Assoc Director, 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.

Assoc Director, Corporate Affairs

What you will do

Let’s do this! Let’s change the world! In this vital role the Associate Director, Events, will lead the strategic planning and delivery of Amgen’s corporate-level events, ensuring they are impactful, innovative, and aligned with corporate objectives. This role will oversee internal and external events, including leadership meetings, all-employee town halls, and special initiatives, to foster connection, alignment, and engagement across Amgen’s workforce and stakeholders. The Associate Director will manage event operations, logistics, and creative elements, ensuring excellence in delivery. Specifically, this individual will lead bi-annual meetings of Amgen’s Officers, annual meetings of Executive Directors and Officers, as well as select corporate sponsorships.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The corporate communications professional we seek has these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 3 years of corporate communications experience

Or

Master’s degree and 7 years of corporate communications experience

Or

Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of corporate communications experience

Or

Associate’s degree and 12 years of corporate communications experience

Or

High school diploma / GED and 14 years of corporate communications experience

In addition to meeting at least one of the above requirements, you must have a minimum of 3 years experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation or resources. Your managerial experience may run concurrently with the required technical experience referenced above

Preferred Qualifications:

• Degree in public relations, communications, journalism or related field

• Experience working in-house or within a creative agency

• Hands on experience producing live events, including managing logistical teams and creative content

• Strategic and creative thinker

• Ability to interact with all levels of management and manage staff and vendors

• Excellent interpersonal skills; enthusiastic, team player and self-starter

• Strong organizational and project management skills with exceptional attention to detail.

• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities under tight deadlines.

• Problem-solving mindset with the ability to adapt quickly to changing circumstances.

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

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.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities that may include:

• 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 sa