Manager Software Development Engineer
About this opportunity
Career Category
Information Systems
Job Description
What you will do
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. Amgen is seeking a Manager, Salesforce Production Support to lead and evolve production support capabilities for enterprise Salesforce platforms, including OneCRM and integrated ecosystems. This role is responsible for ensuring stable, compliant, and high-performing production operations while driving continuous service improvement aligned with Amgen’s mission to serve patients.
The Manager will lead a cross-functional support organization, provide operational governance, and partner closely with business, product, and engineering teams to maintain platform reliability and enable business continuity.
Key Responsibilities
Production Support Leadership
Lead end-to-end Salesforce production support operations, ensuring high availability, stability, and performance of critical business applications
Own incident management, triage, and resolution workflows, including prioritization, escalation, and stakeholder communication.
Serve as the primary escalation point for P1/P2/P3 incidents and drive rapid issue resolution
Operational Governance & Excellence
Establish and enforce SLA adherence, incident response standards, and escalation frameworks
Drive governance of ServiceNow ticketing, incident tracking, and reporting metrics
Lead operational reviews (daily/weekly/monthly) including incident trends, backlog, and performance KPIs
Ensure standardized incident communication frameworks for business and IT stakeholders
Incident & Problem Management
Oversee issue identification, root cause analysis (RCA), Live Narrative documentation and preventive measures for recurring issues
Ensure consistent execution of triage → impact assessment → remediation → closure lifecycle
Drive problem management practices to reduce incident volume and improve system resilience
Service Delivery & Continuous Improvement
Lead proactive monitoring strategy across Salesforce and integrated platforms (MuleSoft, Databricks, etc.)
Implement automation, alerting, and monitoring enhancements to detect and prevent issues
Drive continuous improvement initiatives including process optimization and automation
Release, Change & Maintenance Support
Ensure alignment of production support with change management and release processes
Oversee data remediation, reprocessing, and operational maintenance activities in production environments
Support minor enhancements, patches, and routine maintenance activities
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partner with product owners, architects, developers, and business stakeholders for issue resolution and enhancements
Coordinate with upstream/downstream teams for integration-related incidents
Act as the bridge between business and technology teams for operational support
Team Leadership
Manage and mentor onshore/offshore production support teams
Ensure proper knowledge transfer, documentation, and runbook maintenance
Drive resource planning, capacity management, and skill development
Basic Qualifications
Master’s degree or Bachelor's degree and 8-12 years of experience in Information Systems / IT
Preferred Qualifications
Strong experience in Salesforce Production Support / CRM Operations
Proven experience in incident management, SLA governance, and support operations leadership
Hands-on understanding of Salesforce platform (Sales/Service/Health Cloud)
Experience with integrations (MuleSoft, APIs) and data platforms (Databricks)
Familiarity with ServiceNow, Jira, and enterprise ticketing systems
Strong understanding of ITIL processes (Incident, Problem, Change Management)
Experience in regulated environments (GxP, compliance)
Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills
Soft Skills:
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
Strong communication and interpersonal abilities
High attention to detail and commitment to quality
Ability to prioritize tasks and work under pressure
Team-oriented with a proactive and collaborative mindset
Willingness to mentor junior developers and promote best practices
Adaptable to changing project requirements and evolving technology
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.
Together, we live the Amgen values as we continue advancing science to serve patients.
Key Success Metrics (Optional – Executive Add-on)
SLA adherence (P1/P2/P3 resolution timelines)
Reduction in incident recurrence rate
MTTR (Mean Time to Resolve) improvement
Production stability and uptime
Stakeholder satisfaction
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Job details
How this role compares
Computed from every other active Information Technology role in our database, not just this employer's listings.
We currently track 225 comparable Manager Information Technology roles across 30 biopharma companies.
Salary context
42 of 225 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)
Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.
Where these roles are based
Top locations among the 225 comparable roles
+ 11 more countries
Seniority mix
225 of 225 peers have a known seniority level
Therapeutic area mix
0 of 225 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden
No peers with a known therapeutic area yet.
Similar opportunities
The closest matches from our peer group, ranked by how similar they are, not how well you'd qualify for them -- treat this as market context, not a guaranteed shortlist; a weak match is labeled as one below.
How we calculate "similar"
No black box, no LLM guesswork: a deterministic score built from four normalized attributes. Here's this role's own peer group at different match levels, so you can see the mechanism, not just the result.
Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.
0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.