Mfg Tecnologies Sr Mgr
About this opportunity
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. 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.
Manufacturing Technologies Senior Manager
What you will do
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role, you will manage a defined set of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) objects, such as GMBRs (electronic batch records) and equipment management objects (ESPs, state diagrams), that are utilized across all applicable manufacturing sites.
Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Collaborate, communicate be accountable for leading forums with multi-functional areas and make the appropriate decisions for the best interest of Amgen.
May include ownership of global MES SOPs in addition of provide input and review of related global training materials.
Strategize with Technology team on application roadmap and accommodating new offered functionality.
Own system related controlled documents such as data integrity assessment report, operational SOPs, and training content.
Lead and approve validation documents and records such as validation plan, OQ protocol, configuration specifications, requirements specs, validation summary (backup) report, test scripts, test sets, and test runs mostly for MES but also some for ERP.
What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Manufacturing Technologies Sr. Manager professional we seek is a collaborative individual contributor leader with these qualifications.
Basic Qualifications:
Doctorate degree and 2 years of Manufacturing support experience
OR
Master’s degree and 4 years of Manufacturing support experience
OR
Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of Manufacturing support experience
Or
Associate’s degree and 10 years of Manufacturing support experience
Or
High School diploma / GED and 12 years of Manufacturing support experience
Beyond that, additional preferred qualifications are:
Academic background in Life Science, and/or Engineering.
Leadership experience managing contractors and indirect reports.
Background in Drug Substance, Finish Drug Product (FDP) and/or Drug Product.
MES technology knowledge with experience modifying batch records.
Proficient communication skills in English.
Experience with MBR design in Koerber’s PAS|X.
MES system experience in biological manufacturing floor operations.
Regulated environment work experience with cross-functional collaboration, working in teams.
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.
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 & vision coverage, life and disability insurance
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.
. Salary Range
137,416.10USD -185,915.90 USD
Job details
How this role compares
Computed from every other active Manufacturing & CMC role in our database, not just this employer's listings.
We currently track 373 comparable Senior Manufacturing & CMC roles across 53 biopharma companies.
Salary context
175 of 373 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)
Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.
Where these roles are based
Top locations among the 373 comparable roles
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Seniority mix
373 of 373 peers have a known seniority level
Therapeutic area mix
0 of 373 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden
No peers with a known therapeutic area yet.
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How we calculate "similar"
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Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.
0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.