R&D Strategy and Performance Excellence (SPx) Graduate Intern

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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.

Graduate Intern – R&D Strategy & Performance Excellence (SPx)

What You Will Do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. During this program, you will be an integral member of the R&D Strategy & Performance Excellence (SPx) team, part of the overall R&D Strategy & Operations organization. This function is responsible for developing and executing R&D strategy and roadmap, leading and managing functional transformation, continuous improvement, and performance management across all R&D functions and delivering business results that drive peak R&D productivity and operational excellence globally.

As a member of Amgen's SPx team, your work will be highly collaborative across multiple functions and levels within Amgen, including Research & Development, Chief Medical Office, and others. In this role, you will be asked to leverage your analytical, leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills to work in teams, identify problems, conduct research, develop recommendations through qualitative and quantitative analysis, and deliver final projects related to one of the following areas:

• Strategic Transformation: Working collaboratively with cross-functional teams to drive end to end transformations (case for change, planning, design, implementation and value realization). This includes digital transformation, cultural shifts, and process improvements to enhance overall performance. Amplify this further by securing executive sponsorship, structured decision making and effective change management.
• Capability Building: Participating in efforts to develop and enhance the skills, knowledge, and competencies of employees to ensure they can meet current and future business challenges. Building capabilities to do the transformations more efficiently (faster, cheaper, better). This includes training programs, leadership development, and talent management strategies.
• Business Performance Excellence: Contributing to continuous improvement by implementing leading practices, optimizing operations, and ensuring high efficiency, quality, and shareholder satisfaction. This often involves methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, or Total Quality Management.
• Technology and Data Analytics: Supporting the Data and Decision Sciences team in leveraging analytics and decision-enabling evidence to drive innovation, strategic prioritization, and scalable growth across R&D initiatives.

What We Expect of You

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The proactive and dynamic individual we seek is highly curious, with a hunger for every opportunity and interaction and these qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

Amgen requires that all individuals applying for a grad internship or a co-op assignment at Amgen must meet the following criteria:

• 18 years or older
• Graduated with a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
• Currently enrolled in an MBA program for an MBA internship OR a Master’s program for a Master’s internship OR a PharmD program for a PharmD internship OR Ph.D. for a PhD internship from an accredited college or university and completion of the first year of MBA OR Master’s OR Pharm D OR Ph.D. program before the internship starts
• Enrolled in an accredited college or university following the potential internship or co-op assignment
• Must not be employed at the time the internship starts
• Student must be located in the United States for the duration of the [internship/co-op]
• Interns – Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. for the duration of this program. Sponsorship for future FTE roles is not guaranteed.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Pursuing a degree in Business, Finance, Management