Strategic Planning & Operations Director
Amgen
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Thousand Oaks • California • Massachusetts • United States
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Salary
💰 $179,294 - $242,574 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Act as a trusted advisor and force multiplier to senior leadership, driving alignment, execution, and measurable business outcomes
- Serve as a strategic advisor and extension of the SVP of Engineering
- Orchestrate priorities, decision-making, and alignment across the Engineering Senior Leadership Team (ELT)
- Own and continuously improve the Engineering operating rhythm, including ELT meetings, strategy sessions, and executive forums
- Lead development of CEO staff, Board of Directors, and external-facing materials
- Ensure effective governance frameworks that enable speed, clarity, and accountability
- Translate strategic priorities into actionable roadmaps and measurable outcomes
- Drive enterprise-wide transformation initiatives that improve performance, scalability, and resilience
- Identify and implement opportunities to improve productivity, capital efficiency, and operational performance
- Structure ambiguous problems into clear workstreams and drive execution to results
- Manage multiple high-priority initiatives simultaneously while maintaining quality and speed
Requirements
- Doctorate degree and 4 years of business analysis, strategy, transformation experience OR Master’s degree and 8 years of business analysis, strategy, transformation experience OR Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of business analysis, strategy, transformation experience
- at least 4 years’ experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation or resources
- Proven experience advising and influencing senior executives on strategy and business decisions
- Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional initiatives with measurable outcomes
- Strong problem-solving capabilities with the ability to operate in ambiguity and drive clarity
- Experience in management consulting (e.g., Big 4, MBB) or internal strategy/operations roles
- Experience within biotech, pharmaceuticals, or engineering-intensive industries
- Strong business and financial acumen, including facilities and capital project environments
- Experience with organizational transformation and change management
- Ability to influence without authority across all levels of the organization
- Familiarity with continuous improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma)
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.
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Hard Skills & Tools
business analysisstrategytransformationchange managementorganizational transformationproblem-solvingcontinuous improvement methodologiesLeanSix Sigma
Soft Skills
influencing senior executivesleadershipdriving alignmentmanaging multiple initiativesoperating in ambiguitydriving clarityadvisingcommunicationcollaboration