Senior Associate Project Management

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-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. Senior Associate Project Manager What you will do Let’s do this. Let’s change the world! The Senior Associate P roject Manager will be part of the Global Capital Project Management team and will be responsible for supporting and leading high priority projects in thousand Oaks relating to: Implementation of projects within the Site Master Plan Candidate must be comfortable assisting in the preparation and delivery of recommendations to senior management, as well as the development of other reports and documents. Project management may include, but is not limited to, setting agendas, conducting project meetings, writing meeting minutes, creation and maintenance of project plans and timelines, identification and resolution of team-related cross-functional issues, and working with team members to identify and focus the team on critical path activities. The successful candidate will demonstrate: Strong project leadership skills, including ability to manage diverse teams Ability to understand, balance, and articulate both tactical and strategic planning issues Strong quantitative, analytical (technical and business), and problem-solving skills Persistent, tactful, and persuasive team and project leadership including conflict resolution and negotiation skills Tolerance for, and ability to manage, ambiguity Interpersonal, presentation, and facilitation skills Ability to prioritize across multiple projects and handle diverse assignments simultaneously Word processing, presentation, and spreadsheet application skills Understanding and outlining key priorities and inter-dependencies Monitoring progress and adherence to timelines Identifying project issues and facilitating resolution Conducting risk management and scenario planning; drive development of contingency and/or risk mitigation plans Identifying, escalating and facilitating resolution of budget/resource gaps Drive implementation of team and management decisions Facilitate resource planning, financial, and capacity assessments Partner with finance to plan and manage team budget as appropriate Escalate program issues, as appropriate Manage initial & ongoing communication of plans Working Knowledge of Project Management principles and practices

Requirements

• Master’s degree OR Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of project management experience OR Associate’s degree and 6 years of project management experience OR High school diploma / GED and 8 years of project management experience
• Proficient in MS Office
• Strong leadership, analytical and problem solving skills
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

Nice To Haves

• Bachelors degree

Responsibilities

• Setting agendas
• Conducting project meetings
• Writing meeting minutes
• Creation and maintenance of project plans and timelines
• Identification and resolution of team-related cross-functional issues
• Working with team members to identify and focus the team on critical path activities
• Understanding and outlining key priorities and inter-dependencies
• Monitoring progress and adherence to timelines
• Identifying project issues and facilitating resolution
• Conducting risk management and scenario planning; drive development of contingency and/or risk mitigation plans
• Identifying, escalating and facilitating resolution of budget/resource gaps
• Drive implementation of team and management decisions
• Facilitate resource planning, financial, and capacity assessments
• Partner with finance to plan and manage team budget as appropriate
• Escalate program issues, as appropriate
• Manage initial & ongoing communication of plans

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: Senior