Senior Director, Digital Product Management, Forecasting

Role Summary

The Sr. Director, Digital Product Management (DPM), Forecasting will lead and coordinate the strategy, development, and delivery of high-impact forecasting digital products. This role sets the product vision and strategy for Amgen’s corporate forecasting digital ecosystem and may manage a team of junior or deputy product managers. It serves as the connective tissue between finance, business, technology, AI platforms, machine learning engineering, and customer outcomes, owning the end-to-end product lifecycle and driving enterprise transformation through a product approach. The role partners with product managers, technology teams, UX designers, and data scientists to deliver integrated forecasting solutions that drive measurable value for patients and the business.

Responsibilities

• Project Planning & Facilitation: Translate Amgen’s digital strategy into actionable product roadmaps with clear outcomes, landmarks, and value measures.
• Manage and prioritize a balanced product backlog, incorporating new feature development, technical debt remediation, and maintenance.
• Partner with the VP of Digital Product Management to ensure priorities, roadmaps, and resourcing decisions align with enterprise objectives.
• Depending on business needs, oversee multiple digital products within a defined product area, ensuring alignment with the overall digital portfolio and enterprise objectives.
• Champion AI-led tools and practices to accelerate discovery, prototyping, and delivery of digital products.
• Continuously leverage data and AI-focused insights to inform prioritization, product design, and decision-making.
• Partner with Data and Technology teams to evolve Amgen’s digital forecasting architecture toward modular, future-ready products and platforms.
• Integrate AI-based automation and intelligence into the product lifecycle to improve efficiency, scalability, and user impact.
• Stakeholder Management: Partner with the VP of Digital Product Management, Finance and business owners to ensure projects ladder up to overall digital product objectives.
• Lead, mentor, and develop product managers, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for executive stakeholders within the product area, providing clear communication on vision, progress, and outcomes.
• Call out barriers to the VP and relevant leadership in a timely and solution-focused manner.
• Measurement & Outcomes: Define and monitor key performance indicators (critical metrics) and OKRs to measure success for the identified products.
• Ensure that all digital initiatives within the area are tracked for outcome-based value realization, measuring impact on business performance, efficiency, and user experience.
• Product approach & expertise: Experienced “T-shaped” digital product leader, fluent in business strategy, customer experience, and digital technology.
• Experience building, deploying, and driving adoption of ML-driven forecasting digital products.
• Experience embedding AI-enabled, data-driven, and focused PDLC practices.
• Operates with a strong customer-first approach, balancing insight, creativity, and evidence-based decision-making.
• Advanced knowledge of Agile and SAFe methodologies and tools, with experience embedding agile practices at scale.
• Skilled in designing and evolving end-to-end product strategies, from discovery through launch, ensuring usability, feasibility, and viability.
• Solid understanding of technology ecosystems, data platforms, and digital architecture principles.
• Leadership & Interpersonal: Demonstrated strength in stakeholder management, with the ability to influence senior leaders and align diverse teams toward a common vision.
• Exceptional communication and storytelling skills, including the ability to translate complex technical topics into clear business narratives.
• Experience mentoring or managing product managers and developing future leaders in digital product fields.

Qualifications

• Required: Doctorate degree and 5 years of Digital Product Direction experience
• Required: Master’s degree and 8 Digital Product Direction experience
• Required: Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of Digital Product Direction experience
• Preferred: 7+ years of dynamic experience in digital product management, ideally spanning product strategy, product operations, and delivery
• Preferred: Experience in healthcare, biotechnology, or other regulated industries; candidates from high-tech industries are also encouraged to apply

Skills

• Digital product leadership across business strategy, customer experience, and technology
• ML-driven forecasting digital product development and adoption
• AI-enabled, data-driven product lifecycle management (PDLC)
• Customer-first approach; data-driven decision making
• Agile and SAFe expertise; experience embedding agile practices at scale
• End-to-end product strategy from discovery to launch; usability, feasibility, viability
• Technology ecosystems, data platforms, and digital architecture principles
• Leadership, stakeholder management, executive communication, and mentoring