Associate Director Strategic Planning & Operations - Quality Strategy Organization

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. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. 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.

Associate Director Strategic Planning & Operations - Quality Strategy Organization

What you will do

Let’s do this! Let’s change the world! As a member of the Global Quality Strategy organization team, this individual will manage projects and initiatives in Global Quality portfolio in support of the end-to-end GxP operating model. The role involves cross-functional partnership and influence to ensure successful execution and lifecycle management of continuous improvement and strategic projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with cross functional senior management to ensure successful execution, tracking and value realization of critical initiatives and projects aligned with Global Quality GxP operating model.

• Stand up, own and facilitate governance and processes intended to advance Global Quality strategy and objectives.

• Perform analysis to identify improvement opportunities and make recommendations to management.

• Apply emerging technologies, such as AI, to the lifecycle management of global Quality projects and strategic initiatives.

• Analyze critical path items and constraints to schedules, recommending solutions to remove any roadblocks using a proactive approach.

• Identify core KPIs aligned with pivotal initiatives and projects.

• Provide leadership to key initiatives and strategic projects, including driving program management, content creation, and presentation.

• Continuously track and communicate progress and adherence to strategic initiatives and projects.

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 an individual with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree and 3 years of Quality and/or Operational Excellence experience OR

• Master’s degree and 5 years of Quality and/or Operational Excellence experience OR

• Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of Quality and/or Operational Excellence experience OR

• Associate’s degree and 12 years of Quality and/or Operational Excellence experience OR

• High school diploma / GED and 14 years of Quality and/or Operational Excellence experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Direct experience partnering with and influencing leadership and customers

• Direct experience in cross-functional business operations and strategic project management role

• Ability to effectively present ideas and document complex concepts and processes in both written & oral communication

• Understanding of Quality and GxP

• Demonstrated ability to execute and manage complex projects and programs

• Experience with continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen

• Understanding of emerging technologies, such as AI, and their application to day-to-day activities

• Strong and broad understanding of Global Quality functional interdependencies.

• Highly structured and organized

• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong relationships with customers and supporting functions (e.g., Technology, Finance)

• Adapting and thriving in a rapidly changing and fast-moving environment

• Models good Decision-making behaviors and reinforces proper decision making and meeting management according to DAI framework

• Independent, motivated, and proactive team member with experience in a matrixed, highly fluid