• Amgen’s largest GMP Drug Substance site in Rhode Island, Process Development Innovation Hub in Cambridge MA, North America Distribution Center in Kentucky, Shared Services center in Tampa, and other office locations in the eastern US and Canada.   

• Portfolios which include complex projects supporting the engineering, construction and start up activities for various facilities ranging from administration to laboratories (Biology, Process Development, Quality, Chemistry) cGMP manufacturing, utility plants, warehouse and distribution centers.  

• Defining project scope, forming project teams, ensuring safe execution, developing project strategy, master schedules and spending schedules.  

• Providing day to day management and leadership including mentoring, staff development and work prioritization for a team of direct and indirect reports. provide input into department objectives and establishment of strategic direction within the Global Capital Project Management team. 

• Providing input into department objectives and establishment of strategic direction within the Global Capital Project Management team. 

Ensuring the health of the portfolio in the following areas: 

• Safe execution (being purposefully present on job site and leading by example). 

• Project objectives, and accurate interpretation Policies for major projects, interprets, executes, and recommends modifications to company-wide policies. 

• Project funding processes (governance approvals of scope, cash flow, schedule, and deliverables). 

• Motivate project teams. 

• Contractor evaluation and selection process. 

• Logistics system, including RFQ’s, bid selection materials management, invoice approval. 

• Inclusion and belonging for integrated team. 

• Governance, including progress vs. schedule vs. cost with appropriate teams and provide regular updates to client and management. 

Win 

What we expect of you 

Basic Qualifications: 

AND 

4 years of managerial experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs or directing the allocation of resources 

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The technical Capital Project leader we seek is experienced with these qualifications:  

• Previous leadership experience with a diverse team of technical engineering and facilities management in the Pharmaceutical / Biotechnology industries. 

• Lean Construction or other continuous improvement methodology experience, applied to capital projects. 

• Understanding of Lifecycle Cost Analysis and Total Cost of Ownership. 

• Extensive experience in the application of project management skills and concepts with a critical understanding of related engineering disciplines. 

• Demonstrate practical ingenuity to problem solve using practical solutions. 

• Collaborative skills to partner with technical, scientific and management internal user groups. 

• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and conflicting priorities across a broad range of facilities and engineering fields. 

• Excellent people skills featuring a proven management style that fits within the Amgen culture and values. 

• Interpersonal and facilitation skills vital to forge consensus among competing clients' interests on critical and time-sensitive issues—important in ensuring that, within Amgen's collaborative culture, projects are finished on time and on budget. 

• Uncover and resolve issues associated with the development and implementation of processes or procedures. 

• Strong analytical skills in both information and communication technologies. 

• Ability to tactfully negotiate and positively influence peers and executive leadership. 

• Effective verbal, visual and written communication skills with effective listening. 

• Resilience and flexibility with the ability to react to changes quickly and apply knowledge to new problems and new contexts. 

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