Program Manager, US Oncology Medical Operations

Career Category

Project Management

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.

Program Manager, US Oncology Medical Operations

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. The Program Manager at Amgen plays a critical role in planning, executing, and delivering projects on time and within budget. This individual partners with cross-functional teams, proactively manages risks, resolves project-related challenges, and ensures that all deliverables meet Amgen’s high standards of quality. This role directly supports the U.S. Medical Lead(s) in driving and executing product strategy and will focus on two high-priority oncology assets—one of which is Imdelltra, recognized as one of Time magazine’s Best Inventions of 2024.

Responsibilities include:

• Support US Medical Lead(s) and US Oncology Medical Team(s) in executing product strategy for high-priority Amgen oncology products.
• Liaise with relevant cross-functional team members to manage US regional processes, advance alignment and to ensure deliverables are met.
• Organize and facilitate team meetings with a strong focus on timeliness and efficiency, including preparing agendas, recording minutes, ensuring presentations are ready, sending pre-reads on time, following up on pending actions, and managing logistics and meeting requests, and team communications.
• Oversight and tracking of critical team initiatives including budget management.

Competencies:

• Ability to think critically, proactively anticipate problems, and propose effective solutions
• Strong project management skills, including logistic planning from beginning to end, priority setting, and delivering results on time.
• Excellent time management, decision-making, and organizational skills, with the ability to efficiently locate documents, presentations, and relevant information.
• Detail-oriented, with a strong commitment to quality, efficiency, and timeliness, ensuring task completion without unnecessary delays.
• Strong organizational skills with the speed and agility to efficiently locate documents, presentations, and relevant information.
• Ability to make well-supported recommendations to help achieve organizational goals.
• A growth mindset, with a passion for continuous improvement, adaptability, and proactive learning to drive professional and organizational success.
• Ability to work independently and with ambiguity, demonstrating adaptability in dynamic environments.
• Ability to accept and apply constructive feedback to drive continuous improvement and performance enhancement.
• Collaborative and professional demeanor, with the ability to work effectively across teams, management levels, leveraging networks to motivate diverse teams, and enable cross-functional collaborations.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The dynamic professional we seek is a strong collaborator with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree (PhD, MD, or PharmD) in a relevant scientific or healthcare field

Or

Master’s degree in a relevant scientific or healthcare field and/or MBA, & with at least 2 years of Project Management experience in a healthcare field

Or

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant scientific or healthcare field & with at least 4 years of Project Management experience in a healthcare field

Or

Associates degree in a relevant scientific or healthcare field & with at least 8 years of Project Management experience in a healthcare field

Or

High school diploma / GED & with at least 10 years of Project Management experience in a healthcare field

Preferred Qualifications:

• Oncology experience and/or a strong scientific background.
• Project Management, in the biopharma