Associate Director – Operations NPI Business Partner

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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.

Associate Director – Operations NPI Business Partner

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. We are seeking an individual who thrives in ambiguity, capable of shaping category-specific strategies with speed and precision.

In this vital role, you will serve as the Operations NPI Business Partner. You will be responsible for driving strategic alignment between Procurement and business stakeholders within verticals, sites, and categories. This role will play a critical part in shaping vertical-specific Procurement strategies, enabling business objectives, and delivering value through the end-to-end NPI project timeline from tech transfer to commercial readiness

Reporting to Procurement’s Sr. Business Partner Lead for Operations, you will lead efforts to define partnering strategies, manage business planning and governance, and drive innovation and value realization across categories. The role will also focus on fostering collaboration, enabling company-wide initiatives, and leading change enablement to position Procurement as a strategic value driver for the business.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Align on key business and vertical-specific strategic priorities and needs (e.g., NPI, go-to-market strategies). Provide third-party market insights to shape business strategies and link business objectives to vertical Procurement strategies.
• Scout the market for vertical-specific innovation opportunities across the external ecosystem. Introduce outside-in disruptions to influence and shape Procurement strategies for verticals.
• Collaborate with Finance and cross-functional (engineering, R&D, manufacturing and quality) teams to drive pipeline value generation, realization, and recognition across verticals.
• Track deliverables, risks and mitigation plans within verticals, and manage the overall prioritization, to achieve total value.
• Provide Procurement expertise to enable business development, innovation realization, and other initiatives.
• Drive adoption of Procurement and business critical initiatives across the ecosystem, including end users, suppliers, and strategic partners within verticals.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is an individual with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 3 years of business partnering, operations, G&A, technology, and/or related experience

Or

Master’s degree and 5 years of business partnering, operations, G&A, technology, and/or related experience

Or

Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of business partnering, operations, G&A, technology, and/or related experience

Or

Associate’s degree and 12 years of business partnering, operations, G&A, technology, and/or related experience

Or

High school diploma / GED and 14 years of business partnering, operations, G&A, technology, and/or related experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in developing and delivering Procurement strategies aligned with business objectives across verticals, sites, and categories.
• Strong ability to segment stakeholders, create power maps, and define partnering strategies to influence and enable business strategies.
• Expertise in market scouting for innovation opportunities and integrating external ecosystem insights into Procurement strategies.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills to align on strategic priorities and drive proactive pipeline management.
• Analytical approach with a focus on performance and value management, including pipeline value generation, realization, and recognition.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initi