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HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of. Join us.

Corporate Affairs Senior Manager, Amgen North Carolina

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will report to the Executive Director, Corporate Affairs, with a dotted line to the Vice President of Site Operations.

Amgen is building a greenfield manufacturing site in Holly Springs that will incorporate novel and flexible drug substance manufacturing capabilities. This senior manager, as a member of the site leadership team, will provide communication counsel to the Vice President of Site Operations and lead efforts to raise awareness of Amgen's strategy, goals and priorities, expertise, aspiration, and values both within the company and in the local community.

• In collaboration with Amgen’s Corporate Affairs team and site leadership, the Corporate Affairs Senior Manager will drive the internal communication strategy specific to the business needs of the site in the context of the company’s overarching business priorities.
• Developing and executing the site’s external communication strategy, with a particular emphasis on raising Amgen’s profile as an employer of choice. Specific responsibilities will include management of issues for the site, execution of the local media strategy, and executing a community affairs and philanthropy program to drive staff engagement and strengthen key relationships in local government and industry.
• Building and implementing plans for local internal and external communications, philanthropy and community affairs for Amgen in North Carolina.

Win

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The strategic professional we seek is a creative thinker with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree and 2 years of Public Relations/Affairs experience

OR

• Master's degree and 4 years of Public Relations/Affairs experience

OR

• Bachelor's degree and 6 years of Public Relations/Affairs experience

OR

• Associate's degree and 10 years of Public Relations/Affairs experience

Or

• High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Public Relations/Affairs experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Journalism, or related field
• 8 + years of diverse experience in Public Relations, Corporate Communication or related field
• 5+ years of experience in both external and internal communications
• Media, government affairs and community relations experience
• Knowledge of the North Carolina Region, especially business, government, and community organizations
• Biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or healthcare communications experience
• Experience crafting and implementing critical communication programs for a sophisticated, matrixed organization

Thrive

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

• Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization
• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act
• Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits

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for a career that defies imagination

In our quest to serve patients above all else, Amgen is the first to imagine, and the last to doubt. Join us.

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