Training and Development Dir, Obesity and Related Conditions

Amgen • Thousand Oaks, CA

2d • $188,528 - $255,068

About The Position

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients. 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. In this vital role the Training and Development Dir position will focus on creating, developing, and executing Obesity and Related Conditions Sales Training, Product Launch Support, and Strategies for the Commercial Operations organization. The Director will partner closely with Amgen’s Learning and Performance team and Obesity and Related Conditions Business at Amgen. In addition, the ability to work with and across senior leadership teams in a complex matrixed environment will be critical. This role will be central to orchestrating the critical components required for a successful launch, from defining hiring profiles and developing manager interview guides to building launch readiness tools, workshops, and field execution resources. The Director will lead a team responsible for designing and facilitating high-impact training while staying closely connected to field realities through sales calls, remote coaching, ongoing field engagement, and stakeholder partnerships. This leader will own the end-to-end training and launch readiness ecosystem, ensuring our teams are prepared, confident, and equipped to execute with excellence at launch and beyond.

Requirements

• Doctorate degree and 4 years of business experience OR Master’s degree and 8 years of business experience OR Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of business experience
• 4 years of managerial experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs or directing the allocation of resources

Nice To Haves

• Ability to engage and network with internal and external partners in relevant communities
• Ability to lead and influence a broad spectrum of stakeholders towards achieving business goals
• Ability to develop complex and innovative solutions to business problems without precedent
• Experience of working with cross-functional global teams and building relationships at all levels of the organization.
• A change agent who is passionate about building an inclusive culture
• Ability to understand, balance, and articulate both tactical and long-term planning issues
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Strong verbal and written communication combined with cross-cultural sensitivity
• Experience building or executing people programs, organizational development strategies or learning opportunities

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to develop and implement Obesity and Related Conditions Training initiatives and programs, aligned with enterprise and functional strategies
• Plan and lead large scale initiatives by partnering and collaborating with US and Global leadership.
• Contribute to organizational leadership and strategic decisions
• Establish and grow relationships with external leadership entities and customer groups (e.g. business units, training, sales)
• Partner with cross-functional leadership and other stakeholders to develop and execute strategies for attracting diverse talent into the organization (e.g. Talent acquisition, university relations, commercial development and leadership programs
• Work with internal and external associations to establish / strengthen relationships on a national and regional level
• Partner closely with Amgen HR, Obesity and Related Conditions and other Business Units to find opportunities to integrate and / or create new programs as needed to support the business specific needs including: Establishing and shaping training and education programs Leading internal panel discussions and teams

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