Manager Manufacturing

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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-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.

Manager Manufacturing

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. The Amgen Thousand Oaks, building 20 Drug Product Manufacturing facility directly supports Amgen’s pipeline of clinical and commercial drug product supply to patients across the globe. The Manager Manufacturing – Drug Product Inspection role offers the opportunity to collaborate with multiple functions within the Thousand Oaks site (Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Engineering, Facilities, Maintenance, Process Development, Process Engineering, Regulatory Compliance, etc.) on a routine basis in a dynamic environment while developing a deep understanding of the manufacturing operations and planning activities within the facility.

The Manager Manufacturing is responsible for developing a team of expert manufacturing associates and visual inspectors within Drug Product operations, while championing a safe and compliant production environment through structured on-floor presence.

In this position, the manager will ensure production areas and procedures remain in compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practices, set and measure team performance/goals, engage in production scheduling decisions, and work cross-functionally to close nonconformance investigations and introduce new product SKUs.

Responsibilities:

• Staff selection, training, oversight, performance, and development.

• Schedule adherence for tasks including, but not limited to manufacturing, qualification, and maintenance activities.

• Participating as a role model in Lean culture and continuous improvement programs with responsibility to translate onto the manufacturing floor.

• Elevating critical and impactful events to senior management and making real time processing decisions.

• Ensuring standard operating procedures are accurate for performing unit operations, batch record review is completed accurately meeting disposition timelines, and non-conformances are initiated & closed with right the first time documentation

• Using appropriate systems for job duties (SAP, QMTS, and LIMS etc.). Identifying and implementing process and safety improvements. Communicating production floor and project work at different levels of management.

• Interacting with business partners and internal/external audit teams including regulatory agencies as required.

• Working with business partners to assist with the scheduling of maintenance tasks, engineering evaluations, and quality investigations.

• Supporting the introduction of new products and technologies into the facility. Troubleshooting and performing initial assessment of events that have the potential to impact area safety and product quality.

• Assessing departmental utilization to complete both near-term schedule and long-term strategy.

• Role will predominantly support a graveyard shift

What we expect of you

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

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree OR

• Master’s degree and 3 years of drug product manufacturing or operations experience OR

• Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of drug product manufacturing or operations experience OR

• Associate’s degree and 10 years of drug product manufacturing or operations experience OR

• High school diploma / GED and 12 years of drug product manufacturing or operations experience AND

In addition to meeting at least one of the above requirements, you must have experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation or resources.  Your managerial experience may run concurrently with the required technical experience referenced above

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least 6 years of manufacturing experience, with 3 years of leadership experience directly within drug product manufacturing that includes inspection of product.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Business, Microbiology, or a related field

• Strong understanding of lean concepts and application within a regulated manufacturing environment

• Effective at working in fast-paced environments, specifically in a leadership capacity to facilitate objective decision making

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 factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of 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 that may include:

• A 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

• Flexible work models where possible. Refer to the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies.

Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.

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Application deadline

Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.

Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.

As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

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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