Compliance - Strategic Planning and Operations Senior Manager

Career Category

Compliance

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. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline and portfolio of medicines to treat heart disease, obesity and obesity-related conditions, rare diseases, inflammatory conditions and cancer.  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.

 

Compliance – Strategic Planning and Operations Senior Manager

 

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. The Strategic Planning & Operations (SPO) Senior Manager reports to the Director, Strategy, Intelligence, & Innovation and supports planning and operations for the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) and Worldwide Compliance & Business Ethics (WC&BE) leadership team. The role coordinates leadership routines, planning activities, communications and cross-functional initiatives, maintaining alignment and follow-through across the organization. It works closely with WC&BE leaders and partners while supporting the CCO’s compliance and risk priorities.

 

Key Responsibilities:

 

Executive Support and Leadership Cadance

Support effective CCO and WC&BE leadership routines and ensure decisions and commitments are clearly recorded and advanced.

 

• Coordinate recurring CCO and WC&BE leadership meetings and planning sessions, including schedules, agendas, pre-reads, logistics, notes and action follow-up.
• Coordinate CCO engagements and leadership forums by gathering inputs and preparing presentations, talking points and briefing materials for leadership use.
• Maintain decision, commitment and action logs; confirm owners and due dates, support follow-through and surface overdue actions, competing requests or dependencies through established leadership channels.
• Coordinate information flow across WC&BE teams and geographies, ensuring leaders receive complete and timely materials and sensitive information is handled appropriately.

 

Planning and Operational Execution

Coordinate planning and delivery activities across WC&BE in alignment with agreed goals.

 

• Support annual operating planning, goal alignment and performance reviews by coordinating timelines, collecting inputs, maintaining planning materials and tracking agreed deliverables.
• Develop work plans, milestones, ownership and status updates for WC&BE priorities; coordinate delivery across teams and enterprise partners.
• Coordinate budget and headcount planning with Finance, budget and HR partners, including consolidating inputs and preparing planning materials.
• Coordinate high-priority initiatives and change activities, maintain work plans, document dependencies and work across teams to address barriers and maintain progress.
• Coordinate intake and routing of requests, assemble context and options for leadership consideration, and route competing or sensitive requests through agreed processes.

 

Executive and Functional Communications

Prepare clear, accurate communications and support timely information flow.

 

• Develop and coordinate internal WC&BE communications, leadership updates, all-staff materials and organizational announcements for leadership review.
• Synthesize inputs into concise summaries and presentations, distinguishing confirmed information, open questions, proposed actions and decisions required.
• Coordinate preparation for enterprise forums and external engagements as assigned, including collecting contributions, managing review cycles and meeting deadlines.

 

Governance and Cross-Functional Partnership

Help maintain effective operating practices and productive relationships across WC&BE and its partners.

 

• Maintain practical calendars, trackers and records that provide visibility into plans, decisions, actions and deliverables.
• Build working relationships with WC&BE colleagues and Finance, HR, Legal, Communications and other partners to coordinate agreed work and resolve routine process issues.
• Identify opportunities to improve planning, meeting, communication and follow-through processes; develop recommendations and implement agreed improvements with relevant stakeholders.
• Coordinate special projects and business learning assignments that support CCO and WC&BE priorities, clarifying objectives, partners and expected outcomes.

 

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is an individual with these qualifications.

 

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 2 years of relevant experience

OR

Master’s degree and 4 years of relevant experience

OR

Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of relevant experience

OR

Associate’s degree and 10 years of relevant experience

OR

High school diploma / GED and 12 years of relevant experience

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting strategic planning and business performance, including annual operating plans, goal alignment, performance reviews, and tracking progress against priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross-functional programs from planning through delivery, with clear work plans, milestones, owners, and visibility into risks and dependencies.
• Experience synthesizing business updates and performance data into concise insights, recommendations, and materials for senior leaders.
• Familiarity with budget, headcount, or resource planning, and the ability to coordinate inputs across Finance, HR, and business teams.
• Strong partnership and communication skills, with the judgment to manage competing priorities and handle sensitive information in a complex, global organization.

 

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 where possible. Refer to the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies

 

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

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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.

 

Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.

 

As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of 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. We make all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

 

We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities, consistent with legal requirements. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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Salary Range

137,340.45USD -185,813.55 USD