Amgen Inc. Posted October 12, 2026

Senior Associate Strategic Planning & Ops

Thousand Oaks, United States Full time
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About this opportunity

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.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of 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 that may include:

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, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible

Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.

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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.

As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

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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Job details

Seniority
Senior
Function
BD&L & Strategic Planning
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Thousand Oaks, United States
Employment type
Full time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active BD&L & Strategic Planning role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 63 comparable Senior BD&L & Strategic Planning roles across 23 biopharma companies.

63Comparable roles tracked
57Currently active
23Companies hiring similar roles
15Countries represented

Salary context

26 of 63 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.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Senior IAM Engineer M&A (Hybrid) · AbbVie $96,500/yr – $183,500/yr
Highest disclosed · Global Tech Sr Strategist · IQVIA $163,100/yr – $453,700/yr
Peer group range $140,000 – $308,400 (median $205,000)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 63 comparable roles

United States38
China5
India4
Japan3
South Korea2
Switzerland2

+ 9 more countries

Seniority mix

63 of 63 peers have a known seniority level

Associate Director42
Senior13
Principal8

Therapeutic area mix

8 of 63 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Dermatology & Aesthetics3
Oncology2
Immunology2
Cardiovascular / CVRM1

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