Strategic Planning & Operations Sr Mgr (R&D Quality)

**HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?**

If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of.

**Strategic Planning & Operations Senior Manager**

**Live**

**What you will do**

Let’s do this! Let’s change the world!

This position will be primarily responsible for organizational leadership, including strategic planning across a diverse number of activities and compliance subject areas in R&D Quality. This person will be the point of contact for the functional budget, resource forecasting, and capacity management, intra-and interdepartmental communication and alignment with the SPO across Quality and R&D. The primary job functions of this position will be:

+ Chief of staff to Vice President R&D Quality

+ Provide operational support to VP and R&D QLT including planning, communications, budgeting

+ Develop and/or drive execution of VP communication plan

+ Work with VP to organize staff meetings that meet engagement plan objective

+ Partner with R&D Strategy & Operations and with Quality SPOs and business planners to ensure accurate forecasting and representation of work in R&D Quality, e.g. regular reports

+ R&D QLT Team meeting structure and cadence, agenda, facilitation, minutes and action tracking

+ Facilitate Department goal setting and initiatives and track results

+ Establish, track progress, and communicate risks to delivering to departmental goal and commitments

+ Finalize R&D Quality Strategy in line with R&D and Quality functional strategies

+ Facilitate preparation of internal presentations and "roadshows" including All-Staff presentations, reports on business performance

+ Represent the goals for the Department and partner with other functions in support of R&D, Quality and Ops objectives

+ Organizational chart maintenance, headcount tracking and job description maintenance

+ Identify, lead or contribute to initiatives/process improvement opportunities as designated by VP

+ Update and maintenance of R&D Q website, SharePoint (look, feel, branding etc)

+ Lead select committees to advise R&D QLT as needed (e.g. advisory council"_

+ Manage R&D Quality business and conference attendance planning

+ Proactively identify and resolve upcoming issues within the Department, and collaborate with other departments

+ Gather, analyze, and synthesize cross-functional information across a variety of sources to turn unstructured business issues and requests into appropriate action plans and projects that result in high quality, meaningful and concrete deliverables.

+ Manage partners by clearly communicating status, issues, implications and recommendations

+ Assist in interactions at senior level forums as needed

+ Support cross-functional business initiatives as assigned

+ May have responsibilities associated with business operations activities (e.g. Management Review)

**Win**

**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.

**Basic Qualifications:**

+ Doctorate degree and 2 years of Operations and R&D Quality experience OR

+ Master’s degree and 4 years of Operations and R&D Quality experience OR

+ Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of Operations and R&D Quality experience OR

+ Associate’s degree and 10 years of Operations and R&D Quality experience OR

+ High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Operations and R&D Quality experience

**Preferred Qualifications:**

+ MBA with an understanding/working knowledge of research and development within the pharma industry

+ 3-5 years experience as a Chief of Staff or SOP

+ Extensive experience in managing budgets and operations in a R&D quality organization

**Thrive**

**What you can expect of us**

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan comprising health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities including:

+ 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 and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns

+ Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible

**Apply now**

**for a career that defies imagination**

Objects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us.

**careers.amgen.com**

**Application deadline**

Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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