Transformation Manager, US Value & Access Strategy & Innovation

Career Category

Value and Access

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.

Transformation Manager, US Value & Access Strategy & Innovation

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this role, you will serve as a Transformation Manager within the US Value & Access Strategy & Innovation team. The team is advancing a cross-functional transformation initiative focused on important business opportunities across US Value & Access. Through collaboration among business and technical teams, this work helps develop practical capabilities, processes, and ways of working that support better decisions and more effective operations.

 

You will independently manage assigned workstreams within agreed priorities, supporting opportunities from assessment and definition through validation, readiness, launch, and early adoption. You will help translate business needs into clear work, coordinate contributors, and keep the team informed about progress, issues, and results.

 

Key responsibilities

• Support assigned project workstreams from opportunity assessment and definition through solution development, business validation, launch readiness, and early adoption.
• Partner with business, product, data, analytics, technology, and functional teams to clearly translate business needs into user scenarios, process requirements, workstream plans, and measures of success.
• Coordinate cross-functional activities, dependencies, and business-user input so that delivery decisions reflect operational needs and user experience.
• Plan and support business validation, user acceptance testing, and pilot activities; coordinate participants, prepare realistic scenarios, gather feedback, and track issues through resolution or escalation.
• Develop and maintain practical workstream materials, including plans, process maps, requirements, decision and action logs, risk and dependency trackers, test scenarios, and feedback summaries.
• Identify risks, gaps, and decisions that could affect delivery or business use; recommend practical next steps and raise matters requiring leadership direction.
• Help prepare teams for launch through readiness coordination, communications and training inputs, and early adoption support.
• Support change management by helping teams understand how new capabilities will affect their work, identifying adoption risks, and preparing teams for the change.
• Review user feedback and available usage or performance information to identify opportunities to improve a capability or its supporting process.
• Keep working teams and leaders informed about progress, issues, decisions needed, next steps, and workstream outcomes; explain technical or data-related implications in clear business language.
• Contribute to repeatable approaches and tools that improve readiness, validation, launch, and ongoing improvement.

 

Win

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is a Transformation Manager with strong business transformation, problem-solving, stakeholder-management, and cross-functional collaboration capabilities.

 

Basic Qualifications

• Doctorate degree; OR
• Master’s degree and 2 years of relevant experience in business transformation, strategy, operations, change management, project management, consulting, product operations, data and analytics, or a related discipline; OR
• Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of relevant experience in business transformation, strategy, operations, change management, project management, consulting, product operations, data and analytics, or a related discipline; OR
• Associate’s degree and 8 years of relevant experience in business transformation, strategy, operations, change management, project management, consulting, product operations, data and analytics, or a related discipline; OR
• High school diploma / GED and 10 years of relevant experience in business transformation, strategy, operations, change management, project management, consulting, product operations, data and analytics, or a related discipline

Preferred Qualifications

• A collaborative, action-oriented approach, with sound judgment about when to work independently or when to seek direction.
• Experience independently managing a defined workstream or project, including organizing activities, coordinating contributors, and tracking milestones and actions to completion.
• Experience defining business needs, processes, requirements, or measures of success through project work or day-to-day business operations.
• Experience contributing to an implementation, rollout, process change, or continuous-improvement effort. This may include gathering feedback, supporting testing or validation, helping prepare users, or contributing to adoption.
• Strong organization, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to synthesize information, anticipate issues, and follow through on actions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including preparing clear updates and materials for working teams and leaders.
• Ability to work effectively with business and technical partners, ask useful questions, and communicate relevant business implications.
• Familiarity with Agile or other structured project or work-management approaches and common collaboration tools.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry, particularly in market access, commercial operations, or a related function.

Thrive

What you can expect from 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 and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns
• Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible

Apply now for a career that defies imagination

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Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.

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. Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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Salary Range

118,410.10USD -160,201.90 USD