Senior Manager Packaging Engineering

Amgen • New Albany, OH

6d • Onsite

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.

Requirements

• Doctorate degree and 2 years of Engineering, Materials Science, or Industrial Design experience OR Master’s degree and 6 years of Engineering, Materials Science, or Industrial Design experience OR Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of Engineering, Materials Science, or Industrial Design experience OR Associate’s degree and 10 years of Engineering, Materials Science, or Industrial Design experience OR High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Engineering, Materials Science, or Industrial Design experience
• A minimum of 2 years experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation or resources.
• Managerial experience may run concurrently with the required technical experience referenced above

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of packaging engineers supporting commercial operations, ensuring timely resolution of production issues.
• Drive troubleshooting and root cause analysis for deviations, implementing effective CAPAs.
• Improve packaging line performance through enhanced equipment reliability, process robustness, and operational efficiency.
• Own packaging configurations, specifications, and maintenance of the qualified state for commercial products.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, and External Supply to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and inspection readiness.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to reduce downtime, waste, and process variability.
• Support change control activities, including packaging updates, material changes, and process improvements across internal and external sites.
• Provide regular updates to site leadership on performance, key issues, and improvement efforts.
• Collaborate with cross-functional, network, and external partners to align on standards and share best practices.
• Manage resources and priorities to meet production schedules and business needs.
• Provide technical oversight to external partners and suppliers supporting packaging operations.

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
• Education Level: No Education Listed