Corporate Affairs Director, Research

Amgen • Thousand Oaks, CA

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About The Position

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 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. Corporate Affairs Director, Research What you will do Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be the key communication counselor focusing on our Research organization, the function that discovers the breakthrough therapies that transform the lives of patients. Research is undergoing significant transformation to accelerate the ability to bring much-needed therapies to all patients sooner. In this role, this individual will develop and implement strategic communication plans to ensure that audiences better understand and appreciate the innovation happening in research and how Amgen Research is uniquely positioned at this hinge moment where biology is meeting tech. This individual will work closely with the Research Senior Leadership Team to develop and deliver a consistent and compelling narrative about the efforts we are making to innovate all aspects drug discovery. You will use your love of both science and communications to develop meaningful stories that elevate Amgen’s position as a leader in scientific research and innovation and generate excitement internally and externally. This position reports to the Executive Director, Corporate Affairs, Research & Development, with a dotted line to the SVP Research. Location: Thousand Oaks or San Francisco are highly preferred as these align with Amgen's largest research population and clients.

Requirements

• Doctorate degree & 4 years of communications or public relations experience Or Master’s degree & 7 years of communications or public relations experience Or Bachelor’s degree & 9 years of communications or public relations experience

Nice To Haves

• Degree in Public Relations, Communications or Journalism
• Experience working in-house or within a PR agency
• Biotechnology, pharmaceutical or healthcare product public relations including corporate experience highly desired
• Hands on experience scientific / research communications desirable
• Strong oral and presentation skills; ability to negotiate and persuade
• Outstanding writing skills and proven media relations skills that are results-oriented
• Strategic and creative thinker with ability to develop actionable programs that integrate soundly with business objectives
• Ability to efficiently navigate a challenging and dynamic environment, and deal with rapidly changing priorities
• Ability to interact with all levels of management and manage staff and vendors
• Ability to think quickly, analytically and creatively to accommodate a dynamic communications environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills; enthusiastic, team player and self-starter; serious dedication to hard work and excellence

Responsibilities

• Develop communications strategies and plans that effectively and consistently communicate to targeted key audiences and stakeholders about the science and innovation going on in research. Once fully vetted and approved, flawlessly execute on those plans and deliver measurable results.
• Develop and support executive engagement plan for Research SVP and key VPs, including proactively preparing company spokespeople via media training / presentation skills.
• Partner with the media relations team to address incoming media requests related to research and proactively work to garner press coverage with trade press to elevate Amgen as very much part of the wave of transformation sweeping drug discovery.
• Partner with the product communications team and therapeutic leads on therapeutic area strategy and positioning.
• Manage and direct public relations agency partners to assure maximum impact and assistance in reaching desired communications goals and objectives.
• Work in partnership with Research leaders and HR on employee engagement / internal communications.
• Partner successfully with investor relations to ensure consistency of messages to external audiences including media and financial world

Benefits

• 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.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree