Vice President, Change Execution Excellence

Role Summary

Vice President, Change Execution Excellence at Amgen. Lead a new capability to accelerate transformational change initiatives, embedding execution discipline to deliver measurable business impact and stewarding outcome tracking across the change portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Amgen’s Change Execution Excellence Capability Lead, focused on project management integration and execution discipline for change initiatives
• Build and scale a fit-for-purpose project management capability that supports RDO-led initiatives and can be leveraged more broadly for enterprise change initiatives
• Lead a team of approximately 10 project managers across levels of experience, responsible for supporting and driving delivery of critical change programs
• Develop and maintain a project management integration roadmap for change initiatives, ensuring alignment across technology, workforce, operating model, and change management
• Proactively manage interdependencies across RDO and enterprise change initiatives to maximize efficiency, minimize duplication, and enhance outcomes
• Drive adoption of consistent governance and execution approaches to improve delivery of change initiatives
• Act as portfolio steward for realization/outcome measures: partner with transformation leads to integrating value capture measures; monitor and track actuals across the change portfolio; provide inputs into Sensing, Amgen’s internal metrics, and intelligence platform

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications:
  • Doctorate degree and 8 years of Life Sciences, Business, or related experience OR
  • Master’s degree and 10 years of Life Sciences, Business, or related experience OR
  • Bachelor’s degree and 12 years of Life Sciences, Business, or related experience AND
  • 8 years of direct managerial experience. Previous experience managing other managers
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in program management, enterprise transformation, or operational excellence within large, complex organizations
  • Demonstrated success in building and scaling capabilities to support complex change initiatives
  • Understanding of interdependence across technology, workforce, operating model, and change management
  • Experience with value capture, outcome tracking, and portfolio-level stewardship of change measures
  • Exceptional leadership skills with the ability to influence, align, and mobilize across all levels of the organization
  • Executive presence with proven ability to engage senior leaders and drive enterprise-wide alignment
  • Advanced degree in business, organizational management, or a related field

Skills

• Project management integration
• Change management governance
• Portfolio and outcome tracking
• Leadership and stakeholder engagement
• Interdependencies management across technology, workforce, and operating models

Education

• Doctorate, Master’s, or Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Business, or related field (as per Basic Qualifications)