Business Performance Manager

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.

Business Performance Manager

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be assigned as the Project Manager on one or more transformation initiatives related to end-to-end processes spanning Operations, R&D, Commercial, and/or Corporate functions.

The Results Delivery Office (RDO) drives transformation and builds critical capabilities that enable Amgen to respond to rapid advancements in science and technology within a rapidly changing business environment.

We are looking for a Business Performance Manager to join our team of leaders and liaisons, working on these high priority initiatives that drive value through simplification of Amgen’s largest, cross-functional, end-to-end processes. This individual will be responsible for centralized team operations, including centralized team and meeting management, metrics mapping and tracking, and creation of senior communications.

The ideal candidate will have some experience in R&D scientific and operational subject matter, including the ability to interface with and synthesize inputs from cross-functional subject matter experts, often in highly technical fields. Initial project work will focus on R&D operational transformation, with the opportunity to flex across the Amgen enterprise in the future.

• Support the Lead and Liaison to deliver on initiative ambition

• Create and manage the integrated schedule for initiatives and workstreams

• Track progress towards delivery of key project deliverables, escalate issues, and assist with problem solving in relation to the schedule and resource requirements

• Support definition and management of resource requirements for the overall initiative and workstreams

• Identify and share Project Management best practices and contribute to the continued evolution of Project Management tools and practices

• Manage team meetings and track decisions and action items; support problem solving for delivery of action items as needed

• Support workshops and other project activities as needed

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 manager with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree OR

• Master’s degree and 2 years of Scientific and/or Operations and/or Business (i.e., Management Consulting) experience OR

• Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of Scientific and/or Operations and/or Business (i.e., Management Consulting) experience OR

• Associate’s degree and 8 years of Scientific and/or Operations and/or Business (i.e., Management Consulting) experience OR

• High school diploma / GED and 10 years of Scientific and/or Operations and/or Business (i.e., Management Consulting)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Biotechnology / Pharmaceutical industry experience (preferred) or other sectors of healthcare industry

• Technical degree in biotechnology/engineering/biological sciences or related field

• Proficiency with project management tools, methodologies and practices

• Project Management experience for large, cross functional initiatives

• Experience working in fast-changing and often ambiguous environment

What you can expect from us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

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