Career Category
Business Development
Job Description
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. Join us.
Project & Portfolio Manager, Technology – (Commercialization Portfolio Management Office)
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What you will do
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. The Commercialization (CMZ) Portfolio Management Office (PMO) is responsible for maintaining and improving an ecosystem of processes that facilitates complex cross-functional collaboration, coordination, and portfolio decisions to deliver an innovative pipeline of therapies to our patients. As part of this mission, we are building a next generation integrated portfolio planning, reporting, and decision-making capability. In this vital role, you will work with a broad range of functional partners to drive growth and deliver on the long-term vision.
The Project & Portfolio Manager will report into the Technology & Reporting Director within the Commercialization PMO located at Amgen’s headquarters in Thousand Oaks California, with this role located in our new Amgen India - Hyderabad.
Responsibilities of the Project & Portfolio Manager, Technology include:
Serve as the business owner for the Planisware platform, acting as the primary liaison between the business and the platform/IT team.
Define and document business requirements for system enhancements, new rules, and logic changes; support user acceptance testing and ensure successful implementation of new functionality.
Provide high-touch user support, guidance, and training to stakeholders, serving as a trusted advisor on system capabilities and best practices.
Drive data governance and data quality monitoring, including reporting, issue resolution, and stakeholder communication including leading the governance forum that governs CMZ technology assets
Lead development and drive continuous improvement of commercialization-related business processes, identifying opportunities to streamline workflows to enable more effective cross functional planning.
Partner with stakeholders to design and implement scalable process solutions that leverage technology, automation, and best practices to improve transparency, efficiency, and execution.
Provide thought leadership into process improvement strategies by developing a deep understanding of Commercialization processes and the voice of the customer.
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What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Manager professional we seek is a highly motivated, driven analyst with these qualifications:
Demonstrated experience as a Planisware business owner, including responsibility for requirements definition, system enhancements, testing, and stakeholder engagement.
Strong understanding of enterprise systems governance, configuration management, and lifecycle management processes.
Proven ability to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions and drive system-enabled process improvements.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at multiple levels of the organization.
Strong critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills, with a track record of leveraging technology to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and managing competing priorities in a complex, matrixed environment.
Solid analytical skills, including experience with data quality oversight, reporting, and performance monitoring.
Strong understanding of the drug development process and key milestones
Ability to build and maintain strong relationships within the organization to understand business objectives and priorities
Basic Qualifications:
Doctorate degree and 2 years of Relevant experience
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Master’s degree and 4 years of Relevant experience
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Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of Relevant experience
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Associate’s degree and 10 years of Relevant experience
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High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Relevant experience
Preferred Qualifications:
Industry experience in Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, or another Healthcare-related field.
Drug Development knowledge with basic to strong understanding of other functions relevant to the position including Research, Preclinical, Clinical, Manufacturing, Commercial and Regulatory.
Consistent track record of implementing PPM tools, methodologies, practices and infrastructure, as related to the Biopharmaceutical Industry.
Project management skills with experience operationalizing central initiatives, including cross-functional strategic planning, development of integrated plans, monitoring and driving execution to plan.
Emotional intelligence skills including influencing without authority.
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What you can expect of us
As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.
Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization
Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act
Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits
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For a career that defies imagination
In our quest to serve patients above all else, Amgen is the first to imagine, and the last to doubt. Join us.
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Equal Opportunity Statement
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 a 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 an accommodation.
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