Senior Program Manager - Global Biosimilars

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.

Senior Project Manager - Global Biosimilars

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. Amgen is leveraging nearly four decades of biologics expertise and record reliability to bring high-quality biosimilars to patients worldwide, ensuring every patient's needs are met, every time.

The Senior Project Manager works closely with the Global Biosimilars cross functional product team and provides program management support for all phases of drug development and therapeutic areas of focus. They are responsible for the optimal development of a global tactical plan to support strategic execution of product development deliverables. Focus will be determined by strategic priorities including Process Development, Operations, Development, etc. The Senior Project Manager will work across products, and under the guidance of multiple technical leaders and functional experts to ensure that all aspects of biosimilar development are carefully considered. The Senior Project Manager will apply project management best practices in the development, initiation, planning, execution, control and closing of projects.

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What we expect of you

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

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 2 years of project management experience

OR

Master’s degree and 4 years of project management experience

OR

Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of project management experience

OR

Associate’s degree and 10 years of project management experience

Or

High school diploma / GED and 12 years of project management experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in Life Sciences, Engineering or Business

• 5+ years of experience in the biotechnology/pharmaceutical industry including in Operations functions (Process Development, Manufacturing or Quality). Experience could include Operations support (Planning, Compliance, Engineering, etc.) and non-Operations functions (Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Development, Finance, etc.)

• 2+ years Project Management experience, including the ability to identify and implement initiatives, manage multiple projects, prioritize project resources, assess project effectiveness and efficiency, conduct business analysis, and manage and/or coordinate domestic and/or international product development

• Biopharmaceutical product commercialization and life cycle management experience; ability to recognize strategic implications of complex product development activities and manage them cross-functionally

• Ability to communicate vertically and horizontally through multiple channels, use contact network to motivate diverse teams, and enable cross-functional collaboration

• Ability to work independently and with flexibility

• Ability to manage multiple collaborators as a business partner

• Comfort with complexity and ambiguity, ability to think strategically and see the big picture, ability to collect, digest and assemble information to enable relevant business analyses and facilitate decision-making

• Experience managing change in a complex, matrix organization

• Excellent analytical and presentation skills

What you can expect of 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.

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several