Senior Manager Manufacturing

Career Category

Manufacturing

Job Description

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. 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.

Sr. Manager, Manufacturing -

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. At Amgen, we are committed to being science-based and follow a continuous learning approach to advancing science, driving discovery and igniting innovation that works to help reduce disease. It is in this context that we endorse an inclusive and diverse workforce that helps fuel scientific innovation and problem solving, leading to better scientific solutions that benefit both patients and society.

In this vital role of Sr. Manager, Manufacturing, you will provide strategic oversight for multiple manufacturing lines within the highly technical and complex packaging area. This position is critical to the advancement of AOH’s capabilities and capacity as we continue to scale up production and enable innovation within Amgen’s manufacturing network.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure safety and quality standards are always upheld by all manufacturing team members
• Lead packaging teams to reliably deliver production targets, increase run rates, and meet yield goals while ensuring compliance with GMP regulations.
• Mentor and develop frontline managers and operators, fostering an environment of continuous learning and operational excellence.
• Drive process transformation initiatives to support higher efficiency and eliminate non-value-added activities. Lead operational readiness for process enhancements, including innovative changeover and scheduling solutions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Maintenance, Engineering, PD, Quality, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment on strategic objectives and key milestones.
• Perform resource planning, financial assessments, and capacity modeling, ensuring the ability to meet the evolving needs of the long-range manufacturing plan.
• Lead initiatives to reduce deviations, improve success rates, and maintain high adherence to disposition timelines. Champion the adoption of innovative tools such as digital control solutions and real-time operational oversight platforms.
• Ensure Assembly and Packaging practices (processes & methods) and policies align with external regulatory requirements and internal corporate and site guidelines and procedures
• Ample knowledge of cGMP Regulations around Sterile Product Manufacturing, Combination Products and other relevant area regulatory requirements
• Availability to support the manufacturing operation on Non-Standard Shifts, Nights or Weekends (On call and/or on site) as needed

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 collaborative partner with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 2 years of  Manufacturing & Operations experience
OR
Master’s degree and 6 years of Manufacturing & Operations experience
OR
Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of  Manufacturing & Operations experience
OR
Associate’s degree and 10 years of Manufacturing & Operations experience

Or
High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Manufacturing & Operations experience

In addition to meeting at least one of the above requirements, you must have a minimum of 2 years 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:

• Demonstrated ability to lead operational excellence initiatives and cross-functional collaborations.
• Strong technical acumen in device assembly and packaging processes, with experience in process optimization and scale-up operations.
• Experience in fast paced manufacturing environment where issues must be assessed, understood and resolved immediately
• Considerable organizational skills
• Technical writing and presentation skills.
• Basic project management 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, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible

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Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.

As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

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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Salary Range

136,227.80USD -184,308.20 USD