Director, Strategic Planning & Operations for BAI (Business Analytics and Insights)

Amgen • Thousand Oaks, CA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients. 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.

In this vital role you will the Director, Strategic Planning & Operations for BAI will serve as a trusted partner to the BAI leader and leadership team, helping drive organizational planning and effectiveness, budget management, business performance, and execution against enterprise and functional priorities. BAI organization is part of GCCI (Global Customer Capabilities % Innovation) that supports a broad range of analytics and insights capabilities, including forecasting, analytics, competitive intelligence, primary market research, and global insights. This role will work closely with leaders across the organization to drive operational excellence, prioritization, and future-state organizational planning. This leader along with BAI leadership will help shape and run the business of BAI by establishing the operating rhythm, driving governance and decision-making, coordinating quarterly business reviews, managing budget planning and resource alignment, and leading forward-looking organizational and talent planning. The role will translate customer and business needs into actionable priorities, ensure cross-functional alignment, and improve how BAI plans, prioritizes, and delivers value. Working closely with matrix partners, this leader will help ensure decisions reflect customer priorities, align to enterprise objectives, and advance opportunities for greater efficiency, focus, and impact across the organization. In addition, this role will help shape BAI’s talent strategy by supporting the development of talent with broad, cross-functional experience and building the organizational capabilities required for the future. This is a highly visible role requiring strategic thinking, strong business acumen, organizational leadership, and the ability to influence effectively across senior stakeholders, matrix partners, and cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• Doctorate degree and 4 years of strategic planning, business operations, organizational effectiveness, consulting, or related business leadership experience OR Master’s degree and 7 years of strategic planning, business operations, organizational effectiveness, consulting, or related business leadership experience OR Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of strategic planning, business operations, organizational effectiveness, consulting, or related business leadership experience

Nice To Haves

• Significant experience partnering with senior executives to shape strategic priorities, drive execution, and improve organizational performance
• Demonstrated ability to design and lead operating rhythms, governance models, and decision-making processes that enhance alignment, accountability, and business impact
• Strong experience leading business planning processes, quarterly business reviews, leadership meetings, and executive communications
• Proven ability to translate customer, business, and enterprise needs into clear priorities, actionable plans, and effective resource decisions
• Experience working closely with matrix partners to align decisions to customer priorities while maintaining a strong enterprise mindset
• Strong business and financial acumen, including experience with budget planning, resource allocation, investment prioritization, and trade-off management
• Demonstrated success identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, simplify processes, and strengthen organizational effectiveness
• Experience shaping future-state operating models, organizational structures, and workforce or talent strategies
• Track record of developing talent and building organizational capabilities, including creating opportunities for cross-functional experience and leadership growth
• Demonstrated ability to build a collaborative, inclusive, and engaging culture where employees across levels can thrive, grow, and feel connected to the broader organization
• Passion for creating an environment that is both high-performing and energizing, where people feel supported, challenged, and inspired to do their best work
• Excellent executive communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex topics into clear recommendations and messaging for senior leaders
• Strong interpersonal and facilitation skills, with the ability to build trusted partnerships across functions and levels
• Demonstrated ability to influence in a highly matrixed environment and drive alignment across diverse stakeholder groups
• Ability to lead through ambiguity with sound judgment, discretion, and a focus on outcomes
• Biopharmaceutical and/or healthcare industry experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted partner to the BAI leader and leadership team, helping drive organizational planning and effectiveness, budget management, business performance, and execution against enterprise and functional priorities.
• Work closely with leaders across the organization to drive operational excellence, prioritization, and future-state organizational planning.
• Help shape and run the business of BAI by establishing the operating rhythm, driving governance and decision-making, coordinating quarterly business reviews, managing budget planning and resource alignment, and leading forward-looking organizational and talent planning.
• Translate customer and business needs into actionable priorities, ensure cross-functional alignment, and improve how BAI plans, prioritizes, and delivers value.
• Help ensure decisions reflect customer priorities, align to enterprise objectives, and advance opportunities for greater efficiency, focus, and impact across the organization.
• Help shape BAI’s talent strategy by supporting the development of talent with broad, cross-functional experience and building the organizational capabilities required for the future.

Benefits

• 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
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees