Strategic Planning and Operations Director, Global Marketing Inflammation

Role Summary

Strategic Planning and Operations Director, Global Marketing Inflammation will partner with the Vice President, Global Marketing – Inflammation to shape portfolio strategy and drive day-to-day operations for Amgen’s inflammation portfolio. This role leads cross-functional collaboration, drives operational excellence, and influences growth across inline and pipeline programs in a high-visibility therapeutic area.

Responsibilities

• Strategic & Operational Leadership: Serve as a strategic partner to the VP, Global Marketing – Inflammation, translating vision into actionable priorities and ensuring seamless execution. Lead preparation for governance meetings, leadership engagements, and business reviews, including development of clear, compelling communications and presentations. Drive high-impact initiatives such as capability building and portfolio resource optimization. Partner with cross-functional leaders to ensure alignment of global and local commercial strategies, while reinforcing compliance with Amgen’s global commercialization frameworks.
• Leadership Team & Organizational Support: Manage the operating rhythm of the Inflammation Global Marketing leadership team, including planning, prioritization, and execution of key meetings and strategic initiatives. Develop and implement internal communications that cascade priorities and updates across the Inflammation marketing organization and global affiliates.
• Cross-Functional Representation: Represent the Global Marketing – Inflammation function in cross-functional forums and task forces. Collaborate with internal cross-functional partners such as Finance, HR and Data/Insights to ensure business objectives are achieved.
• Business Operations & Performance: Oversee operational planning, budget management, and headcount tracking in close partnership with Finance and HR. Manage preparation and delivery of quarterly forecasting and long-range planning. Ensure organizational compliance with company policies, procedures, and standards.

Qualifications

• Required: Doctorate degree and 4 years of commercial experience
• Required: Master’s degree and 7 years of commercial experience
• Required: Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of commercial experience
• Preferred: 10+ years of experience in a series of commercial roles (marketing, market access) of increasing scope, scale, and complexity, with leading companies in the biopharmaceutical industry
• Preferred: Alternatively, 10+ years of experience in management consulting, with expertise in the biopharmaceutical space
• Preferred: Experience developing and implementing innovative global marketing and commercial strategies for pipeline products in the autoimmune and inflammation space
• Preferred: Deep scientific acumen and expertise in the autoimmune and inflammation space
• Preferred: Experience managing budgets, forecasting, and building business cases
• Preferred: Experience leading cross-functional teams in a matrixed environment, managing global projects involving multiple functions and shared accountabilities
• Preferred: Strong communication and influence skills
• Preferred: Critical thinker, analytical, and strong project manager
• Preferred: Demonstrated ability to anticipate and solve complex problems
• Preferred: Strong interpersonal and relationship skills
• Preferred: Organized, proactive, and fast-paced