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HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of.

Technology Strategy & Innovation Director

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be a seasoned cross-functional leader with deep experience in technology alliance management and an individual who creates value through the effective leadership and management of innovation opportunities with key technology partners. The Technology Strategy and Innovation Director will report directly to the Vice President Technology Innovation Lab.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leads key technology partnerships for Amgen India, including governance, opportunity portfolio, and pull-through execution of key innovation
• Identifies, understands, and ensures mechanisms are in place to manage differences between Amgen and partner (e.g. on partnership strategy, operating model, processes, relative program prioritization, risk tolerance, norms, etc.)
• Ensures effectiveness and efficiency of partnership governance
• Ensures the Amgen team understands and is planning for partnership obligations including contractual commitments and key partnership deliverables
• Ensures Amgen decision making is informed by contract terms with partner, partner’s point of view, and any events that could alter partnership value
• Identifies and drives resolution of key partnership risks and issues
• Establishes credibility, trust, and respect throughout Amgen and with our partners
• Applies multi-functional knowledge and business insight to engage with scientific and business leaders across Amgen
• Develop Best Practices for Amgen’s technology and other healthcare ecosystem alliances

Win

What we expect of you

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

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 15 years of Business Development and/or Alliance Management experience

Or

Master’s degree and 17 years of Business Development and/or Alliance Management experience

Or

Bachelor’s degree and 19 years of Business Development and/or Alliance Management experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with core and innovation products and solutions for life sciences with Big Tech (e.g. AWS, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Alphabet, Azure, Google, etc.)
• Substantial experience building and managing executive level partnerships between internal and external executive staff, including multi-party innovation ecosystems
• Experience with solution-oriented negotiations and problem solving
• Demonstrated ability to engage with business leaders from across the organization to drive decisions
• Experience interpreting and applying contractual terms to manage a business relationship
• Experience in business development with licensing agreements and/or mergers & acquisitions
• Ability to interface and influence behaviors and outcomes at all levels both internally and with a partner
• Ability to clearly and effectively present information formally and informally
• Strong emotional intelligence coupled with refined interpersonal and relationship management skills
• Strong project management and facilitation skills
• Passionately curious, proactive, and takes initiative

Thrive

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

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.

Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan comprising 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 including:

• 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 and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns

Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible