaborate closely with site functions including Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Maintenance to ensure consistent delivery of high-quality product to patients.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Lead and develop a team of packaging engineers supporting commercial operations, ensuring timely resolution of production issues.
• Drive troubleshooting and root cause analysis for deviations, implementing effective CAPAs.
• Improve packaging line performance through enhanced equipment reliability, process robustness, and operational efficiency.
• Own packaging configurations, specifications, and maintenance of the qualified state for commercial products.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, and External Supply to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and inspection readiness.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to reduce downtime, waste, and process variability.
• Support change control activities, including packaging updates, material changes, and process improvements across internal and external sites.
• Provide regular updates to site leadership on performance, key issues, and improvement efforts.
• Collaborate with cross-functional, network, and external partners to align on standards and share best practices.
• Manage resources and priorities to meet production schedules and business needs.
• Provide technical oversight to external partners and suppliers supporting packaging operations.

What We Expect Of You

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The packaging professional we seek will possess these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree and 2 years of Engineering, Materials Science, or Industrial Design experience
• Master’s degree and 6 years of Engineering, Materials Science, or Industrial Design experience
• Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of Engineering, Materials Science, or Industrial Design experience
• Associate’s degree and 10 years of Engineering, Materials Science, or Industrial Design experience
• High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Engineering, Materials Science, or Industrial Design experience

In addition to meeting at least one of the above requirements, you must have a minimum of 2 years experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation or resources. Your managerial experience may run concurrently with the required technical experience referenced above

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.

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
• Flexible work models where possible. Refer to the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies.

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Sponsorship

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.

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