Senior Manager, IC Governance, Audit & Program Management
Amgen
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Thousand Oaks • California • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $140,468 - $182,646 per year
Job Level
About the role
- The US Field Excellence team provides guidance and support to the sales organization by optimizing field experience through Field Effectiveness, Incentive Compensation, Field Operations, and Field Systems and Capabilities Transformation
- Lead IC governance processes, own enterprise-level IC audit readiness, and drive disciplined program management across IC design and operations
- Partner closely with Sales Operations, Finance, HR, Compliance, IT, and Audit to ensure IC programs meet business needs while adhering to control and compliance standards
- Manage vendor performance, SLAs, and cost efficiency for IC program support
- Provide governance oversight for IC payroll processing, ensuring strong controls, issue escalation, and separation of duties.
- Act as the escalation owner for complex IC operational issues across Sales Operations and vendors.
Requirements
- Doctorate degree and 2 years of incentive compensation, sales operations, compliance, or program management experience OR
- Master’s degree and 4 years of incentive compensation, sales operations, compliance, or program management experience OR
- Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of incentive compensation, sales operations, compliance, or program management experience OR
- Associate’s degree and 10 years of incentive compensation, sales operations, compliance, or program management experience OR
- High school diploma / GED and 12 years of incentive compensation, sales operations, compliance, or program management experience
- 2+ years in a leadership or governance role, preferably in a large and complex organization
- Strong knowledge of incentive compensation principles, practices, and trends
- Assess incentive compensation program processes and operations, identify challenges and/or opportunities, and implement improvements
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities while ensuring precise coordination between onshore and offshore teams operating across a large time difference in order to optimize turnaround times
- Experience with SOX / internal controls; compliance committee or governance forum leadership.
Benefits
- 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
- 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 where possible.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
incentive compensationsales operationsprogram managementaudit readinessgovernance processesvendor performance managementpayroll processinginternal controlsSOX complianceprocess improvement
Soft Skills
leadershipindependent workmulti-priority managementcoordinationissue escalationproblem-solvingcommunicationcollaboration