CD&A - Senior Manager, Media Data Acquisition & Governance

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of the media data acquisition and governance strategy to ensure Amgen's media and publisher data assets support enterprise analytics, performance measurement, and strategic decision-making.

• Partner with Media, Marketing, Commercial Data & Analytics (CD&A), Digital Technology & Innovation (DTI), and agency/publisher partners to define data requirements, negotiate deliverables, and ensure alignment with business priorities.

• Collaborate with Procurement and Legal to negotiate data rights, usage terms, and access requirements within media contracts, protecting Amgen's long-term data ownership and strategic flexibility.

• Define and oversee media data governance frameworks, policies, and standards, aligning with Amgen's global commercial data governance principles and ensuring compliance with relevant privacy and security regulations.

• Partner with operational governance teams to ensure data lineage, metadata standards, and compliance processes are consistently applied across media data sources and platforms.

• Provide strategic governance oversight and partner with data operations teams to ensure vendor performance, data quality, and compliance with enterprise standards.

• Monitor governance KPIs and maturity indicators to assess adherence to policies, escalate data quality or compliance risks, and identify opportunities to automate controls and improve efficiency.

• Serve as the strategic liaison across Media, Marketing, CD&A, DTI, and Global Commercial Operations; translate business priorities into data governance initiatives and support measurement, attribution, and analytics enablement.

Requirements

• Basic Qualifications:

  • Doctorate degree and 2 years of experience in data acquisition, digital media, data governance, or analytics, ideally within a regulated industry
  • OR Masters degree and 4 years of experience in data acquisition, digital media, data governance, or analytics, ideally within a regulated industry
  • OR Bachelors degree and 6 years of experience in data acquisition, digital media, data governance, or analytics, ideally within a regulated industry
  • OR Associates degree and 10 years of experience in data acquisition, digital media, data governance, or analytics, ideally within a regulated industry
  • OR High school diploma/GED and 12 years of experience in data acquisition, digital media, data governance, or analytics, ideally within a regulated industry

• Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelors degree or advanced degree preferred
  • Minimum of 5+ years of experience in data acquisition, digital media, data governance, or analytics, ideally within a regulated industry
  • Proven experience working with media agencies, publishers, and vendors on data deliverables, negotiations, and performance accountability
  • Strong understanding of media data ecosystems (e.g., ad servers, DSPs, SSPs, clean rooms) and ability to engage technical and business stakeholders
  • Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders in a complex, matrixed environment
  • Familiarity with data privacy, compliance, and risk management frameworks as they relate to digital/media data in regulated industries
  • Strategic mindset with strong operational execution ability
  • Experience in Media data acquisition
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, able to translate data/technical issues into business-focused insights
  • Strong project leadership, prioritization, and problem-solving skills
  • Hightly accountable and results-oriented, with a collaborative and inclusive mindset

Qualifications

• Required Education: High School or equivalent

• Position Type: Full time

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