Strategic Planning and Operations Director

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. Job Summary The Strategic Planning & Operations (SPO) Director for Enterprise Programs & Platforms is a key member of the EP&P leadership team, reporting to the Vice President of Enterprise Programs & Platforms. This role strengthens the effectiveness of the EP&P organization by shaping and evolving its operating model and enabling aligned, disciplined execution across the portfolio. The SPO Director translates strategy into structured plans, enhances how teams work together, and improves visibility and decision-making across leadership. Operating within Technology, this role acts as a central integrator—connecting teams, aligning priorities, and ensuring that execution across programs and platforms is coordinated and effective.

Requirements

• Doctorate degree and 4 years of project management, and/or strategic planning operations experience Or Master’s degree and 7 years of project management, and/or strategic planning operations experience Or Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of project management, and/or strategic planning operations experience
• A minimum of 3 years experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation of resources. Your managerial experience may run concurrently with the required technical experience referenced above.

Nice To Haves

• 7+ years in pharma/biotech/healthcare, with large program experience, ideally within a Technology organization.
• Experience in Program Management, Transformation, and/or Leading Strategy/Operations.
• Executive presence; strong judgment, influence, and communication across levels.
• Experience leading strategic initiatives in matrixed environments, navigating ambiguity with diplomacy.
• Skills developing executive-level storytelling and presentations that drive cross-functional alignment.
• OpEx/CapEx budget management and forecasting experience.
• Lean and operational excellence mindset.
• Strong project management skills and experience using tools such as MS Project, Excel, Teams, and SharePoint; structured problem-solver with a results-oriented approach.

Responsibilities

• Shape and evolve the EP&P operating model to improve clarity, consistency, and scalability across programs and platforms
• Ensure alignment between strategic priorities and how work is executed across the organization
• Partner with portfolio management and delivery teams to ensure operating mechanisms and governance processes are effective and aligned
• Provide visibility into execution performance, risks, and dependencies to support leadership decision-making
• Facilitate alignment across EP&P programs, platforms, and partner organizations within Technology and the business
• Connect work across teams to ensure dependencies are understood and managed
• Surface and help resolve cross-functional issues related to priorities, resourcing, and execution
• Reinforce accountability by tracking key actions, commitments, and follow-through across leadership
• Prepare clear, concise materials (briefings, summaries, pre-reads) to support leadership decision-making
• Translate complex program and platform updates into actionable insights for senior stakeholders
• Support leadership forums to ensure discussions are focused, structured, and outcome-oriented
• Maintain consistent communication and alignment across EP&P leadership and stakeholders
• Drive clarity in roles, decision rights, and ways of working across EP&P
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes and improve execution consistency
• Support the development of execution discipline and collaboration across teams
• Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement

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