Associate Director, Strategic Projects – Procurement Center of Excellence

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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, Strategic Projects – Procurement Center of Excellence

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. We are seeking a seasoned and strategic leader to serve as Associate Director, Strategic Projects within the Procurement Center of Excellence (COE). This high-impact role requires a forward-thinking leader with the ability to influence across a global matrix, drive organizational transformation, and deliver against ambitious procurement and enterprise goals.

As a key member of the COE Procurement leadership team, you will report to the Senior Director of Functional Strategy & Transformation, spearheading the design, implementation, and execution of high-priority strategic projects and programs that align with Amgen’s Procurement and enterprise-level strategies. You will lead cross-functional teams and serve as a critical liaison between Global Procurement and business unit leadership, ensuring successful delivery of initiatives that drive value, innovation, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Functional and Enterprise-Level Strategic Initiatives: Own the execution of complex, cross-functional critical initiatives that have high visibility and material impact on Procurement and enterprise performance.
• Shape Functional Strategy: Partner with senior leaders to build and translate long-range functional strategies into multi-year implementation roadmaps.
• Establish Program Governance and Operating Models: Define and implement consistent frameworks for strategic project management, performance monitoring, change management, and partner engagement.
• Strategic Analytics and Insight Generation: Design a standard portfolio of critical metric dashboards and analytics to inform executive decision-making and identify risk and opportunity across the strategic project portfolio.
• Executive-Level Communication: Deliver compelling, data-driven updates to senior partners and steering committees, including C-level executives.
• Global Stakeholder Leadership: Act as the primary contact for regional and global Procurement partners, ensuring alignment and integration across markets.
• Resource Planning and Portfolio Management: Optimize allocation of resources across strategic programs, ensuring efficient delivery against defined objectives, timelines, and return on investment.
• Continuous Improvement and Innovation: Identify and scale enterprise standard processes in Procurement operations, policies, and digital enablement tools.

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 experience in strategic project leadership, acquisition integration execution, or procurement strategy, preferably in a global, matrixed organization

Or

Master’s degree and 5 years of experience in strategic project leadership, acquisition integration execution, or procurement strategy, preferably in a global, matrixed organization

Or

Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of experience in strategic project leadership, acquisition integration execution, or procurement strategy, preferably in a global, matrixed organization

Or

Associate’s degree and 12 years of experience in strategic project leadership, acquisition integration execution, or procurement strategy, preferably in a global, matrixed organization

Or

High school diploma / GED and 14 years of experience in strategic project leadership, acquisition integration execution, or procurement strategy, preferably in a global, matrixed organization

Preferred Qualifications: