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Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients
At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.
Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.
Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.
Upstream/AME Manufacturing Manager, Nights
What you will do
Let’s do this! Let’s change the world! In this vital role you will be responsible for leading a team in production operations on the manufacturing floor including cell culture operations in our flexible manufacturing facility as well as leadership of the Agile Manufacturing Excellence team for this shift, which will operate flexibly across all areas of both AR30 and AR5. This role will leverage continuous improvement, transformative approaches and innovation to drive reliability, efficiency, agility and differentiation. The manager will champion a safe and compliant production environment through structured on floor presence. This position is for the night shift. The shift pattern will be 7PM-7AM structure with a rotation covering 7 days per week.
Create a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement
Oversee right first time on the floor execution of the production plan
Deliver strong business results
Develop a high-performing team, build technical and leadership capabilities within the organization to meet current and future business needs
Ensure the right people and resources are in place and optimally allocated to achieve results
Create an environment that fosters accountability, agility, innovation, continuous improvement, learning and knowledge-sharing
Ensure effective decision-making
Oversee manufacturing validation activities
Responsible for overseeing new technology implementation in manufacturing
Attract, develop and retain diverse talent
Conduct short and long-range talent planning to ensure readiness of talent to execute future organizational objectives
Work across functions to build organization and individual capabilities
Develop strong relationships with staff members, provide open and clear feedback to improve individual and team performance
What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The dynamic professional we seek is a motivated individual with these qualifications.
Basic Qualifications:
High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Manufacturing and Operations experience OR
Associate’s degree and 10 years of Manufacturing and Operations experience OR
Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of Manufacturing and Operations experience OR
Master’s degree and 3 years of Manufacturing and Operations experience OR
Doctorate degree
In addition to meeting at least one of the above requirements, you must have experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation or resources. Your managerial experience may run concurrently with the required technical experience referenced above
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences or Engineering
Knowledge and experience within a cGMP or other highly regulated environment including a basic understanding of technical elements across engineering, biological or chemical processing
Ability to adapt to shifting priorities, remove barriers and provide support where needed
Lead with clarity, communicate transparently and build trusting relationships
Strong leadership and teambuilding skills (coaching, mentoring, counseling)
Experience with Lean Principles and continuous improvement
Experience with performance management including conflict resolution and performance reviews
Analytical problem-solving skills
Thorough understanding of regulatory requirements
Ability to be flexible and manage change
Excellent verbal and written communication (technical) skills
What you can expect of us
As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.
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.
In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of 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 that may include:
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, 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
Flexible work models where possible. Refer to the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies.
Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.
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