Head of Project Management

Project Manager
Join Amgen's Mission of Serving Patients
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. Project Manager in the Pre-Pivotal, Late stage and Life Cycle Management (LCM) IPA team in Process Development. The Project Manager (PM) will be responsible for integrating Process Development (PD) activities by developing and maintaining project schedules for Amgen pipeline projects. This Project Manager will have a significant focus on supporting programs in the Pre-Pivotal, Pivotal (late stage) and/or 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 assists PD technical leads with tracking the execution of required deliverables and assists with navigating project teams through corporate governance. The PM will leverage soft skills, technical knowledge, and leadership attributes to influence positive project outcomes.
Work with technical and/or Product Delivery Teams by creating project schedules/resources 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
Manage and prioritize support of multiple project teams at one time
Support business process improvements
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. Doctorate degree OR Master's degree and 3 years of Project management experience OR Bachelor's degree and 5 years of Project management experience OR Associate's degree and 10 years of Project management experience OR High school diploma / GED and 12 years Project management experience 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. 10+ years of experience in Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology or another Healthcare-related field

• Experience applying standard Project Management tools, and practices
• Experience with MS Project, Excel and SharePoint

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. 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
Flexible work models where possible.