Compliance - Strategic Planning and Operations Senior Manager

Amgen•Thousand Oaks, CA

About The Position

The Strategic Planning & Operations Senior Manager supports planning and operations for Amgen’s Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) and Worldwide Compliance & Business Ethics (WC&BE) leadership team. Reporting to the Director, Strategy, Intelligence, & Innovation, the role coordinates leadership routines, planning activities, communications, and cross-functional initiatives to maintain organizational alignment and follow-through while supporting the CCO’s compliance and risk priorities. The position coordinates leadership meetings and forums, supports annual operating planning and performance reviews, and tracks plans, decisions, actions, and deliverables. It also prepares leadership communications and materials, coordinates budget and headcount planning with Finance and HR partners, and works across WC&BE and other functions to advance priorities and improve operating practices. The role handles sensitive information and supports special projects and business learning assignments for the CCO and WC&BE.

Requirements

Doctorate degree and 2 years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree and 4 years of relevant experience, or Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of relevant experience, or Associate’s degree and 10 years of relevant experience, or high school diploma/GED and 12 years of relevant experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting strategic planning and business performance, including annual operating plans, goal alignment, performance reviews, and tracking progress against priorities.
Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross-functional programs from planning through delivery, with clear work plans, milestones, owners, and visibility into risks and dependencies.
Experience synthesizing business updates and performance data into concise insights, recommendations, and materials for senior leaders.
Familiarity with budget, headcount, or resource planning, and the ability to coordinate inputs across Finance, HR, and business teams.
Strong partnership and communication skills, with the judgment to manage competing priorities and handle sensitive information in a complex, global organization.

Responsibilities

Coordinate recurring CCO and WC&BE leadership meetings and planning sessions, including schedules, agendas, pre-reads, logistics, notes, and action follow-up.
Support CCO and WC&BE leadership routines by recording decisions and commitments and helping advance them.
Gather inputs and prepare presentations, talking points, and briefing materials for CCO engagements and leadership forums.
Maintain decision, commitment, and action logs; confirm owners and due dates; support follow-through; and surface overdue actions, competing requests, or dependencies through established leadership channels.
Coordinate information flow across WC&BE teams and geographies, ensuring leaders receive timely and complete materials and sensitive information is handled appropriately.
Coordinate planning and delivery activities across WC&BE in alignment with agreed goals.
Support annual operating planning, goal alignment, and performance reviews by coordinating timelines, collecting inputs, maintaining planning materials, and tracking deliverables.
Develop work plans, milestones, ownership, and status updates for WC&BE priorities; coordinate delivery across teams and enterprise partners.
Coordinate budget and headcount planning with Finance, budget, and HR partners, including consolidating inputs and preparing planning materials.
Coordinate high-priority initiatives and change activities, maintain work plans, document dependencies, and work across teams to address barriers and maintain progress.
Coordinate intake and routing of requests, assemble context and options for leadership consideration, and route competing or sensitive requests through agreed processes.
Develop and coordinate internal WC&BE communications, leadership updates, all-staff materials, and organizational announcements for leadership review.
Synthesize inputs into concise summaries and presentations that distinguish confirmed information, open questions, proposed actions, and decisions required.
Coordinate preparation for enterprise forums and external engagements as assigned, including collecting contributions, managing review cycles, and meeting deadlines.
Maintain calendars, trackers, and records that provide visibility into plans, decisions, actions, and deliverables.
Build working relationships with WC&BE colleagues and Finance, HR, Legal, Communications, and other partners to coordinate agreed work and resolve routine process issues.
Identify opportunities to improve planning, meeting, communication, and follow-through processes; develop recommendations and implement agreed improvements with relevant stakeholders.
Coordinate special projects and business learning assignments that support CCO and WC&BE priorities, clarifying objectives, partners, and expected outcomes.