Corporate Affairs, Manager - Obesity and Related Conditions

Join Amgen’s mission of serving patients. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do. Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the biotechnology industry in the fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With a 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.

About the role

This is a remote position based in the US, with the expectation of occasional travel to Thousand Oaks Headquarters and key events. The Manager, Corporate Affairs will be an integral part of Amgen's Obesity and Related Conditions team, bringing corporate affairs, communications, digital, and internal expertise. This role reports directly to the Director, Corporate Affairs and operates as a self-starter while working on a collaborative and impactful team. You will contribute to a hard-working team, harnessing your creative and project management skills to implement unique integrated communications plans and initiatives supporting Amgen in this fast-evolving and high-visibility therapeutic category.

Responsibilities

• Support development and implementation of integrated communications strategies that engage internal and external audiences to advance the cross-functional Obesity and Related Conditions team.
• Manage a wide variety of critical ongoing communications initiatives simultaneously, with a focus on project management, including overseeing material review processes.
• Support key internal communications and engagement initiatives such as town halls, onsite events, and executive memos.
• Oversee development of creative and multimedia content for internal, web, and social channels, managing multiple layers of review and distribution.
• Lead development and distribution of internal communications and thought leadership content.
• Collaborate with the enterprise communications team and agency partners on priority employee communications and external communications, including Amgen.com and social media content.
• Lead metrics reporting around key external and internal communications initiatives.
• Stay abreast of integrated communications and social media trends to share key insights and identify opportunities.
• Lead research and manage tactical execution in support of the communication strategy for priority initiatives, including key data milestones, medical meetings, DSE initiatives, and more.
• Support budget planning and management in partnership with vendors.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree and 4 years of public relations and/or communications experience, OR
• Master’s degree and 7 years of public relations and/or communications experience, OR
• Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of public relations and/or communications experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Dedication to Amgen’s mission to serve patients.
• Bachelor's degree in public relations, communications, journalism, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in public relations and/or communications within the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or healthcare sectors (in-house or agency).
• Outstanding writing, editing, communications, and presentation skills with a keen attention to detail.
• Expert ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Advanced knowledge and experience in social media strategy, social content writing, and visual asset ideation.
• Familiarity with monitoring and analytics tools and platforms, and developing relevant insights reports.
• Self-starter and team player with outstanding interpersonal skills; commitment to hard work and excellence.
• Ability to think quickly, analytically, and creatively in a dynamic environment.
• Experience working with or managing public relations agency partners and vendor relationships.
• Interfaces professionally with cross-functional teams, corporate leaders, and external stakeholders.

Benefits

Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising 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.

Pay

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted on the careers site. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.