Senior Associate Project Manager

ABOUT AMGEN

Amgen harnesses the best of biology and technology to fight the world’s toughest diseases, and make people’s lives easier, fuller and longer. We discover, develop, manufacture and deliver innovative medicines to help millions of patients. Amgen helped establish the biotechnology industry more than 40 years ago and remains on the cutting-edge of innovation, using technology and human genetic data to push beyond what’s known today.

Senior Associate Project Manager

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What you will do

As an Information Technology Project Manager, you will be based at Amgen's Capability Center in Lisbon Portugal, leading technical and audit related projects as part of the Cybersecurity & Digital Trust (CDT) team.  You will be accountable for developing and reporting periodic project and financial indicators relating to project objectives, risks, costs and trends. You will apply both Agile and standard project management methodologies in the development, initiation, planning, execution, control and closing of projects. 

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Manage all aspects of projects, including scope management, schedule management, resource management, financial management, and risk and issue management.
• Work effectively under minimal supervision and prioritize the successful completion of team goals.
• Partner with technical leads to identify key work products, ensure cross-functional alignment, and execute plans to meet project goals.
• Develop innovative ways to introduce change across a diverse organization.
• Communicate effectively and possess strong critical thinking, problem-solving, analytical, and presentation skills.
• Manage competing timelines and prioritize critical tasks.
• Champion collaboration and work effectively on cross-functional teams.
• Remove roadblocks and impediments to team progress
• Foster an environment where the team can stay focused
• Educate the team about Lean and Agile practices like Scrum
• Track team metrics and find ways to improve team performance
• Guide the team towards becoming a high-performing and self-managing unit

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What we expect of you

Must-Have Skills:

• Project management experience leading all aspects of projects - scope management, schedule management, resource management, financial management, and risk and issue management and using a diverse set of methodologies (Agile, Scrum, DevOps)
• Highly motivated, collaborative, works effectively under minimal supervision and places priority on the successful completion of team goals
• Works successfully in ambiguous scenarios, thinks holistically, collects, digests and assembles information to enable meaningful business analyses and decision-making
• Possesses learning, technical agility, and can breakdown topics/issues into actionable plans for team execution

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Jira experience
• Miro experience
• Workshop facilitation experience

Professional Certifications:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) – preferred
• Certified Project Manager - preferred
• Agile Certified Practitioner - preferred

Soft Skills:

• Excellent analytical and gap/fit assessment skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams
• High degree of initiative and self-motivation.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully.
• Team-oriented, with a focus on achieving team goals
• Strong presentation and public speaking skills.

THRIVE

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

• Vast opportunities to learn, develop, and move up and across our global organization.

• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where colleagues are empowered to bring ideas to the table, take risks, and act.

• Generous Amgen Total Rewards Plan comprising healthcare, finance, wealth, and career benefits.

• Flexible work arrangements.

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.