**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. **Site Lead, Strategic Planning & Operations** **What you will do** Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. At Amgen, we focus on areas of high unmet medical need and demonstrate our talent and expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people’s lives. Amgen San Francisco plays a critical role in discovering innovative human therapeutics. In the last five years, Amgen San Francisco’s (ASF) Research & Development innovation hub has grown by over 40%. As our site continues to evolve, we are seeking a **Site Lead – Strategic Planning & Operations** to join our leadership team to enable us to continue our mission to serve patients. This role presents an opportunity to provide business operations support to the Amgen San Francisco site, covering a range of responsibilities including but not limited to active site leadership, internal communications and external outreach, staff engagement, and site budget management. You will have a share of strategic planning and focus, tactical actions and implementation, and direct access and visibility to leadership to enable us to achieve the overall site mission and goals. This role will report directly to our ASF Site Head. **Business Operations & Communications:** + Plan and facilitate site-wide leadership team meetings, committees, and workshops, serving to provide site/staff perspective on issues relating to facilities, operations, safety, engagement, as well as to provide information to team on site activities + Liaise regularly with internal departments such as Corporate Affairs, Environmental Health & Safety, Facilities, Research & Development, and HR (Site Operations Council) + Develop and implement internal communications strategy, in collaboration with HR and Corporate Affairs, to represent the Site’s vision, goals and business imperatives that drive staff engagement, awareness and talent retention + Plan and prepare site-wide all-staff meetings, communications, and connectivity events in collaboration with HR Site Lead & Corporate Affairs + Develop and manage timely, strategic communications using internal communications vehicles (company intranet, newsletter(s), announcements, staff services, calendar and site comms channels such as digital monitors, posters) + Manage tour opportunities with academia, elected officials, opinion leaders and Amgen leadership, ensuring appropriate messaging, content and approach + Plan and facilitate site business performance reviews for executive leadership visits + Identify and drive process improvements at the site and general issue resolution + Partner with site leadership team in Rockville, Maryland to support similar activities for this second smaller research and development site **Internal / Staff Engagement:** + Partner with HR to help develop site culture and foster employee engagement + Provide oversight for the planning/implementation of both internal and external events (annual staff engagement events, scientific off-site, staff appreciation opportunities) + Ensure ongoing integration and collaboration across the site and within Amgen + Serve as point-of-contact for the management of day-to-day site operations at ASF **External Engagement / Outreach:** + Actively participate in Amgen San Francisco’s External Outreach Committee, driving initiatives that increase Amgen’s visibility in the local community to enhance our scientific reputation, capture external innovation, and attract/retain talent **Site Budget Management:** + Forecast and manage the Site Budget, working closely with the HR Site Lead, Finance, and the ASF Site Head to ensure site needs are being met + Ensure investment decisions have neutral or positive returns **What we expect of you** We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The [vital attribute] professional we seek is a [type of person] with these qualifications. **Basic Qualifications:** Doctorate degree and 2 years of project management or scientific experience **Or** Master’s degree and 4 years of project management or scientific experience **Or** Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of project management or scientific experience **Or** Associate’s degree and 10 years of project management or scientific experience **Or** High school diploma / GED and 12 years of project management or scientific experience **Preferred Qualifications:** **Bachelor’s degree or higher** + Biology and/or biotechnology experience + Project management experience with significant interaction with internal and external partners + Strong communication skills (both written and presentation) and the ability to clearly and concisely communicate at all levels of the organization including executive leadership + Demonstrated ability to be creative and think creatively; a strong strategic thinker + Experience working with and / or leading cross functional teams that required strong influencing skills + Ability to adapt and thrive in a rapidly changing and fast-moving environment that challenges the status quo of healthcare **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** **for a career that defies imagination** Objects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us. **careers.amgen.com** In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information. **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. 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.