Project Manager

Amgen • Remote (Boston, MA, US) • $121,969 - $165,016 / year • 1m ago

US - California - Thousand Oaks

JOB ID: R-254934 LOCATION: US - California - Thousand Oaks ; US - Massachusetts - Boston WORK LOCATION TYPE: Remote DATE POSTED: Sep. 15, 2026 CATEGORY: Project Management SALARY RANGE: 121,969.05USD -165,016.95 USD

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.

Project Manager

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will join our CMCi Integrated Portfolio Advancement team. This role will be based on our main corporate campus in Thousand Oaks, CA and will report to a Sr. Project Manager in the Pre-Pivotal, Late stage and Life Cycle Management (LCM) IPA team in Process Development. The Project Manager (PM) will be responsible for integrating Process Development (PD) activities by developing and maintaining project schedules for Amgen pipeline projects. This Project Manager will have a significant focus on supporting programs in the Pre-Pivotal, Pivotal (late stage) and/or Life Cycle Management (LCM) phases of development. Working with the Global Operations Leader and other members of the Product Delivery Team, the PM develops and aligns plans and schedules for PD activities with business priorities. The PM captures associated project risks, develops mitigation plans and communicates project status clearly to impacted stakeholders. The PM assists with driving decision making for the project and ensures that action items are captured and tracked to completion. The PM partners with PD technical leads to identify key deliverables and activities to be completed, identifies dependencies, and optimizes the sequence of project activities. The PM ensures cross-functional alignment through the integration of interdependent activities and through the communication of plans and timelines, with specific emphasis on critical path activities. The PM assists PD technical leads with tracking the execution of required deliverables and assists with navigating project teams through corporate governance. The PM collects, digests and assembles information to enable relevant business analysis and influence decision-making. The PM will leverage soft skills, technical knowledge, and leadership attributes to influence positive project outcomes.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Work with technical and/or Product Delivery Teams by creating project schedules/resources that align with PD prioritization
Support projects that utilize internal and external personnel, contract firms, and partners
Assist PD in driving decision making using DAI principles (D- Decision maker, A- Advice Giver, I- Informed) by producing risk analyses and scenario planning
Ensure participation in functional and cross-functional management reviews
Establish and manage collaboration and team SharePoint sites
Provide meeting management support including meeting planning, scheduling, facilitation, documentation (development of meeting agenda and minutes), and outcomes communication
Ensure product project reporting
Manage and prioritize support of multiple project teams at one time
Facilitate and incorporate lessons learned, best practices, etc.
Support business process improvements

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The dynamic professional we seek is an individual with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree
OR
Master’s degree and 3 years of Project management experience
OR
Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of Project management experience
OR
Associate’s degree and 10 years of Project management experience
OR
High school diploma / GED and 12 years Project management experience

In addition to meeting at least one of the above requirements, you must have experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation or resources. Your managerial experience may run concurrently with the required technical experience referenced above

Preferred Qualifications:

10+ years of experience in Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology or another Healthcare-related field
Direct CMC experience
Experience in an environment requiring one to foster collaboration and work effectively on cross-functional teams
Strong interpersonal and communication experience with the ability to effectively interface across all levels of the organization
Experience utilizing critical thinking and problem-solving skills to achieve results
Experience applying standard Project Management tools, and practices
Experience with MS Project, Excel and SharePoint

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.

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
Flexible work models where possible. Refer to the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies.

and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.

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Application deadline

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

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.

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