Senior Associate Project Management

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. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, 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 Associate Project Manager What you will do Let’s do this. Let’s change the world! The  Senior Associate P roject Manager will be part of the  Global Capital Project Management  team and will be responsible for supporting and leading  high priority  projects in  thousand Oaks  relating to:   Implementation of projects within  the Site Master Plan     Candidate must be comfortable assisting in the preparation and delivery of recommendations to senior management, as well as the development of other reports and documents.   Project management may include, but  is not limited to, setting agendas, conducting project meetings, writing meeting minutes, creation and maintenance of project plans and timelines, identification and resolution of team-related cross-functional issues, and working with team members to identify and focus the team on critical path activities.      The successful candidate will demonstrate:  Strong project leadership skills, including ability to manage diverse teams  Ability to understand, balance, and articulate both tactical and strategic planning issues  Strong quantitative, analytical (technical and business), and problem-solving skills  Persistent, tactful, and persuasive team and project leadership including conflict resolution and negotiation skills  Tolerance for, and ability to manage, ambiguity  Interpersonal, presentation, and facilitation skills  Ability to prioritize across multiple projects and handle diverse assignments simultaneously  Word processing, presentation, and spreadsheet application skills  Understanding and outlining key priorities and inter-dependencies  Monitoring progress and adherence to timelines  Identifying project issues and facilitating resolution  Conducting risk management and scenario planning; drive development of contingency and/or risk mitigation plans  Identifying, escalating and facilitating resolution of budget/resource gaps  Drive implementation of team and management decisions  Facilitate resource planning, financial, and capacity assessments  Partner with finance to plan and manage team budget as appropriate  Escalate program issues, as appropriate  Manage initial & ongoing communication of plans   Working Knowledge of Project Management principles and practices  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 the following qualifications:

Master’s degree OR Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of project management experience OR Associate’s degree and 6 years of project management experience OR  High school diploma / GED and 8 years of project management experience Preferred Qualifications:   Bachelors degree Proficient in MS Office