Strategic Planning and Operations Manager

Amgen•Thousand Oaks, CA

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. Strategic Planning and Operations Manager - External Supply – Network Strategy and Risk What you will do Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this role, you will operate at the intersection of strategic operations and advanced analytics, driving both business decision-making and data-driven insights across External Supply. Strategic Planning & Operations Lead site selection, business case development, and supplier strategy for contract manufacturing organizations (CDMOs) Drive New Product Introduction (NPI) and technology transfer activities into external manufacturing and supplier sites Partner cross-functionally (Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, Process Development, and Strategic Sourcing) to: Conduct landscape assessments and supplier evaluations Lead RFP development and proposal assessments Perform due diligence and risk assessments Develop financial analyses and recommendations for leadership Build and manage complex project plans, ensuring delivery on scope, timeline, cost, and quality Lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, consistency, and execution across External Supply Develop and advance business processes and strategies supporting External Supply goals Data analytics & digital capabilities to enable External Supply strategic planning & operations Design, develop, and maintain data pipelines and analytics solutions supporting External Supply operations Build dashboards, reports, and visualizations to provide actionable insights to business stakeholders and leadership Analyze complex datasets to identify trends, risks, and opportunities that support External Supply operations Apply advanced analytics and AI-enabled techniques to enhance decision-making and business process compliance and efficiency Define KPIs and translate business needs into scalable analytical solutions Improve data quality, governance, and usability, applying FAIR data principles including improving metadata, lineage, standardization, and reuse Collaborate with digital/IT teams to deploy and enhance analytics tools, AI solutions, and reporting capabilities Communicate insights clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences Why This Role is Unique This role combines: Strategic influence (supplier strategy, business cases) Technical depth (data pipelines, analytics, AI-driven insights) You will directly shape how External Supply decisions are made—both through operational leadership and data-driven intelligence. What we expect of you We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The dynamic professional we seek is an individual with these qualifications.

Requirements

Doctorate degree OR Master’s degree and 2 years of project/program management and data analytics/data science experience OR Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of project/program management and data analytics/data science experience OR Associate’s degree and 8 years of project/program management and data analytics/data science experience OR High school diploma / GED and 10 years of project/program management and data analytics/data science experience

Nice To Haves

Experience in biopharmaceutical manufacturing, or other regulated environments
Knowledge of External Supply, contract manufacturing, and/or supply chain operations
Demonstrated expertise in: Technology transfer and new product introduction processes
Strategic planning, business case development, and financial analysis
Data analytics tools (e.g., SQL, Python, Power BI/Tableau)
Data modeling, governance, and pipeline development
Experience with advanced analytics, AI enabled solutions, machine learning, or predictive statistical modeling
Strong ability to translate data into business insights and decisions
Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills
Proven ability to manage complex, cross-functional initiatives in fast-paced environments

Responsibilities

Lead site selection, business case development, and supplier strategy for contract manufacturing organizations (CDMOs)
Drive New Product Introduction (NPI) and technology transfer activities into external manufacturing and supplier sites
Partner cross-functionally (Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, Process Development, and Strategic Sourcing) to: Conduct landscape assessments and supplier evaluations
Lead RFP development and proposal assessments
Perform due diligence and risk assessments
Develop financial analyses and recommendations for leadership
Build and manage complex project plans, ensuring delivery on scope, timeline, cost, and quality
Lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, consistency, and execution across External Supply
Develop and advance business processes and strategies supporting External Supply goals
Design, develop, and maintain data pipelines and analytics solutions supporting External Supply operations
Build dashboards, reports, and visualizations to provide actionable insights to business stakeholders and leadership
Analyze complex datasets to identify trends, risks, and opportunities that support External Supply operations
Apply advanced analytics and AI-enabled techniques to enhance decision-making and business process compliance and efficiency
Define KPIs and translate business needs into scalable analytical solutions
Improve data quality, governance, and usability, applying FAIR data principles including improving metadata, lineage, standardization, and reuse
Collaborate with digital/IT teams to deploy and enhance analytics tools, AI solutions, and reporting capabilities
Communicate insights clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences

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 that may include:
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

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