Executive Director, Knowledge and Learning

Amgen • Los Angeles, 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. Executive Director, Knowledge and Learning What you will do Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role as Executive Director, Knowledge & Learning you will lead the transformation of learning and knowledge capabilities across R&D and Office of the Chief Medical Officer (OCMO), with a strong focus on generative AI–enabled platforms, adaptive learning, and data‑driven insights. As part of Amgen’s R&D Strategy & Operations organization, the R&D Knowledge & Learning team plays a critical role in enabling scientific innovation, operational excellence, and organizational agility across Research & Development and the Office of the Chief Medical Officer. Through advanced learning and development, knowledge management, and the Amgen Library, the team strengthens how knowledge is created, shared, and applied to support Amgen’s mission to serve patients. You will be accountable for the design, integration, and outcomes of an intelligent, digitally enabled learning and knowledge ecosystem that supports R&D transformation. By leveraging emerging technologies, analytics, and modern operating models, you will drive performance, support change, and build organizational readiness—ensuring learning and knowledge solutions are aligned with business priorities, scientific advancement, and Amgen’s long‑term strategic objectives. This role sets the strategic direction at the enterprise level, modernizing how learning is delivered, embedding knowledge into the flow of work, and enabling faster, more scalable capability building. This role reports into the Vice President of R&D, and you will lead a senior team of experts and serve as a trusted partner to executive leaders, helping translate strategy into measurable impact.

Requirements

• Doctorate degree and 6 years of Knowledge & Learning experience
• Master’s degree and 10 years of Knowledge & Learning experience
• Bachelor’s degree and 12 years of Knowledge & Learning experience
• 6 years of experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing allocation or resources

Nice To Haves

• Senior leadership experience in a complex, matrixed organization, with demonstrated success driving enterprise level transformation—preferably within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life sciences industry.
• Proven ability to set strategic direction and lead modernization of learning and knowledge capabilities, including the use of digital platforms, generative AI, adaptive learning, and data driven approaches.
• Strong executive presence, with the ability to influence and partner effectively with VP and SVP level leaders to align learning and knowledge strategies with business and scientific priorities.
• Deep understanding of adult learning principles, modern instructional design, and knowledge management, with a track record of translating these into scalable, high impact solutions.
• Experience leading cross functional initiatives and integrating learning, knowledge, and talent strategies across enterprise ecosystems.
• Demonstrated change leadership, with the ability to guide organizations through transformation and adoption of new operating models, technologies, and ways of working.
• Strong analytical and systems thinking skills, with experience using metrics, insights, and outcomes-based measures to assess impact and inform strategic decisions.
• Commitment to developing leaders and building high performing teams, with a leadership style that fosters accountability, inclusion, and continuous growth
• They will also embody the Amgen leadership attributes which are: Inspire: Create a connected, inclusive, and inspiring work environment that empowers talent to thrive Accelerate: Enable speed that matches the urgency of patient needs by encouraging progress over perfection Integrate: Connect the dots to amplify the collective power of Amgen to drive results for patients, staff, and shareholders Adapt: Lead through change by adapting to an ever-changing environment and defining a clear course of action to deliver results

Responsibilities

• Set and lead the enterprise‑level strategy for Knowledge & Learning across R&D and the Office of the Chief Medical Officer, encompassing learning and development, knowledge management, and the Amgen Library.
• Drive the transformation of learning and knowledge capabilities through digital platforms, generative AI, adaptive learning, and data‑driven insights, modernizing how knowledge is created, accessed, and applied.
• Partner with senior and executive leadership to understand business priorities, anticipate capability needs, and shape integrated, multi‑year learning and knowledge strategies that enable R&D transformation and organizational readiness.
• Oversee the design and delivery of scalable, high‑impact learning experiences that embed knowledge into the flow of work and support performance, innovation, and change.
• Influence and align cross‑functional stakeholders to integrate learning, knowledge, and talent initiatives into a cohesive enterprise ecosystem.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a senior team of Knowledge & Learning leaders, building a high‑performing organization capable of delivering transformation at scale.
• Provide strategic oversight of budget and resource allocation, balancing investment trade‑offs to maximize business impact and alignment with R&D priorities.
• Establish clear measures of success, using analytics and outcomes‑based metrics to assess impact and inform continuous improvement.
• Represent R&D Knowledge & Learning at the Enterprise Learning Council, advocating for R&D and OCMO needs while driving alignment with enterprise talent and learning strategies.

Benefits

• 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 and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns
• Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible

What This Job Offers

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