Specialist IS Architect

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 Architect

Duties: Lead the design and architecture efforts for workforce planning and scenario modeling systems to support Amgen’s Workforce Strategy and Planning processes; Collaborate closely with HR and business leaders to understand workforce planning requirements and translate them into scalable and sustainable technology solutions; Drive the implementation and integration of workforce planning tools like Workday Adaptive Planning, Orgvue, and Anaplan Workforce Planning into Amgen's ecosystem; Serve as the technical lead for HR technology projects, ensuring alignment with business needs and Amgen's broader technology strategy; Work independently and mentor less experienced team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation; Participate in the SAFe Agile framework, leading architectural discussions, developing technical roadmaps, and ensuring alignment with product teams; and Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies in HR and workforce planning, recommending and implementing best practices and innovations. May telecommute.    

Requirements: Master’s degree or (foreign equivalent) in Business Analytics, Information Systems, Computer Science or related field and 2 years of experience in the job offered or in a HR related occupation. The position requires 2 years of experience in the following: 

Orgvue design setup by managing baselines for function specific design sessions for the business. Configuration of properties, look up tables and manage access as admin and provide production and integration support;  

Anaplan workforce planning, financial planning and strategic workforce planning to assist in leading the requirements for HR transformation project;  

Coordinate and perform testing functionality prior to rollout of UAT by building test scripts and validating successful delivery of capabilities while logging change request into SNOW for production release and provide production support and integration support;  

Workday or Workday Adaptive workforce planning or HCM;  

Coordinate and perform testing functionality prior to rollout of UAT by building test scripts and validating successful delivery of capabilities; 

Partner with integration’s team on building exports of data to be consumed into Enterprise Data Fabric and integrating data Workday data to Workday Adaptive;  

Experience working within a SAFe Agile framework;  

Understanding of Project Management principles and full lifecycle;  

Build Technical workflows and roadmaps and leading technical discussions;  

Document systems design documents and process for HR technology;  

Build scripting language for backend systems with configuration setup for new systems; 

DevOps lifecycle experience; and 

 Workforce planning and modeling to support HR transformation with understanding of planning systems and understanding of full end to end processes. 

Contact: Interested candidates please apply via https://careers.amgen.com/en/search-jobs and search for job # R-248051 

Job type: Full Time position. The annual salary for this position in the U.S. is $144,278.00– $178,436.00 per year. Also, this position offers stock, retirement, medical, life and disability insurance and eligibility for an annual bonus or for sales roles, other incentive compensation. For more details visit https://careers.amgen.com/life-at-amgen/benefits/

What you can expect of 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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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.  

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