Sr. Director Environment, Health and Safety
Amgen Inc. (IR)
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Job summary
Amgen Inc. in Thousand Oaks, CA, seeks a Senior Director to transform global safety and risk programs. You will lead enterprise strategy, drive digital modernization, and champion risk governance across the organization.
This role requires senior leadership experience in regulated biotech environments and a track record of delivering strategic transformation. Key focus areas include AI-enabled safety analytics, cross-functional alignment, and building a resilient, high-performing EHS
Qualifications
- Doctorate or higher with 5+ years leading transformation safety and risk, plus 5+ years of people management.
- Experience in biotechnology/pharmaceutical manufacturing or other regulated industries preferred.
- Strong leadership, strategic thinking, and stakeholder management capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute Amgen's enterprise Safety & Risk strategy.
- Lead transformation and modernization of global safety programs.
- Establish a multi-year roadmap to evolve safety capabilities.
- Benchmark against leading biotech and high-reliability organizations.
- Foster a culture of innovation, agility, and continuous improvement.
- Drive AI, predictive analytics, and digital enablement across EHS.
- Provide governance for risk programs across the enterprise.
- Lead governance, audits, and management reviews.
Skills
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Job description
Career Category Corporate Services 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.
- Develop and execute Amgen's enterprise Safety & Risk strategy aligned with corporate priorities and long-term business objectives.
- Lead the transformation and modernization of global safety programs to improve organizational effectiveness and operational performance.
- Establish a multi-year roadmap to evolve enterprise safety capabilities, governance, and risk management practices.
- Benchmark leading biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and high-reliability organizations to continuously improve enterprise capabilities.
- Foster a culture of innovation, agility, and continuous improvement across the global EHS organization.
- Drive innovation by integrating AI, predictive analytics, automation, and digital technologies into enterprise safety programs.
- Develop advanced dashboards and leading indicators that enable proactive risk management and executive decision-making.
- Champion digital transformation initiatives that simplify processes, improve user experience, and increase organizational efficiency.
- Evaluate emerging technologies to strengthen workforce protection and operational resilience.
- Provide enterprise leadership and governance for: Occupational Safety Critical Risk Management Serious Injury & Fatality (SIF) Prevention Contractor Safety Excellence Human & Organizational Performance (HOP) Control of Work Electrical Safety Machine Safety Confined Space Lockout/Tagout Working at Heights Ergonomics Powered Industrial Vehicles Line-of-Fire Prevention Learning Teams & Operational Learning Ensure programs remain scalable, standardized, and adaptable to evolving business needs.
- Advance enterprise risk management capabilities through data-driven decision-making and systems thinking.
- Establish governance for identifying, assessing, and mitigating operational risks across the enterprise.
- Integrate risk management into capital projects, engineering design, manufacturing operations, R&D, and business planning.
- Develop enterprise risk intelligence and predictive capabilities that improve organizational resilience.
- Lead initiatives that simplify processes, eliminate unnecessary complexity, and improve execution across the enterprise.
- Drive integration between safety, engineering, quality, operations, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Ensure safety programs enable productivity, innovation, and operational performance rather than acting as standalone compliance activities.
- Promote systems thinking and cross-functional collaboration to improve end-to-end business performance.
- Lead enterprise change management efforts that strengthen safety culture and organizational performance.
- Build leadership capability in Human & Organizational Performance (HOP), learning culture, and risk-based decision-making.
- Partner with senior leaders to embed safety into business transformation initiatives.
- Foster psychological safety, frontline engagement, accountability, and continuous learning.
- Establish enterprise governance frameworks that ensure consistency, transparency, and accountability.
- Monitor program effectiveness through KPIs, leading indicators, and executive dashboards.
- Lead enterprise audits, assessments, and management reviews.
- Ensure compliance while advancing innovative approaches that improve business value.
- Build and develop a high-performing global organization capable of supporting future business needs.
- Coach and mentor emerging leaders.
- Develop critical technical capabilities and succession plans.
- Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and innovation-driven culture.
- Lead the transformation of Amgen's global safety and risk programs to meet future business needs.
- Accelerate digital innovation and AI adoption across EHS.
- Improve enterprise risk visibility, predictive capabilities, and decision-making.
- Strengthen organizational resilience and critical risk management.
- Enable safer, faster, and more efficient business execution.
- Increase cross-functional integration and operational effectiveness.
- Build a high-performing organization that continuously innovates and adapts.
- Position Global EHS as a strategic business partner that enables growth, operational excellence, and long-term enterprise success.
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional individual we seek is a leader with these qualifications
- Doctorate degree and 5 years of leading transformation safety and risk experience OR Master’s degree and 9 years of leading transformation safety and risk experience OR Bachelor’s degree and 11 years of leading transformation safety and risk experience AND In addition to meeting at least one of the above requirements, you must have at least 5 years’ experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation of resources. Your managerial experience may run concurrently with the required technical experience referenced above.
- Demonstrated success leading enterprise transformation initiatives within biotechnology, pharmaceutical manufacturing, engineering, or similarly regulated industries like oil and gas.
- Proven experience driving organizational transformation, innovation, and digital modernization.
- Strong system-thinking mindset with the ability to simplify complex global organizations.
- Experience leveraging AI, advanced analytics, and digital technologies to improve business performance.
- Expertise in enterprise risk management, organizational resilience, and operational excellence.
- Experience influencing executive leadership and leading change across complex matrix organizations.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to balance risk, innovation, and execution.
- Exceptional strategic thinking, executive communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Critical Leadership Competencies Strategic Leadership Enterprise Transformation Innovation & Digital Mindset Systems/Process Thinking Organizational Effectiveness Business Enablement Operational Excellence Executive Influence Change Leadership Risk Intelligence AI & Digital Adoption Continuous Improvement Organizational Resilience Cross-Functional Integration Data-Driven Decision Making Talent Development Collaboration & Influence Customer & Patient Focus
- Strategic Leadership
- Enterprise Transformation
- Innovation & Digital Mindset
- Systems/Process Thinking
- Organizational Effectiveness
- Business Enablement
- Operational Excellence
- Executive Influence
- Change Leadership
- Risk Intelligence
- AI & Digital Adoption
- Continuous Improvement
- Organizational Resilience
- Cross-Functional Integration
- Data-Driven Decision Making
- Talent Development
- Collaboration & Influence
- Customer & Patient Focus
From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.
- 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.
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 does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.
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.
Salary Range 196,578.65USD -265,959.35 USD
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
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