Corporate Affairs, Senior Manager, HR Communications

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.

Corporate Affairs, Senior Manager, HR Communications

What you will do

Let’s do this! Let’s change the world! Are you an enterprise communications expert who is ready to make an impact on an organization grounded in purpose? Do you have the skills needed to be a strategic partner to executives in one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies?

If so, Amgen has an exciting opportunity for a strong enterprise communications Senior Manager who will help execute strategic communications and elevate storytelling in support of HR communications. This position is responsible for supporting Amgen’s global Human Resources team, including supporting executives and driving strategic communications to highlight benefits, diversity, inclusion and belonging (DI&B) and talent. The role reports to the Director, Corporate Affairs.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop and implement strategies to help integrate Human Resources vision and priorities throughout the organization via strategic channels

• Collaborate and serve as counsel to enterprise teams to cascade or roll out HR communications programs/initiatives; serve as key liaison to provide brand guidelines

• Craft succinct and engaging key messages and communications plans to deliver results while successfully changing between strategic and tactical communications

• Establish and enhance relationships with key internal stakeholders across the organization (e.g. HR business partners, DI&B, talent acquisition, benefits, content/editorial, brand, internal communications, product communications, advocacy, marketing teams, and global markets)

• Partner in managing employee communication channels to ensure efficient and effective delivery of messages; Incorporate employee feedback and external research findings to optimize communication strategies

• Craft creative content focusing on HR solutions, new programs, initiatives, talent and people

• Proactively assess change management and communications needs

• Exemplify growth mindset and stay abreast of industry trends and best practices in HR and communications, incorporating new strategies and technologies as appropriate

• Create presentations, talking points and briefings

• Use data analysis to continuously refine communication approaches and channels

• Participate in knowledge sharing and adopts best practices to enhance communication effectiveness

• Develop and maintain high credibility and influence with stakeholders

What we expect of you

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

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 2 years of corporate communications experience

Or

Master’s degree and 4 years of corporate communications experience

Or

Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of corporate communications experience

Or

Associate’s degree and 10 years of corporate communications experience

Or

High school diploma / GED and 12 years of corporate communications experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Five or more years of experience with staff engagement, culture building and internal communications including using internal and external channels

• Biotechnology, pharmaceutical or healthcare communications experience

• 3-5 years of experience in pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry in communications, or HR staff engagement

• Strategic and creative thinker with the ability to truly understand business challenges and priorities and dev