Oncology Strategy Senior Manager

Amgen•Cambridge, MA

About The Position

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. 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. Oncology Strategy Senior Manager What you will do Let's do this. Let's change the world. In this vital role you will lead strategic initiatives that shape Amgen's Oncology Therapeutic Area future, with a focus on topics in the R D space. Projects will be commissioned by Development leadership and will often require independent leadership of a cross-functional team, often via influencing. The Senior Manager should have management consulting experience, extending into external landscaping, preclinical deep dives, and cross-functional case development. They should be a strong communicator (oral and written), comfortable with portfolio analytics, executive presentations, and workshop facilitation/synthesis. In addition, they should have the ability to work within cross-functional teams, including collaborators both inside and outside R D verticals with an aptitude for project management. The Senior Manager will need to be comfortable with ambiguity, open-scope projects, and ad hoc projects/requests. The role will require a strong scientific background with direct oncology knowledge. Examples of potential assignments include: the annual oncology therapeutic area strategy; modality strategy deep dives, Artificial Intelligence (AI) strategy support, synthesis and updates of Amgen's portfolio strategy and pipeline, as well as cross-portfolio analytics and/or risk management. What we expect of you We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The [vital attribute] professional we seek is a [type of person] with these qualifications.

Requirements

Doctorate degree and 2 years of business strategy experience
Master's degree and 4 years of business strategy experience
Bachelor's degree and 6 years of business strategy experience
Associate's degree and 10 years of business strategy experience
High school diploma / GED and 12 years of business strategy experience

Nice To Haves

MD, MBA, MS, Ph.D or equivalent
Six or more years of strategy experience within management consulting, finance, or corporate strategy functions
Oncology R D experience in the biopharmaceutical industry (biotech, pharmaceutical company)
In-depth understanding of and success in how to conceptualize, design, and synthesize complex topics for a broad audience
Understanding of trends in Artificial Intelligence and applicable use cases in R D
Finance competence and ability to perform NPV analysis, spend categorization, business case, etc.
Robust knowledge of biopharma industry (i.e., pharma development, translational sciences, R D processes)
Understanding of interplay among various partners in the industry, awareness of trends and recent developments, and ability to research / learn/ synthesize findings on new topics
Excellent cross-functional communication skills and a decisive yet affiliative leadership style to drive results while maintaining relationships

Responsibilities

lead strategic initiatives that shape Amgen's Oncology Therapeutic Area future, with a focus on topics in the R D space
independent leadership of a cross-functional team, often via influencing
external landscaping
preclinical deep dives
cross-functional case development
portfolio analytics
executive presentations
workshop facilitation/synthesis
work within cross-functional teams, including collaborators both inside and outside R D verticals with an aptitude for project management
the annual oncology therapeutic area strategy
modality strategy deep dives
Artificial Intelligence (AI) strategy support
synthesis and updates of Amgen's portfolio strategy and pipeline
cross-portfolio analytics and/or risk management

Benefits

health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents
financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals
work/life balance
career development opportunities
Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions
group medical, dental and vision coverage
life and disability insurance
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