Senior Director Human Resources - Puerto Rico Site Lead

Career Category

Human Resources

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. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. 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 Director Human Resources - Puerto Rico Site Lead 

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this critical role, you will be a pivotal member of the Amgen Manufacturing Limited LLC (AML) site leadership team. AML is Amgen’s flagship manufacturing site and the largest in Amgen’s global manufacturing network. Located in Puerto Rico, AML employs over 3,000 employees and extended workforce personnel and operates across a 1.7 million square foot campus with fully integrated end-to-end manufacturing capabilities. AML's remit spans the full manufacturing value chain, including drug substance, drug product, quality, supply chain, engineering, process development, packaging, and distribution.

As the organization continues to evolve its capabilities and portfolio, this leader will help shape the site's workforce and leadership agenda—building an inclusive, high-performing culture and strengthening the talent pipeline needed to deliver reliably in a highly regulated manufacturing environment.

You will provide HR leadership for the site, taking the lead in being responsible for developing and overseeing execution of overall talent strategy, including the workforce plan, talent acquisition strategies, employee value proposition, and corporate talent programs. Additionally, you serve as the trusted advisor and coach to the site leadership team(s) in areas of HR strategy, culture, leadership, talent management, rewards, and change management. In addition to continuing to build Amgen’s talent base in Puerto Rico, you will also develop and implement innovative strategies to foster engagement and a strong culture in the midst of dynamic growth. 

This role reports to the Executive Director of HR, Manufacturing with dotted line to the Site Vice President (VP).

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Team Leadership: Provide guidance to a large team of HR professionals including HR business partners to drive value in the business; provide ongoing clarity, coaching, and opportunities for career development to facilitate continuous learning and growth. 
• Integration & Change Management: Drive integration initiatives and lead organizational change efforts to support business growth. 
• Strategic Advisor: Serve as a trusted strategic advisor and coach to the SLT in areas of HR Strategy, Culture / Engagement, Leadership, Talent Management, Rewards, Change Management. 
• Talent & Workforce Planning: Partner with site leadership to develop a robust talent base at the site including workforce plan, Talent Acquisition strategies, Employee Value Proposition, Corporate talent programs, and inclusion and belonging strategy. 
• Engagement & Culture: Implement innovative strategies to foster engagement and strong people centered culture amid dynamic growth.  
• Employee Relations & Compliance: Ensure compliance with local employment law and manage complex employee relations matters.  
• Community Engagement: Create and further grow trusted partnerships with local trade schools, universities, and government entities with a focus on workforce development initiatives; represent Amgen at external industry and academic engagements to bolster attraction of top talent and reputation in the market. 
• Employee Lifecycle: Oversee / direct implementation of HR processes such as: Onboarding, Performance Evaluation, Compensation Planning, Career Development, Talent Management, Coaching/Training people managers. 
• Global Alignment: Develop and drive initiatives and programs that meet local needs while remaining aligned with global strategies. 
• COE Partnership: Partner with COEs to develop and implement changes, working to anticipate, coordinate, and plan programs at the site – ensuring HR initiatives add value to site and Amgen’s business goals. 
• HR Network Leadership: Actively participate and contribute meaningfully to various Human Resources leadership networks whether external or internal to Amgen (e.g., country, region, or global). 
• Technical Expertise: Maintain expertise in leading HR trends and deliver practical and insightful thought leadership. 
• Travel: Occasional domestic and international travel may be expected, approximately 3–4 times per year per business needs.

 

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Sr. Director HR professional we seek is a collaborative and strategic people leader with these qualifications.

Basic qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 5 years of Human Resources experience

OR

Master’s degree and 9 years of Human Resources experience

OR

Bachelor’s degree and 11 years of Human Resources experience

In addition to meeting at least one of the above requirements, you must have at least 5 years experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation or resources.  Your managerial experience may run concurrently with the required technical experience referenced above

Beyond that, additional preferred qualifications are:

• Academic degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, or any other HR related field.
• 15+ years of progressively complex / strategic experience in Human Resources for a large global or multinational organization. 
• Strategic HR business partner experience or other client-facing experience. 
• Extensive HR leadership experience in a multinational environment. 
• Experience leading teams including both individual contributors and managers. 
• Experience navigating complex employment environments, with the learning agility to quickly develop knowledge of Puerto Rico employment practices and market dynamics; prior Puerto Rico experience is a plus.
• Experience leading HR in a highly regulated manufacturing or life sciences environment; GMP experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated success introducing fresh thinking and innovative approaches to evolve HR capabilities and help position the organization for the future.
• Experience supporting a large, complex site or country organization, with credibility across diverse workforce populations and business functions.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity and transformation, respectfully challenge the status quo, and translate enterprise strategy into practical and sustainable site-level action.
• Track record of building workforce and leadership capability through strategic partnerships and innovative market-facing approaches.
• Experience leading complex projects, initiatives and/or teams. 
• Strong analytical skills and understanding of how to use data to inform decisions. 
• Ability to balance a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities and competing demands. 
• Self-directed, passionate about the work, and willing to take informed risks. 
• Demonstrated ability to understand business needs and develop innovative and practical solutions to business challenges. 
• Strong knowledge of applicable employment laws, regulations, and business practices related to the field of Human Resources. 
• Demonstrated ability to interact with and influence all levels of management, and executives. 
• Demonstrated ability to partner well with other HR and business functions. 
• A strong aptitude to have meaningful impact for the better and have fun while doing it. 
• Role model to others for how to “speak up” and respectfully challenge existing approaches to drive continuous change. 
• Continuous improvement and growth learning mindset 
• Flexibility to relocate for future assignments based on business needs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; Spanish language proficiency is preferred but not required.

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. 

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 & vision coverage, and life & disability insurance
• 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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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 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. 

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