Senior Associate Strategic Planning & Ops

Amgen US - California - Thousand Oaks Updated 14 October 2026
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Career Category Project Management Job Description 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. 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. Senior Associate Strategic Planning & Ops Duties: Work with global cross-functional teams to define project deliverables, milestones, tasks, identify and manage risks; Create roadmaps, reports, and dashboards for project tracking; Apply Agile principles in all project management activities; Develop necessary plans including communication plans, stakeholder analysis, implementation plans, sustainment plans and project schedules; Schedule and facilitate team meetings including setting agendas, writing meeting minutes and tracking action items to ensure completion; Build and maintain strong relationships with CfOR leaders to understand business objectives and priorities; Identify process gaps root cause and generate creative solutions; Communicate status and issues effectively to appropriate parties, both within CfOR and across Amgen; Manage initiatives to improve and support CfOR capabilities and effectiveness; Help increase efficiency across CfOR with innovative ideas in using technology including Smartsheet Automations and formulas, ChatGPT, and CoPilot to replace manual operations; Build and maintain positive collaborations, communicating, seeking advice, and facilitating critical business decisions. May telecommute. Requirements: Master’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Information Technology, Project Management, or a related field & 5 years of experience in the job offered or a data-related occupation. Position requires 5 years of experience in the following: Agile project management and Agile frameworks including: Scrum and Kanban; Smartsheet and Excel; Understanding market dynamics across therapeutic areas; Synthesizing and analyzing cross-functional information to guide decision-making; Pharmaceutical product lifecycle management, including early-stage development and commercialization; Miro, Visio, SharePoint, OneNote, MS Teams, MS Project, and Office 365; Project leadership in pharmaceutical or health industries; Coding in languages including: Python and Jquery for non-interventional study management application development and enhancement; and Collaborating with global partners for project execution. Contact: Interested candidates please apply via https://careers.amgen.com/en/search-jobs and search for job # R-255473. Job type: Full-Time position. The annual salary for this position in the U.S. is $135,533.00 per year. Also, this position offers stock, retirement, medical, life and disability insurance and eligibility for an annual bonus or for sales roles, other incentive compensation. For more details visit https://careers.amgen.com/life-at-amgen/benefits/ What you can expect of us As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way. 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. <p s

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