Strategic Planning and Operations Manager

Amgen • Cambridge, MA

1d • $109,641 - $148,337

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 OR Master’s degree and 2 years of Operations experience OR Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of Operations experience OR Associate’s degree and 8 years of Operations experience OR High school diploma / GED and 10 years of Operations experience

Nice To Haves

• Strong organizational and cross-functional project management skills
• Strong technical background with understanding of pharmaceutical manufacture and commercialization
• Demonstrated accountability to deliver results and meet deadlines while handling contending priorities
• Problem-solving, critical thinking and decision-making skills
• Strong interpersonal, listening and customer service skills
• Strong presentation abilities, oral and written, including confidence and decisiveness when engaging with Senior Management and customers

Responsibilities

• Leading and managing new product introductions (NPI) and technology transfers to external (third party) manufacturing organizations.
• Leading new product introduction activities for new programs' tech transferring into CMOs.
• Provide project strategic direction of external manufacturing technical transfer and new product introduction activities coordinating execution of cross-functional workstreams from Quality, Process Development, Contracts, Supply Chain, Analytical Sciences and Global Strategic Sourcing.
• Execution and adherence to PSM NPI business processes and operating model.
• Lead multiple cross-functional projects of medium to high complexity.
• Build and maintain project plans and team assignments using project planning tools, estimating project cost and adhering to budget, directing and supervising work efforts on daily basis, identifying resource needs, performing project reviews, and advancing functional, quality, timeline and cost issues appropriately.
• Utilize project management processes, software and methodologies to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, adhere to high quality standards and meet customer expectations.

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: Mid Level