Undergrad Intern – Business Operations in R&D Strategy & 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.

Undergrad Intern – Business Operations in R&D Strategy & Operations

What You Will Do

Let’s do this.This internship will be approximately 12 weeks and includes both project-based and experiential learning. The intern will be an integral member of the R&D Strategy and Operations (RDSO) organization, which is focused on driving innovation beyond the molecule and applying digital strategies to simplify processes. The 4 functional areas within RDSO are:

• Portfolio, Strategy & Execution: Catalyzing innovative drug development through insights-driven decisions and strategic R&D portfolio management
• R&D Business Operations: Innovating excellence and navigating efficiency to manage R&D operational activities, including budget and contracting, suppliers, laboratories, biospecimen and research compliance, environmental, social & governance (ESG)
• R&D Training & Development: Transforming and advancing digitization and contemporized learning as well as cultivating talent & culture for a people-centric and inclusive workforce
• Strategy and Performance Excellence (SPx): Powering-up industry-leading R&D through three key pillars: strategy, functional transformation, and performance excellence

 As a member of Amgen's R&D Business Operations (BusOps) group in RDSO Organization, your work will be highly collaborative across multiple functions and levels within Amgen, including for example, Research & Development, Corporate Affairs, Digital Technology & Innovation, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging, and others.

BusOps includes the following six verticals that support the broad business operational needs within the R&D division. You will be uniquely responsible for supporting one or more of these key verticals to advance RDSO’s mission:

• Budget Planning & Management - Aligns across R&D functions to deliver on financial functional planning
• Supplier Management - Manages third party risk, leverage external supply to support our portfolio needs
• Global Business Transactions Center - Executes business processes required for financial transactions and contracting
• Business Analytics - Collaborates with leadership to turn analytics into insights that identify, create, and deliver value & results
• Global Lab Operations - Enables lab operations excellence
• Business Resilience - Manages Business Resilience Program for R&D & Ethical Research ESG

What We Expect of You

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The vital attribute individual we seek is a type of person with these qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

Amgen requires that all individuals applying for an undergrad internship or a co-op assignment at Amgen must meet the following criteria:

• 18 years or older
• Currently enrolled in a full-time Bachelor’s Degree program from an accredited college or university with a 3.0 minimum GPA or equivalent
• Completion of one year of study from an accredited college or university prior to the internship commencing
• Enrolled in a full-time Bachelor’s degree program following the potential internship or co-op assignment with an accredited college or university
• Must not be employed at the time the internship starts
• Student must be located in the United States for the duration of the internship OR co-op
• Interns – Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. for the duration of this program. Sponsorship for future FTE roles is not guaranteed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Pursuing a degree in Business, Finance, Management Sciences, Life Sciences, Engineering, Communications, Psychology, Human Resources, Information Science or a similar field
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Highly organized, with an ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Enthusiastic, proactive, and a willingness to learn.
• Adaptability in navigating and effectively responding to ambiguity and evolving circumstances and priorities.
• Basic understanding of project management concepts is a plus.

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 base pay range for this opportunity in the U.S. is $24.70 - $28.30 per hour

• Build a network of colleagues that will endure and grow throughout your time with us and beyond.
• Bring your authentic self to the table and become the professional you’re inspired to be through accepting a culture that values the diversity of thought and experience and will flex to your strengths and possibilities.
• Participate in executive and social networking events, as well as community volunteer projects.

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

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Sponsorship

Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. for the duration of this program. Sponsorship for future FTE roles 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.

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.

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