Enterprise Programs Management Assoc Director

Career Category

Information Systems

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.

Enterprise Programs Manager Associate Director

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will support the successful execution of high-impact, cross-functional programs that drive enterprise transformation at Amgen. This individual will collaborate with senior program leadership and cross-functional teams to ensure delivery of complex initiatives that span multiple business and technology domains.

The ideal candidate has experience managing programs within a global matrixed environment, a strong understanding of business and technology integration, and a passion for driving measurable outcomes. This is a hands-on leadership role that balances strategy, structure, and execution, with visibility at the enterprise level.

Responsibilities:

• Support execution of enterprise-wide strategic programs, partnering with senior program leaders and cross-functional stakeholders

• Lead integrated program planning, coordination, and delivery across interdependent workstreams

• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to align programs with enterprise strategy, ensuring delivery of business outcomes

• Develop and maintain program dashboards, timelines, KPIs, and risk tracking

• Provide executive-level reporting and updates to governance committees and leadership forums

• Promote structured governance practices to ensure accountability, transparency, and progress

• Collaborate with Finance and Procurement to support program budgeting, forecasting, and compliance tracking

• Coordinate across global teams, regions, and vendors to lead dependencies and delivery risks

• Drive issue resolution and facilitate decisions across business and IT groups

• Apply structured methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid) based on program context

• Champion continuous improvement and delivery excellence within the program management function

What we expect of you

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

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 3 years of Scientific and/or Operations and/or Business experience

Or

Master’s degree and 5 years of Scientific and/or Operations and/or Business experience

Or

Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of Scientific and/or Operations and/or Business experience

Or

Associate’s degree and 12 years of Scientific and/or Operations and/or Business experience

Or

High school diploma / GED and 14 years of Scientific and/or Operations and/or Business experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Seven plus of years of experience in program management, enterprise transformation, or strategic business operations

• Proven background in leading sophisticated cross-functional initiatives, ideally in biotech, pharma, or other regulated industries

• Expertise in program governance, stakeholder management, and risk mitigation

• Proficiency with tools such as Smartsheet, JIRA, ServiceNow, Power BI, or similar platforms

• Experience working in a global, matrixed organization across time zones and cultures

• Strong executive communication skills, with ability to synthesize and present to senior stakeholders

• Ability to lead collaboratively, influence without authority, and operate with a high degree of autonomy

• Familiarity with GxP, regulatory environments, or drug development processes is a plus

• PMP, PgMP, SAFe, or Agile certifications highly desirable!

What you can expect of us

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