Associate Director Operations NPI Business Partner

Overview

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 biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With a focus on four therapeutic areas—Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease—we reach millions of patients each year.

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 lives. Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science-based. If you have a passion for challenges, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Associate Director Operations NPI Business Partner

We are seeking an individual who thrives in ambiguity, capable of shaping category-specific strategies with speed and precision. In this vital role, you will serve as the Operations NPI Business Partner. You will be responsible for driving strategic alignment between Procurement and business stakeholders within verticals, sites, and categories. This role will play a critical part in shaping vertical-specific Procurement strategies, enabling business objectives, and delivering value through the end-to-end NPI project timeline from tech transfer to commercial readiness.

Reporting to Procurement’s Sr. Business Partner Lead for Operations, you will lead efforts to define partnering strategies, manage business planning and governance, and drive innovation and value realization across categories. The role will also focus on fostering collaboration, enabling company-wide initiatives, and leading change enablement to position Procurement as a strategic value driver for the business.

• Align on key business and vertical-specific strategic priorities and needs (e.g., NPI, go-to-market strategies). Provide third-party market insights to shape business strategies and link business objectives to vertical Procurement strategies.
• Scout the market for vertical-specific innovation opportunities across the external ecosystem. Introduce outside-in disruptions to influence and shape Procurement strategies for verticals.
• Collaborate with Finance and cross-functional teams (engineering, R&D, manufacturing and quality) to drive pipeline value generation, realization, and recognition across verticals.
• Track deliverables, risks and mitigation plans within verticals, and manage overall prioritization to achieve total value.
• Provide Procurement expertise to enable business development, innovation realization, and other initiatives.
• Drive adoption of Procurement and business-critical initiatives across the ecosystem, including end users, suppliers, and strategic partners within verticals.

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

Doctorate degree and 3 years of business partnering, operations, G&A, technology, and/or related experience
Or

Masters degree and 5 years of business partnering, operations, G&A, technology, and/or related experience
Or
Bachelors degree and 7 years of business partnering, operations, G&A, technology, and/or related experience
Or
Associates degree and 12 years of business partnering, operations, G&A, technology, and/or related experience
Or
High school diploma / GED and 14 years of business partnering, operations, G&A, technology, and/or related experience

• Experience in developing and delivering Procurement strategies aligned with business objectives across verticals, sites, and categories.
• Strong ability to segment stakeholders, create power maps, and define partnering strategies to influence and enable business strategies.
• Expertise in market scouting for innovation opportunities and integrating external ecosystem insights into Procurement strategies.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder…