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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.

IT Senior Manager – R&D Veeva Vault Platform Owner

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role, the Senior Manager will lead the R&D Veeva Vault Platform technical team that develops and implements technology strategies, solutions, and services to support Amgen’s R&D Veeva Vault Platform. As the Platform Owner, you will be the primary accountable lead for shared platform components and the overall platform, serving as the point of contact for individual Veeva Vault Product Owners (RIM Suite, PromoMats, eTMF, MedComms, Vault archival solution). This role will be responsible for all aspects of product vendor and platform performance management, roadmaps, implementation, and lifecycle management of shared platform capabilities. The Platform Owner will be responsible for developing and managing a hard-working Agile Product Team consisting of business analysts, software engineers, solution architects, system configurators, etc. This role will be based in our Thousand Oaks CA, Tampa FL, or remote.

Key Activities:

• Lead and be accountable for the identified agile product team
• Be accountable for robust product governance via PI planning, aligned to short- and long-term business and technology strategy needs
• Build and manage the product roadmap and secure necessary investments; manage product, TCO, budgets, and forecasts
• Implement a robust DevOps pipeline for the product using Amgen’s CI/CD frameworks and tools
• Drive a Product First attitude among the team and peers with a goal towards global expansion of the product’s capabilities
• Drive an attitude of excellence in running robust, reliable, and secure software products following Amgen’s software development, operating procedures, and organizational change requirements
• Unblock and drive engagement to improve results delivery for the team and the organization
• Drive external software product and service partners to deliver excellence
• Develop and mentor the team of engineers, architects, and others for higher performance, and individual career growth. Act as a role model demonstrating leadership behaviors
• Mentor the team in Agile product delivery; demonstrate and serve as a mentor for Lean-Agile Leadership
• Partner with leadership to define, develop, and implement technology solutions aligned with the organization’s goals and objectives, with a focus on increasing the effectiveness of the organization.
• Develop and implement multi-year strategic service and technology roadmaps and lead the team in executing the roadmaps.
• Establish and maintain successful relationships with internal DTI platform and shared services product teams, strategic external partners, industry bodies, in order to learn, influence, and attract the best talent.

Win

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The technical professional we seek is a critical thinker with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 2 years of Information Systems experience

OR

Master’s degree and 6 years of Information Systems experience

OR

Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of Information Systems experience

OR

Associate’s degree and 10 years of Information Systems experience

Or

High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Information Systems experience

And

2 years of managerial experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs or directing the allocation of resources

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience as a technical platform or technical product manager for platforms like Salesforce, AWS, Tableau, Veeva Vault, etc.
• Significant technical experience developing & architecting technology solutions, managing complex IS projects, and driving multi-functional technology introduction and innovation in the life sciences industry.
• Excellent influencing skills and demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with business partners and collaborators, IS teams, and external service providers.
• Strong organizational planning and financial management skills.
• Good interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills and ability to work effectively with all levels of staff and management.
• Experience with global computer system validation and regulatory requirements; understanding of health care compliance requirements and principles.
• Experience with or working knowledge of LEAN/AGILE software development methodologies and best practices, automated unit testing, DevOps.
• Ability to work in product management/development in a technical leadership capacity with experience in working across Product and Platform teams.
• Ability to think strategically about technology and recommend solutions that align with business strategy and achieve the greatest business impact.
• SAFe Certification(s) and Lean-Agile Leadership experience.

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.

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

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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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