Senior Manager, Training & Development, Obesity & Related Conditions

Amgen; United States; Remote; USD 157,000 - 212,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plan contributions

Comprehensive benefits package

Discretionary annual bonus

Job summary

Amgen seeks a Senior Manager of Training & Development for Obesity & Related Conditions. This U.S. Remote role leads the onboarding program design, governance, and continuous improvement, and heads a team of managers supporting onboarding and field development.

You will partner with Sales, Marketing, Medical, Patient Access, Compliance, Legal, HR, and Global Learning to deliver compliant, engaging learning solutions and manage complex vendor partnerships in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Doctorate degree and 2 years of field sales, commercial training, learning and development, sales management, or related experience in a large-scale organization.
• Master's degree and 4 years of field sales, commercial training, learning and development, sales management, or related experience in a large-scale organization.
• Bachelor's degree and 6 years of field sales, commercial training, learning and development, sales management, or related experience in a large-scale organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, deployment, governance, and continuous improvement of the U.S. Sales New Hire Onboarding Program for Obesity & Related Conditions.
• Manage onboarding operations, learner enrollment, curricula, calendars, communications, attendance, completion tracking, and audit readiness.
• Hire, coach, and develop a team of training managers to support onboarding and field capabilities.
• Establish national training standards and operating rhythms across onboarding, sales capabilities, and field training.
• Facilitate learning workshops at national and regional meetings to elevate sales capabilities.
• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of the Obesity & Related Conditions Training SharePoint site and governance.

Skills

Pharma/biotech training

People leadership

Commercial learning

Adult learning

Project leadership

Vendor management

Education

Doctorate degree

Master's degree

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SharePoint

LMS

Job description

Senior Manager, Training & Development, Obesity & Related Conditions - U.S. Remote

United States - Remote

Job ID: R-260473

Date posted: Nov. 04, 2026

Category: Training

Salary range: 156,777.40USD -212,110.60 USD

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.

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. The Senior Manager, Training & Development will lead the design, deployment, governance, and continuous improvement of the U.S. Sales New Hire Onboarding Program for Obesity & Related Conditions. This role will also lead a team of managers who support onboarding & ongoing development of field staff, own the Obesity & Related Conditions Training SharePoint learning experience, and lead complex cross-functional projects with vendor partnerships. This individual will also support sales leadership, including regional sales directors and district managers. The position reports to the Director, Training & Development, Obesity & Related Conditions.

Scope & Key Accountabilities

• Own the end-to-end strategy, design, deployment, governance, and continuous improvement of the U.S. Sales New Hire Onboarding Program, integrating disease-state education, product, market access, compliance, selling skills, business acumen, systems training, certification, leadership, and coaching into scalable, role-based learning journeys.
• Lead and coordinate new hire training & onboarding classes to support launch, expansion, and field vacancies on a frequent, rolling basis. Manage onboarding operations and measure program effectiveness, including learner enrollment, curricula and calendars, communications, attendance, completion tracking, certification documentation, learner support, and audit readiness. Regularly measure learner engagement, knowledge retention, user experience, and time to field readiness.
• Hire, lead, coach, and develop a team of training managers who support onboarding and field capabilities by setting clear priorities, performance expectations, and development plans to strengthen their capabilities in training development & facilitation, field observation, stakeholder partnership, and project leadership.
• Establish consistent national training standards and consistent operating rhythms amongst training managers while allocating resources across onboarding, sales capabilities, field training observations, sales meetings, and brand priorities; partner with sales leaders to identify capability gaps and translate field insights into targeted learning, reinforcement, and coaching solutions.
• Facilitate learning & development workshops at national and regional meetings to elevate sales capabilities.
• Lead the design, development, launch, and ongoing maintenance of the Obesity & Related Conditions Training SharePoint site as the centralized destination for new-hire onboarding content and evolving disease-state education, product, access, competitive landscape, compliance, leadership, and field-learning resources.
• Establish and maintain the site information architecture and governance, including content ownership, metadata and tagging, searchability, permissions, version control, review cadence, platform alignment, analytics, and continuous improvements to usability and adoption.
• Lead complex learning initiatives and agency/vendor partnerships from planning through deployment, managing scope, budgets, timelines, dependencies, risks, communications, quality, statements of work, and partner performance across multiple concurrent priorities.
• Partner with Sales Leadership, Marketing, Medical, Patient Access, Compliance, Legal, Human Resources, Operations, Global & U.S. Learning partners, and subject-matter experts to translate complex brand & organizational priorities into accurate, compliant, and engaging live, virtual, and blended learning solutions.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Senior Manager we seek is a motivated professional with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications

• Doctorate degree and 2 years of field sales, commercial training, learning and development, sales management, or related experience in a large-scale organization.
• Master's degree and 4 years of field sales, commercial training, learning and development, sales management, or related experience in a large-scale organization.
• Bachelor's degree and 6 years of field sales, commercial training, learning and development, sales management, or related experience in a large-scale organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of pharmaceutical/biotech commercial training, sales enablement, or field sales experience, with demonstrated success designing and deploying large-scale new hire onboarding and field-readiness programs.
• 3+ years of people leadership experience, with a strong track record of coaching and developing training professionals and building high-performing teams.
• Experience supporting commercial learning in pharma, healthcare, or regulated industries, including product launches, launch readiness, lifecycle initiatives, and field capability development.
• Demonstrated expertise in adult learning, instructional design, workshop development and facilitation, including blended learning, certification, reinforcement, and manager‑led coaching.
• Strong project and vendor management experience, with the ability to lead complex, cross‑functional initiatives and manage agencies, budgets, timelines, risks, and multiple priorities in a fast‑paced, regulated environment.
• Strong digital, LMS and learning technology capabilities, including experience with SharePoint or similar knowledge‑management platforms, analytics, and emerging AI‑enabled approaches.

Additional Role Expectations

• Ability and willingness to lead live onboarding classes, develop and facilitate trainings for national and regional sales meetings, conduct field observations, and support other business-critical training events as needed.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deliverables within tight timelines, often in ambiguous and evolving environments.
• Travel: 20%
• Location: U.S.-based Remote.

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.

• 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.

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.