Technology Strategy & Innovation Senior Associate

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.

Technology Strategy & Innovation Senior Associate

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will focus on ensuring successful progression of high value AI and other technology initiatives, placing a strong emphasis on acceleration to value within Amgen’s Technology Innovation Lab, part of AI & Data function. This role will report to the Director, Digital Product Management within the Technology Innovation Lab and will work with various cross-functional partners as well as external collaborators and play a pivotal role in driving value towards Amgen’s AI strategic imperatives and digital transformation, ensuring timely and effective delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Lead Product Ownership for AI and Technology Solutions: Act as the Product Owner within an Agile framework, ensuring that AI and technology products meet the needs of stakeholders and align with the organization’s strategic goals. This includes defining the vision, roadmap, and priorities for the AI portfolio!
• Bridge Technical and Business Strategy: Serve as a key liaison between cross-functional teams, including Business, information technology and external partners. Translate business needs into technical requirements and prioritize initiatives to maximize impact.
• Facilitate AI Initiative Progression: Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of AI and machine learning initiatives, ensuring alignment with process standards and timely delivery.
• Champion Value Acceleration and Scalability: Lead initial scaling process for AI products aligned with Amgen’s scaling operating model, implementing best practices in product and platform scaling to ensure AI solutions are enterprise-ready.
• Develop Strategic Insights: Maintain a comprehensive understanding of the technology landscape as applied to relevant initiatives, and provide guidance on technology identification, selection, and roadmap
• Navigate Project Hurdles: Proactively identify and resolve issues and risks, ensuring flawless progression and continuity across AI projects.
• Master User Adoption: Maintain deep understanding of end user needs, translated into optimal feature prioritization as well as change management strategy and execution to drive maximum, sustained adoption of technology
• Communicate with Transparency: Represent projects and deliver insights to key stakeholders (e.g., Technology Innovation Lab, information technology Governance, etc.) to ensure transparency, alignment, and understanding of project status, priorities, and impact!

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:

Master’s degree

OR

Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of technology and/or product management experience

Or

Associate’s degree and 6 years of technology and/or product management experience

Or

High school diploma / GED and 8 years of technology and/or product management experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Aligns Product Vision with Business and Technical Requirements: Translates organizational goals into clear product requirements, ensuring alignment between technical capabilities and business objectives.
• Foundational Technical Competencies: Solid understanding in one or more of the following areas—data science, machine learning, coding (Python, R, or similar), or MLOps. Ability to engage with data scientists and machine learning engineers to guide project