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Amgen Program Manager - CMC Integration Project Management in Thousand Oaks, California

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

You’ve worked hard to become the professional you are today and are now ready to take the next step in your career. How will you put your skills, experience and passion to work toward your goals? At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Come do your best work alongside other innovative, driven professionals in this meaningful role.

Program Manager - CMC Integration Project Management

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What you will do

Let’s do this! Let’s change the world!

Amgen is searching for a Program Manager in our CMCi Integrated Portfolio Advancement team within the Operations Commercialization group. This role will have opportunity to work across the Late stage and Life Cycle Management (LCM) IPA team in Process Development. The Program Manager (PM) will be responsible for integrating Process Development (PD) activities by developing and maintaining project schedules for Amgen pipeline projects with significant focus on supporting programs in the Pivotal (late stage) and Life Cycle Management (LCM) phases of development. Working with the Global Operations Leader and other members of the Product Delivery Team, the PM develops and aligns plans and schedules for PD activities with business priorities. The PM captures associated project risks, develops mitigation plans and communicates project status clearly to impacted stakeholders. The PM assists with driving decision making for the project and ensures that action items are captured and tracked to completion. The PM partners with PD technical leads to identify key deliverables and activities to be completed, identifies dependencies, and optimizes the sequence of project activities. The PM ensures cross-functional alignment through the integration of interdependent activities and through the communication of plans and timelines, with specific emphasis on critical path activities. The PM assists PD technical leads with tracking the execution of required deliverables and assists with navigating project teams through corporate governance. The PM collects, digests and assembles information to enable relevant business analysis and influence decision-making. The PM will leverage soft skills, technical knowledge, and leadership attributes to influence positive project outcomes.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Work with technical and/or Product Delivery Teams by creating project schedules that align with PD prioritization

  • Support projects that utilize internal and external personnel, contract firms, and partners

  • Assist PD in driving decision making using DAI principles (D- Decision maker, A- Advice Giver, I- Informed) by producing risk analyses and scenario planning

  • Ensure participation in functional and cross-functional management reviews

  • Establish and manage collaboration and team SharePoint sites

  • Provide meeting management support including meeting planning, scheduling, facilitation, documentation (development of meeting agenda and minutes), and outcomes communication

  • Ensure product project reporting to Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)

  • Manage and prioritize support of multiple project teams at one time

  • Facilitate and incorporate lessons learned, best practices, etc.

  • Support business process improvements

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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:

  • High school diploma / GED and 10 years of Project Management experience OR

  • Associate’s degree and 8 years of Project Management experience OR

  • Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of Project Management experience OR

  • Master’s degree and 2 years of Project Management experience OR

  • Doctorate degree

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 6+ years of experience in the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology or other Healthcare-related field

  • Direct CMC experience

  • Experience in an environment requiring one to foster collaboration and work effectively on cross-functional teams

  • Strong interpersonal and communication experience with the ability to effectively interface across all levels of the organization

  • Experience utilizing critical thinking and problem-solving skills to achieve results

  • Experience applying standard Project Management tools, and practices

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What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan comprising health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities including:

  • Comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts.

  • A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan

  • Stock-based long-term incentives

  • Award-winning time-off plans and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns

  • Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible

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Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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