Senior Program Manager

What you will do

In this vital role you will be responsible for managing complex projects or programs. You will oversee all aspects of the project lifecycle, from planning and execution to monitoring and closing. This role often involves managing a project team and coordinating with multiple departments. This is a key role whose overarching objective is to drive the development and execution of Medical Strategy in collaboration with Medical Affairs Leads. In this vital role, you will ensure key deliverables including medical plans, insights, budgets and goals are brought to completion. The Senior Manager is a cross-functional, collaborative role across global and local medical teams. You will identify metrics, progress, interdependencies, and concerns, facilitate resolution as needed, and keep the Medical Affairs Team aligned around its priorities. The Sr. PM role will partner with the Asset Lead to drive cross-functional planning, manage project risks, and drive resolution of complex issues while aligning strategic goals across the broader organization. Given close partnership with USML, GMAL, and global cross-functional stakeholders, the Senior Manager must maintain working hours with meaningful Pacific Time overlap. Availability generally from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, plus flexibility for key meetings, business priorities, and global deliverables, is required.

Responsibilities

• Drive the coordination and integration of insights in partnership with the Medical Affairs Lead to inform product strategy for global and local teams.
• Be a key point of communication to ensure execution of the Medical Plan, including goal development and regular progress tracking.
• Drive the Medical Plan process and ensure alignment between global and local Medical leads, including large and ROW/emerging markets.
• Understand the Global Medical Strategy and ensure integration through close partnership with EGT, AUEG, IBT and other critical cross-functional partners.
• Drive decision making within the Global Medical Affairs Team and ensure decisions, actions, and follow-up are clearly documented.
• Identify key deliverables for each function and their interdependencies; maintain integrated plans.
• Implement standard methodologies and reinforce cross-functional alignment and accountability.
• Identify project issues, risks, and resource gaps; facilitate resolution, contingency planning, and escalation as appropriate.
• Reinforce sound decision making according to Amgen's Decision-Making Framework.
• Monitor and communicate progress, adherence to timelines, and variance from plan to Medical Affairs leadership.
• Facilitate resource planning, financial planning, and capacity assessments in partnership with the Asset Lead.
• Conduct risk management, contingency, and scenario planning using a variety of project management tools.
• Support continuous improvement within the Medical Affairs Team and Program management function.
• Drive operational excellence and automation by applying approved emerging technologies, including AI tools such as Copilot, to strengthen Medical planning, reporting, and ways of working.

Basic Qualifications

• Doctorate degree and 2 years of Project Management experience OR
• Master's degree and 4 years of Project Management experience OR
• Bachelor's degree and 6 years of Project Management experience OR
• Associate's degree and 10 years of Project Management experience OR
• High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Project Management experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of project or program-management experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, or another complex, regulated environment.
• 8+ years of industry experience in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or healthcare fields.
• Experience supporting Global Medical Affairs, Medical Operations, Finance, Scientific Communications, or cross-functional product teams.
• Experience in a role requiring broad communication across multiple groups, levels, and interest groups, with responsibility for influencing change and results.
• Experience leading global, cross-functional initiatives and influencing stakeholders across functions, geographies, and leadership levels without direct authority.
• Experience tracking risks to project completion, including prioritizing, managing resolution, and communicating.
• Comfort working through ambiguity and helping create structure when priorities, ownership, or next steps are still evolving.
• Experience with integrated planning, milestone tracking, resource planning, financial planning, capacity assessments, and executive-level communication.
• Experience tracking projects in Excel, OneNote, SharePoint, or electronic dashboard and reporting tools.
• Technical fluency with SharePoint, CoPilot, Teams, and dashboard/reporting tools.
• Experience with and curiosity about AI and emerging technologies, with a demonstrated interest in advancing practical solutions to business challenges.