Director - Corporate Affairs, Amgen India

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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. 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.

Amgen is at a “hinge moment” in our industry, one in which the convergence of biotechnology and technology will transform our ability to discover and deliver innovative medicines. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, extraordinary progress in biology and molecular engineering, and the availability of enormous amounts of human data create an unprecedented opportunity to accelerate the delivery of life-changing medicines to patients.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science-based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lie within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

The highest priority for the Director, Corporate Affairs, is Amgen’s overall reputation with internal and key external stakeholders; the role is a strategic partner to the Executive Leadership and cross-functional management team in achieving business priorities through aligned internal and external communications and staff engagement, as well as in driving responsible business practices. 

The Director, Corporate Affairs, is responsible for Corporate Affairs strategies and activities for Amgen India, as well as for external communications (media, online, and social media), thought leadership, and support for senior leaders’ external presentations for Amgen, including strategies and activities in India and globally. 

This position reports to the Executive Director of Artificial Intelligence and Data.

Responsibilities:

• Building, shaping, enhancing, and protecting Amgen’s reputation in India. 
• Developing and overseeing Amgen India’s external communications strategy (online, social media, and traditional media) and senior leader engagements aligned with the overall corporate narrative.
• Leading strategic internal communications and staff engagement from strategy and ideation through execution.
• Developing and implementing an internal communication and engagement strategy and plan to foster a culture consistent with the Amgen Values and local culture, and to ensure staff are informed, aligned, and engaged with company priorities and feel they belong.
• Other responsibilities include managing site issues; supporting the site lead with presentations and scripts or messaging for all-staff meetings; advising capability leads; representing Amgen in external engagements; participating in leadership activities beyond Corporate Affairs; localizing and protecting the enhanced Amgen corporate brand; collaborating with HR to advance Employee Resource Group efforts; and executing a community affairs and philanthropy program to drive staff engagement and strengthen key relationships with local government and industry.

Basic Qualifications

• Master’s degree or bachelor’s degree with 18+ years of communications experience
• Experience in external communications, media relations, social media, and digital communications 
• Experience in employee experience, internal communications, and staff engagement 
• Experience with large-scale organizational change
• Experience with biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or healthcare communications 
• Proven ability to lead a team and oversee external vendor engagements

Competencies, Skills, Experience, and Knowledge

• Deep understanding of India’s corporate affairs ecosystem, including influential stakeholders and the media landscape
• Strategic and creative thinker with the ability to understand business challenges and priorities and develop actionable programs aligned with business objectives
• Demonstrated experience working directly with executive management, including the ability to advise, influence, and coach on communications strategies for potentially sensitive issues 
• Experience creating and executing strategic communication programs for a complex, matrixed organization
• The Director, Corporate Affairs, collaborates across functions to plan, inspire others, and share best practices; works with global Corporate Affairs teams to understand priorities, strategies, and plans; and executes relevant, agreed-upon global activities locally, adapted to the local context. 
• Ability to interact with all levels of management and staff
• Ability to navigate a challenging, dynamic environment, manage rapidly changing priorities, reprioritize, and recognize when to escalate issues
• Excellent interpersonal skills; an enthusiastic, agile, authentic team player and self-starter with a strong commitment to hard work and excellence
• Role model for Amgen Values and a resource to others in promoting open, honest, and cooperative relationships
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills, with the ability to distill complex issues and information into simple, compelling messages and stories
• Ability to produce meaningful dashboards to measure activities, derive insights from data, and inform future actions
• Familiarity with media relations, including the media landscape, relevant rules and regulations, and relationships with journalists and key media outlets. Ability to issue press releases, create press kits, and maintain a media monitoring tool, even when proactive media relations are not required.