Manager, Corporate Affairs

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. 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.

Manager, Corporate Affairs - Obesity and Related Conditions

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be an integral part of Amgen’s Obesity and Related Conditions team, bringing corporate affairs expertise. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a hard-working team, harnessing your creative spirit and project management skills to implement unique integrated communications plans and initiatives supporting Amgen in this fast evolving and high-visibility therapeutic category. To achieve their goals, the Manager will collaborate with numerous internal cross-functional teams and agency partners to deliver high impact communications, grounded in meaningful insights and data, through a range of internal and external channels. This position reports directly to the Associate Director, Corporate Affairs, operating as a self-starter while working on a collaborative and impactful team.

This is a remote position based in the US, with the expectation of occasional travel to Thousand Oaks Headquarters and key events.

Responsibilities:

• Support development and implementation of integrated communications strategies that support the cross-functional Obesity and Related Conditions team by effectively engaging internal and external audiences
• Responsible for a wide variety of ongoing communications initiatives with a focus on project management
• Lead research and manage tactical execution in support of the communication strategy for priority initiatives, including key data milestones, medical meetings, DSE initiatives and more
• Project manage multiple critical communications initiatives simultaneously, including overseeing material review process
• Develop and partner on creating multimedia content and manage multiple layers of review and distribution
• Collaborate with enterprise communications team on priority employee communications and external communications, including Amgen.com and social media content
• Lead metrics reporting around key communications initiatives
• Support local affiliates to ensure narrative is consistently and effectively pulled through across global footprint
• Stay abreast of integrated communications and social media trends to share key insights and identify opportunities

What we expect of you

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

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree

Or

Master’s degree and 2 years of communications and/or public relations and/or corporate affairs and/or marketing experience

Or

Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of communications and/or public relations and/or corporate affairs and/or marketing experience

Or

Associate’s degree and 8 years of communications and/or public relations and/or corporate affairs and/or marketing experience

Or

High school diploma / GED and 10 years of communications and/or public relations and/or corporate affairs and/or marketing experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Dedication to our mission to serve patients
• Bachelor’s degree in public relations, communications, journalism, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience in public relations and/or communications, specifically within the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or healthcare sectors strongly preferred (in-house or agency)
• Outstanding writing, editing, communications and presentation skills, with a keen attention to detail
• Expert ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Advanced knowledge and experience in social me