Strategic Planning & Operations Senior Manager

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 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 budget and contracting experience
• Master’s degree and 4 years of budget and contracting experience
• Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of budget and contracting experience
• Associate’s degree and 10 years of budget and contracting experience
• High school diploma / GED and 12 years of budget and contracting experience

Nice To Haves

• MBA or Master’s Degree with 10 years of work experience in the biopharmaceutical industry with 4 or more years of that experience in R&D with good knowledge of clinical development, financial budgeting, and workforce strategies
• Proven experience leading teams and developing talent.
• Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills across functions and levels
• Ability to structure and solve ambiguous problems with pragmatic, high-impact solutions.
• Experience operating in complex, matrixed R&D environments
• Strong program and project management skills with demonstrated end-to-end delivery.
• Experience in financial planning, budgeting, and workforce/resource strategy
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with ability to engage senior leadership
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Smartsheet, and modern productivity tools (including generative AI)

Responsibilities

• Act as a key advisor to CfOR senior leadership on investment decisions, trade-offs, and operational strategy.
• Lead end-to-end financial planning, forecasting, and scenario modeling aligned to global R&D processes.
• Drive disciplined resource allocation to maximize impact of RWE investments.
• Establish scalable, standardized approaches to budget management and reporting.
• Lead and develop a high-performing operations team across budgeting, contracting, supplier management, and process excellence.
• Translate ambiguous business needs into structured plans, priorities, and execution roadmaps.
• Ensure delivery of high-quality forecasts, reporting, and business insights.
• Oversee strategic supplier relationships supporting external and internal research.
• Partner with Global Strategic Sourcing (GSS) to optimize contracting, performance, and value delivery.
• Drive best practices in supplier strategy and governance.
• Partner with GSS, Legal, Finance, Medical, Health Economics, and R&D Strategy & Operations to align on priorities and execution.
• Represent CfOR in enterprise initiatives, governance and operating reviews.
• Lead or influence process improvement and transformation efforts.
• Deliver executive-level reporting, dashboards, and business reviews.
• Conduct root cause analyses to inform decisions and continuous improvement.
• Enable data-driven decision-making across CfOR leadership.

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