Global Trade Compliance Senior Manager

About the role

At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do. As a Senior Manager within Global Trade Compliance (GTC), part of Amgen's Worldwide Compliance & Business Ethics organization, you will lead key elements of Amgen's global trade compliance program. This role combines technical trade expertise, investigative rigor, strategic thinking, data-driven decision making, process innovation, and executive communication to shape the future of Amgen’s compliance efforts.

Responsibilities

• Lead Amgen’s enterprise framework for screening counterparties, transactions, and ownership structures under regulations administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) 50% rule, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) 50% rule, and other global regulatory authorities.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for high-risk screening alerts and complex ownership determinations; lead enhanced due diligence activities, prepare risk assessments, and recommend operational actions in partnership with legal, business, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Lead the global clinical trial customs valuation program, including maintaining valuation methodologies, coordinating the annual true-up process, and ensuring compliance with clinical customs valuation requirements.
• Leverage automation, artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, and digital technologies to improve efficiency, scalability, and risk detection within Amgen’s Global Trade Compliance program.
• Provide trade compliance support for strategic business initiatives, acquisitions, product launches, supply chain changes, and other enterprise projects.
• Lead multiple complex initiatives simultaneously in a dynamic global environment.
• Foster a culture of ethics, integrity, accountability, and continuous improvement throughout the organization.

Requirements

• Doctorate degree and 2 years of experience in compliance or screening operations, risk management, regulatory affairs, audit, law, or a related field, or
• Master’s degree and 4 years of experience in compliance or screening operations, risk management, regulatory affairs, audit, law, or a related field, or
• Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of experience in compliance or screening operations, risk management, regulatory affairs, audit, law, or a related field, or
• Associate’s degree and 10 years of experience in compliance or screening operations, risk management, regulatory affairs, audit, law, or a related field.

Skills

• Experience as a trade compliance subject matter expert at a multinational company; healthcare or life sciences experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of BIS & OFAC sanctions regulations, the 50 Percent Rule, and other global restricted-party screening requirements.
• Experience conducting ownership due diligence and ultimate beneficial ownership investigations, including analysis of complex direct and indirect ownership structures.
• Proficiency with sanctions and trade compliance platforms such as Dow Jones, Descartes, MK Denial, Sayari, Kharon, SAP GTS, Oracle GTM, or comparable systems.
• Experience conducting and managing investigations, incident management, and remediation plans.
• Ability to synthesize, analyze, and communicate complex compliance data and concepts to diverse audiences.
• Self-starter with creative, strategic thinking and the ability to drive issues to closure in a fast-paced environment.
• Skilled in leveraging AI and advanced analytics for compliance monitoring, risk assessment, and data-driven decision making.
• Strong critical thinking, writing, negotiation, presentation, project management, and organizational skills.
• Ability to think strategically, translate strategy into action plans, prioritize competing demands, resolve conflict, meet deadlines, and operate independently.
• Demonstrated ability to build effective relationships across departments and geographies, influence all levels of staff and management, and work successfully in a global matrix.
• High ethical standards, professional integrity, maturity, flexibility, and sensitivity to diverse groups and perspectives.

Benefits

• 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.
• Discretionary annual bonus program (or sales-based incentive plan for field sales representatives).
• 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 relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.