Head of Manufacturing & Development Operations

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. 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. Director Development Operations What you will do Let’s do this. The Director, Development Operations will report to the Vice President (VP) of Global Development Biosimilars. The Director will partner closely with the VP and the Global Development Biosimilars Senior Leadership Team (SLT) to develop and execute organizational strategy and priorities as well as manage day-to-day operations of the business. Lead or contribute to high‑impact Global Development cross‑functional/functional initiatives of strategic importance to the business.

Lead and manage team of budget planners to deliver high quality budget forecasting and accurate reporting of spend against Biosimilars Business Unit (BBU) contracts and associated budgets to leaders.

Lead in the identification, evaluation and selection of new suppliers for Biosimilars outsourcing needs and in partnership with Global Strategic Sourcing.

Primary point of contact for BBU CRO strategic partnerships responsible for relationship management, performance oversight, and monitoring contracts throughout the service period and amending, including liaising and negotiating with suppliers and internal customers.

Partner with other functions such as Finance, Global Strategic Sourcing, Buying Center, Accounts Payable, and external suppliers to execute on organizational priorities.

Manage the CRO operations management team (OMT) governance.

Provide oversight for select business processes such as centralized BBU PO processing and management and invoice issue escalation.

Support the BBU business operations including overseeing Purchase Order (PO) execution in compliance with financial and budgetary procedures, analytical reference product procurement, and training.

Represent Global Development Biosimilars and provide subject matter expertise to cross‑functional initiatives.

Manage and mentor a team of staff to deliver on business operations, global development operations, and organizational initiatives.

Manage and execute any other emerging tasks requested by the VP.

The Operations professional we seek is a driven leader with these qualifications.

Bachelor’s degree and 10 years’ experience in biopharma setting.

Preferred Qualifications MBA., PhD, PharmD, or Master’s Degree with 10 years’ work experience in life sciences or biopharmaceutical industry, preferably with 4 or more years of experience in R&D.

Excellent conceptual problem‑solving skills with demonstrated ability to bring structure to vaguely defined problems, pragmatically scope problem‑solving approach, and manage execution.

Demonstrated organization management experience including developing and mentoring staff.

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. 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. 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.