Global Procurement Senior Director - Technology and Medical Business Partner Lead

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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.

Global Procurement Senior Director - Technology and Medical Business Partner Lead

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will serve as the Business Partner Lead for Technology and Medical, reporting directly to the Executive Director for R&D and ATMOS Sourcing. You will spearhead initiatives to define partnership strategies, oversee business planning and governance, and unlock innovation and value realization across Global Development.

Your mission will extend to fostering collaboration, enabling enterprise-wide initiatives, and championing change to position Global Procurement as a strategic value driver within the organization.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Serve as a trusted advisor and thought leader within the Global Technology and Medical organization, offering expert insights into market trends, supplier capabilities, and best practices for Technology strategies.
• Forge strategic, high-impact partnerships with key partners across Technology and Medical, ensuring alignment between business priorities and Category strategies.
• Leverage market intelligence to craft business strategies that seamlessly connect with Development category objectives.
• Work strategically with the supply base to drive supplier-enabled innovation that supports and enhances business partner objectives.
• Provide Technology Procurement expertise to catalyze business development, operational innovation, and other high-value initiatives.
• Collaborate with Finance and cross-functional teams to generate, capture, and recognize value across the enterprise. Influence budgetary decisions and profit-and-loss outcomes to increase impact.
• Promote the adoption of Procurement-led and business-aligned critical initiatives, ensuring integration across stakeholders, end users, suppliers, and strategic partners.
• Bridge the gap between procurement performance and business objectives by driving the implementation of relevant initiatives developed by Category Leads.

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 5 years of procurement, category management, technology, or related experience

Or

Master’s degree and 9 years of procurement, category management, technology, or related experience

Or

Bachelor’s degree and 11 years of procurement, category management, technology, or related experience

In addition to meeting at least one of the above requirements, you must have at least 5 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:

• 10-15 years of experience in procurement, category management, Technology, or related fields, with a strong focus on developing and implementing Procurement strategies aligned with business objectives.
• Experience leading Technology Procurement categories & teams, from shaping strategies to successful execution.
• Experience in IT Category Management, including Infrastructure, Cloud & Security, Data, Analytics & AI Platforms, Enterprise SaaS & Digital Apps, IT & Professional Services, and Digital Health & Regulated Tech
• Demonstrated expertise in spearheading cross-functional initiatives, making strategic category trade-offs, and representing major vertical categories at top-level decision-making forums
• An analytical approach focused on performance metrics and value management, encompass