Senior Director, Digital Transformation – Global Engineering

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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.
 

 Senior Director, Digital Transformation – Global Engineering 

What you will do
 

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this Senior Director, Digital Transformation – Global Engineering vital role, as an enterprise leadership role you will be responsible for defining and executing Engineering’s digital and data transformation strategy. This role will lead the transition from fragmented digital initiatives to a scalable, data-centric operating model, enabling a robust digital thread across the asset lifecycle and establishing the foundation for AI-enabled engineering. 
 

The role owns Engineering data governance and digital transformation execution, ensuring that engineering data is treated as a strategic asset—governed, standardized, and embedded within systems of record. This leader will drive enterprise alignment while maintaining global Engineering accountability, partnering closely with Digital Technology Information Systems (DTI), AI teams, and Global Capability Centers (GCCs).  

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Digital & Data Strategy Execution 

• Define and execute the Global Engineering digital transformation (EDT) roadmap aligned with enterprise priorities and data strategy.
• Translate strategy into scalable capabilities, prioritizing high-value data domains including asset management, project, maintenance, and EHS.
• Establish Engineering’s digital operating model by integrating product, data, and platform strategies.

Engineering Data Governance & Ownership 

• Lead and operationalize Engineering data governance, including master data, reference data, metadata, and data quality standards.
• Establish and lead an Engineering data champion model across functions.
• Define data ownership, stewardship, and accountability frameworks aligned with enterprise governance.
• Drive adoption of FAIR data principles across Engineering.

Digital Thread & System Integration 

• Lead implementation of the Engineering digital thread across capital projects and the asset lifecycle.
• Ensure structured digital turnover into enterprise systems of record.
• Drive integration across SAP Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), Product and Portfolio Management (PPM), Building Information Modeling (BIM) / Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC), Sphera Software Solutions, and related enterprise platforms.
• Ensure alignment with clean core principles and enterprise architecture standards.

Transformation Program Leadership 

• Lead a global team responsible for delivering transformation programs and strategic initiatives.
• Establish strong governance, performance metrics, and execution discipline.
• Drive measurable value creation in areas such as reliability, capital efficiency, and compliance.
• Govern innovation pipelines and AI use cases to ensure scalability and business impact.

Cross-Functional & Enterprise Partnership 

• Partner closely with Digital Technology & Innovation, AI teams, and enterprise data organizations.
• Collaborate across Engineering, Operations, Quality, and EHS to drive aligned execution.
• Define and operationalize Global Capability Centers (GCC) as a core engine for digital, data, and AI capability delivery.
• Establish scalable global delivery models that improve speed, consistency, and cost efficiency.

Change Leadership & Adoption 

• Drive adoption of standards, SOPs, and GDEs across the global organization.
• Lead change management efforts to support transformation at scale.
• Build digital and data literacy to strengthen organizat