Corporate Affairs Manager, South East Asia, Hong Kong and India

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

Amgen is one of the world’s leading independent biotechnology companies. For over 4 decades, Amgen has pioneered biotechnology breakthroughs, to bring state-of-the-art medicines from laboratory to the patient. Amgen has not only discovered and developed innovative human therapeutics, but has invested in cutting edge manufacturing capability and support services to deliver these exciting therapies to medical teams around the world. Japan and Asia Pacific (JAPAC) is the fastest growing region in Amgen. Now we are hiring a Manager, Corporate Affairs, South East Asia, Hong Kong and India (SEA) in Singapore.

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What you will do

Reporting to Senior Director of Corporate Affairs Japan & Asia Pacific (in region) and South East Asia, Hong Kong and India (SEA), this role is responsible for working closely with cross-functional brand teams and other key stakeholders across the region to support the building of a corporate presence internally and externally.

Responsibilities:

• Build and enhance the reputation of Amgen in South East Asia through strategic relationships with key external stakeholders, including key media contacts and KOLS

• Develop and execute high-impact, integrated (traditional, digital and social) communications strategy to support therapeutic areas, brand and business enterprise initiatives

• Drive disease state educational campaigns to heighten therapeutic-area knowledge understand and awareness among patient groups and the general public

• Support affiliate leadership on messaging development and communications tactics for staff engagement and culture building initiatives such as townhalls, annual Kick-Off meeting

• Enhance external reputation around key themes relating to global Environment, Social and Governance strategy and Diversity Inclusion and Belonging related efforts.

• Work cross-functionally with teams in affiliates across SEA on a wide range of day-to-day communications needs to support corporate and commercial activities

• Support key executives as company spokespeople at external presentations, media interviews and manage potential issues / crisis.

Accountabilities:

• Ensure all internal and external communications materials developed meet local and global governance, code of conduct and follow relevant approval process

• Manage foundational PR assets including media lists, coverage and ongoing reports, etc.

• Foster good relations with media contacts, pitching and securing media opportunities, and measuring impact of media activities

• Manage affiliate internal (Viva Engage, MSTeams etc) and external (website, social media) communications channels with respect to editorial and compliance requirements

• Manage contracted third party vendors to deliver against objectives, budget and strict adherence to compliance/approval requirements.

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What we expect of you

Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree in public relations, communications or journalism or the equivalent combination of education and experience

• Preferably of eight years of Public Relations / Corporate Communications related experience, ideally gained in biotechnology, pharmaceutical or healthcare product public relations including agency and/or corporate

• Excellent media relationships and contacts in SEA and the region

• Fluency in English with excellent written and verbal skills

• Experience of working in a cross functional group within a complex matrix environment, including developing close working relationships with international colleagues

• Ideally experienced in issue and crisis management

Competencies:

• Proactive enthusiastic self starter with high energy and motivation as well as serious commitment to hard work and excellence

• Showcase comfort and flexibility pivoting based on new information, as well as issues management

• Work collaboratively with colleagues within Corporate Affairs including Advocacy and other functions such as Medical Affairs, Legal, Regulatory, VAP, Government Affairs, Commercial and Human Resources.

• Ability to exercise sound judgment and work independently, with excellent organizational and management skills, planning, prioritization, meeting management and plan execution

• Excellent analytical skills, science based with strong learning ability, balanced with commercial awareness and ability to use communication to achieve commercial objectives

• Excellent interpersonal skills and collaborative team player with good cross-cultural adaptability, self awareness, emotionally intelligence with ambition to grow and learn

• Serves as a role model for Amgen Values and resource to others in promoting open, honest and cooperative relationship

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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 and move up and across our global organization

• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act

• Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits

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for a career that defies imagination

In our quest to serve patients above all else, Amgen is the first to imagine, and the last to doubt. Join us.

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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 a 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.