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HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

You’ve worked hard to become the professional you are today and are now ready to take the next step in your career. How will you put your skills, experience and passion to work toward your goals? 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, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Come do your best work alongside other innovative, driven professionals in this meaningful role.

Administrative Coordinator

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. For this vital role Amgen is looking for a dynamic, organized administrative professional who is able to perform work for Executive Directors within the Center for Observational Research (CfOR).

The role of the Administrative Coordinator is to perform a variety of complex administrative support activities; to assist in report generation as requested; to facilitate tracking of deliverables and timelines as directed; and to manage the coordination of meeting logistics, minutes and other duties as assigned.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing calendars and scheduling meetings
• Ordering office supplies
• Making travel arrangements & preparing expense reports as requested
• Assisting with preparation of presentations
• Managing departmental administrative files
• Performing administrative duties as assigned
• Maintaining distribution, contact and personnel lists
• Managing the administrative aspects of relationships with outside experts and vendors
• Participating in department project teams
• Provide backup support to additional department ACs
• Managing individual and team calendars (Outlook)
• Coordinating local and international meetings: arrange travel, meeting arrangements, visitor accommodations.
• Organizing meeting rooms, including logistics, catering and equipment needs
• Assisting with special projects as requested by the Executive Directors and others within group.

Win

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek has these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Associate’s degree and 2 years of administrative assistance experience OR
• 2 years in a technical school setting with hands-on experience OR
• High school diploma / GED and 4 years of administrative assistance experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint Skills
• Excellent Time Management skills
• Ability to prioritize projects of greater urgency and importance
• Excellent Project management skills
• Calm under pressure
• Amgen experience
• Experience working in biopharma industry
• 5+ years of experience in an administrative support role supporting large teams at different levels
• Managing multiple calendars including coordination across multiple time zones
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills in communicating key business and clinical information
• Experience providing administrative support to remote staff
• Outstanding organizational and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Discretion in dealing with proprietary information

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

Apply now

for a career that defies imagination

Objects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us.

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Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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.

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