at Amgen
Location
United States - Remote
Compensation
$233k USD
Posted
Yesterday
Remote
Yes
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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.
Job Summary
The Strategic Planning & Operations (SPO) Director for Enterprise Programs & Platforms is a key member of the EP&P leadership team, reporting to the Vice President of Enterprise Programs & Platforms.
This role strengthens the effectiveness of the EP&P organization by shaping and evolving its operating model and enabling aligned, disciplined execution across the portfolio. The SPO Director translates strategy into structured plans, enhances how teams work together, and improves visibility and decision-making across leadership.
Operating within Technology, this role acts as a central integrator—connecting teams, aligning priorities, and ensuring that execution across programs and platforms is coordinated and effective.
Shape and evolve the EP&P operating model to improve clarity, consistency, and scalability across programs and platforms
Ensure alignment between strategic priorities and how work is executed across the organization
Partner with portfolio management and delivery teams to ensure operating mechanisms and governance processes are effective and aligned
Provide visibility into execution performance, risks, and dependencies to support leadership decision-making
Facilitate alignment across EP&P programs, platforms, and partner organizations within Technology and the business
Connect work across teams to ensure dependencies are understood and managed
Surface and help resolve cross-functional issues related to priorities, resourcing, and execution
Reinforce accountability by tracking key actions, commitments, and follow-through across leadership
Prepare clear, concise materials (briefings, summaries, pre-reads) to support leadership decision-making
Translate complex program and platform updates into actionable insights for senior stakeholders
Support leadership forums to ensure discussions are focused, structured, and outcome-oriented
Maintain consistent communication and alignment across EP&P leadership and stakeholders
Drive clarity in roles, decision rights, and ways of working across EP&P
Identify opportunities to streamline processes and improve execution consistency
Support the development of execution discipline and collaboration across teams
Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The qualified professional we seek is a leader with these qualifications.
Basic Qualifications:
Doctorate degree and 4 years of project management, and/or strategic planning operations experience
Or
Master’s degree and 7 years of project management, and/or strategic planning operations experience
Or
Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of project management, and/or strategic planning operations experience
And
In addition to meeting at least one of the above requirements, you must have a minimum of 3 years experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation of resources. Your managerial experience may run concurrently with the required technical experience referenced above.
Preferred qualifications:
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:
In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.
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 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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