HR Senior Manager - Operations Talent & Culture

Career Category

Human Resources

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.

HR Senior Manager - Operations Talent & Culture

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will contribute directly to the talent engagement and development programs for the global Operations community, comprised of more than 10,000 colleagues worldwide. The Operations Talent & Culture team (Ops T&C) owns and manages multiple global programs impacting Operations staff and leaders worldwide. You will serve as the program manager for the Operations Graduate Program, which is designed to attract and develop high-potential graduate students through meaningful internships. By pairing hands-on, real-world experience with exposure to Amgen’s culture and ways of working, the program builds a sustainable pipeline of future-ready talent for the organization.

You will also be responsible for leading Ops T&C external partnerships, refining and evolving the strategy for external partnerships focused on building brand awareness and creating a robust talent pipeline for Operations. You will maintain responsibility for project management and delivery of external engagements. Additionally, you will support the Process Development function by leading the engagement Council and overseeing the administration of the core programs focused on employee engagement and organizational culture.

This role provides a unique opportunity to oversee end-to-end program management, interact with Operations leaders across the globe, and help ensure Amgen has a robust pipeline of future leaders. This role reports to the head of the Ops T&C team.

In this role, you will:

• Serve as the Operations Graduate Program (OGP) program manager with oversight of the end-to-end program design, development, and execution
• Partner closely with business leaders and HR Business Partners to ensure the OGP program meets business needs and evolves in accordance with changing business priorities and leadership challenges; Continuously improve the design and management of the OGP program; Evolve program standards and business processes
• Foster a sense of community with program participants and ensure a positive participant experience
• Manage the financials associated with OGP including purchase orders, invoices, and budget forecasting and reconciliation to Finance Partners
• Maintain program-related resources
• Identify and continuously monitor meaningful metrics to assess program effectiveness and business impact
• Establish and sustain university partnerships to create a high-quality talent pipeline for the Operations Graduate Program, ensuring degree programs and candidate qualifications align with business and program needs while adhering to university policies
• Ensure team's close partnership with the enterprise Talent team, Talent Acquisition and University Relations, Global Mobility, and other key partners; collaborate with these teams to develop processes, tools, and resources that provide a seamless recruitment, selection, onboarding, and conversion experience
• Lead Ops T&C external partnership programs
• Develop and oversee the overarching external engagement and partnership strategy, including year-over-year roadmap and ongoing continuous improvement and evolution
• Manage the portfolio of Ops T&C partnerships; act as the relationship manager with external partners; identify how to best leverage the partnerships to support business needs; ensure the partnerships are achieving the intended outcome
• Maintain accountability for end-to-end management of Ops T&C external engagements, including planning, project management, and event execution
• Partner with business and HR stakeholders—including Talent Acquisition, University Relations, Operations T&C program managers, Operations leaders, and Hiring