Director - R&D Learning Business Partner, Global Development & Development Operations

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.

Director - R&D Learning Business Partner, Global Development & Development Operations

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. Part of Amgen’s R&D Strategy & Operations organization, the R&D Knowledge & Learning team is responsible for shaping how learning, knowledge, and capability development enable scientific excellence, regulatory rigor, and clinical impact across the enterprise. We are reimagining learning as a strategic, longitudinal capability system – integrated across roles, career stages, and transformations – rather than a set of isolated training activities.

In this vital role you will be a senior learning leader accountable for translating Global Development and Global Development Operations business strategies and priorities into cohesive learning and capability building strategies that drive performance, innovation, and role readiness. You operate as a trusted advisor to VP-level and executive leaders, while leading and developing a team of learning professionals responsible for designing and delivering high-impact, standard-aligned learning solutions.

This role is both strategic and operational: shaping direction, setting expectations for rigor and quality, making functional trade-offs, and ensuring measurable outcomes. You serve as a connective leader across Learning, Knowledge Management, Quality & Compliance, and business functions, ensuring learning is embedded in how Amgen implements, transforms, and grows.

Key Responsibilities:

Functional Learning Leadership & Strategy

• Serve as the primary learning leader and strategic partner to Global Development and Global Development Operations, partnering with VP- and Executive Director-level leaders to shape capability strategies aligned to business priorities
• Translate functional strategies into multi-year, longitudinal learning roadmaps focused on critical roles, transformation initiatives, and workforce readiness
• Establish clear learning priorities and make portfolio-level trade-offs to maximize business impact and resource effectiveness

Team Leadership & Talent Development

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of learning professionals, setting clear expectations for strategic thinking, execution quality, and stakeholder partnership
• Build leadership capability within the team, fostering accountability, inclusion, and continuous improvement
• Allocate work, balance capacity, and ensure delivery excellence across a complex portfolio

Learning Design, Delivery & Standards

• Oversee the end-to-end learning lifecycle – from needs assessment through design, delivery, and measurement – ensuring learning solutions are intentional, role-based, and outcome-driven
• Ensure consistent application of adult learning principles, instructional design rigor, and learning standards across modalities (live, virtual, blended, self-serve)
• Partner with Quality and GxP Learning to enable a modern, compliant learning ecosystem that goes beyond “read and certify,” demonstrating knowledge management and contextual learning approaches
• Drive continuous innovation and improvement to evolve learning capabilities, employing artificial intelligence, automation, and technology to accelerate learning outcomes

Change Leadership & Business Impact

• Act as a change leader for functional transformations, ensuring learning accelerates adoption of new processes, systems, and behaviors
• Apply learning measurement frameworks to assess effectiveness, demonstrate value realization, and continuously improve solutions
• Integrate learning into broader business planning and decision-making processes through influence and insight

Organizational Integration & Collaboration

• Serve as an integrator across the R&D Knowledge & Learning organization, orchestrating capabilities from learning, knowledge management, professional skills, and the Amgen Library
• Ensure alignment with enterprise learning strategies, platforms, and shared services
• Manage internal and external partners to deliver scalable, high-quality learning experiences

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Director we seek is a credible learning executive, people leader, and strategic problem solver with a strong track record of delivering enterprise-level impact.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 4 years of related experience

Or

Master’s degree and 8 years of related experience

Or

Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of related experience

In addition to meeting at least one of the above requirements, you must have at least 4 years experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation or resources.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise or function-wide learning strategies in a complex, matrixed organization
• People leadership capability, including developing managers and senior individual contributors
• Strong executive presence with experience consulting and influencing VP-level and above leaders
• Deep knowledge of adult learning theory, instructional design, and learning technologies
• Experience operating in regulated, quality-sensitive environments (biopharma preferred)
• Ability to integrate learning, knowledge, and change management to drive sustained performance
• Data-driven mentality with experience using learning metrics to inform strategy and decisions
• Exceptional communication, storytelling, and stakeholder management skills

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 where possible. Refer to the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies.

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.

Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.

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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