Specialist IS Business Systems Analyst - Planisware

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

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.

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

Specialist IS Business Systems Analyst - Planisware

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role supporting Amgen Technology, you will focus on providing business analysis and solution development support for our Product and Portfolio Management (PPM) business partners to drive Amgen’s innovation, product strategies, and portfolio analysis in drug discovery. You will support Amgen’s business critical, cross functional processes through creative technology solutions to accelerate and grow Amgen’s pipeline of biopharmaceuticals. Our success at Amgen is inspired by our dedication to our patients, to our business clients, and to using technologies that deliver critical business value. .

Amgen Technology is a distributed team of system and domain experts. You will be an active participant in all aspects of supporting the Amgen business functions. The role requires aptitude to learn a complex business domain quickly and the agility to respond to rapidly evolving internal and external requirements.

Responsibilities

• Configure and administer Planisware system for portfolio, project, and resource management

• Configure and administer resource forecasting algorithms

• Configure and administer scenario models

• Configure and administer Planisware Explorer (PEX) reporting

• Create and manage knowledge for the Planisware platform

• Partner with vendor resources for issues, enhancements, and release process

• Evaluate, analyze, and advise business processes supporting PPM and recommend solutions

• Help shape the technology portfolio through analysis contributions and the implementation of Technology/process solutions for PPM

• Review functional and technical requirements to identify areas of risk and/or missing requirements

• Provide technical write-ups and drawings to promote the proposed solutions

• Collaborate with other high performing engineering team members to ensure all services are reliable, maintainable, and well-integrated into existing platforms

• Ensure effective communication between business area management, technical staff and vendors to analyze scientific needs and implement PPM solutions in data acquisition, integration and analysis

• Conduct analysis and provide inputs for business case development

• Provide data analysis and solution architecting for our PPM ecosystem

• Communicates and collaborates cross-functionally across different IS and business teams to analyze and understand business needs and develop innovative solutions

• Supports overall operations, development and maintenance of specific services within the global IS team and develops expert domain knowledge in their assigned area.

• Partners with business and technology teams to elicit, analyze, translate, and document business requirements into functional and non-functional requirements.

• Support processes for custom development/ system enhancements, configuration maintenance, documentation, release management and support activities

• Analyzes, documents and tests program development, logic, process flows and specifications.

• Partners with business teams to conduct and/or support user acceptance testing.

• Supports global, regional and local PPM projects, liaising with colleagues locally and globally

• Identifies and assess risks and dependencies for custom developments and other system changes

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek will have these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree

OR

Master’s degree and 2 years of Information Systems experience

Or

Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of Information Systems experience

Or

Associate’s degree and 8 years of Information Systems experience

Or

High school diploma / GED and 10 years of Information Systems experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, Engineering or Life Sciences

• Excellent organizational skills with critical eye for detail

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Knowledge of, and experience with, implementing and supporting COTS (configurable off the shelf) applications in the life sciences industry

• Experience with working in the biotech/pharmaceutical industry and current approaches to product development

• Passionate about delivering innovative solutions for the business clients

• Ability to take ownership and/or responsibilities for tasks, issues, risks and drive them to resolution

• Ability to gain deep understanding of business domains

• Intellectual curiosity and the ability to question thought partners across functional areas

• Ability to quickly troubleshoot problems that may arise in work products

• Ability to partner with software engineers and quality analysts to identify course of resolutions

• Strong understanding of basic system engineering, object-oriented design, information risk and security guidelines, and architecture standards

• In depth understanding of the various software development lifecycles

• Knowledge of or experience in Life, Physical or Computational Sciences

• Knowledge of or experience in portfolio, timeline, resource, and financial management

• Experience in Software Engineering and Development

• Strong learning agility, ability to pick up new technologies used to support business needs

• Strong written and oral communication skills and technical expertise to be able to communicate effectively with business and technology partners

• Translating business requirements to technical requirements and recommend solutions

• Experience in SDLC and software quality methodology

• Understanding of agile methodology & DevOps frameworks with ability to work in a collaborative team environment

• Strong familiarity with Scrum (Agile) methodology

• Strong familiarity with data engineering concepts

• Strong familiarity with formula syntax (Excel, PowerQuery, Tableau, etc)

• Familiarity with Drug Product Development and Clinical Development process and lifecycle

• Familiarity with Planisware Enterprise

• Familiar with data analysis and reporting experience by using analytics, visualization and database technologies

• SQL practical knowledge and experience with data profiling and analysis

• Project management and/or Business Analysis in support of diverse IS projects

• Work in global environment, able to impact and influence people, processes and projects

• Working knowledge of Agile and practical work experience delivering projects using Agile SCRUM methodology. Knowledge of software development methodologies (Agile, SCRUM, Waterfall, etc.).

• Excellent communication, presentation and conflict resolution skills and ability to identify, assess and resolve business problems/issue/risks and facilitate issue resolution and risk mitigation.

What you can expect from us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

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

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of 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, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible

Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.

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Application deadline

Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.

As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided 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 accommodation. 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.