Corporate Sustainability Manager
Corporate Sustainability Manager
United States - Remote Apply NowJoin Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients
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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. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. 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.
Corporate Sustainability Manager
What you will do
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. The Corporate Sustainability Manager is accountable for the end-to-end delivery, operational integrity and continuous improvement of Amgen’s sustainability data, reporting, and technology enablement efforts. This role owns the design, implementation, operationalization, and ongoing optimization of sustainability reporting systems and associated controls. The Manager ensures data quality, audit readiness, regulatory compliance, and scalable technology enablement across voluntary and regulated disclosures.
Operating with a high degree of autonomy, this individual independently leads complex, cross-functional initiatives; anticipates regulatory, data, and system risks; and implements mitigation strategies to ensure continuity, compliance, and enterprise alignment. The role requires strong influence across Audit, Digital Technology & Innovation, Finance, and business functions, as well as capability-building to elevate sustainability data ownership and control maturity across the organization.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own the finalization, implementation, and operationalization of the Corporate Sustainability data hub, with full accountability for delivery, performance, and continuous improvement.
- Lead end-to-end implementation and ongoing administration of regulatory sustainability reporting software, ensuring regulatory alignment, data integrity, and user adoption.
- Maintain and evolve sustainability technology platforms to ensure scalability, effective controls, and alignment with enterprise architecture.
- Apply AI and automation solutions to improve the efficiency and scalability of Corporate Sustainability processes.
- Lead the development and execution of a technology-focused controls roadmap and related documentation to ensure audit readiness and regulatory compliance.
- Proactively identify data, process, system, and regulatory risks, and design and implement mitigation strategies and preventive controls.
- Partner with Internal Audit, DTI, and Finance to align systems, controls, and documentation.
- Partner with business stakeholders to collect, validate, and manage sustainability data for reporting purposes.
- Manage external consultants supporting sustainability technology initiatives.
- Support the external audit of Amgen’s sustainability data.
- Monitor and respond to ESG rating agencies.
- Conduct peer benchmarking to inform internal analysis and strategic decisions.
- Coordinate and respond to ESG surveys.
What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is an individual with these qualifications.
Basic Qualifications:
Doctorate degree
OR
Master’s degree and 2 years of sustainability/ESG reporting, financial or non-financial reporting, audit, internal controls, or enterprise systems implementation
OR
Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of sustainability/ESG reporting, financial or non-financial reporting, audit, internal controls, or enterprise systems implementation
OR
Associate’s degree and 8 years of sustainability/ESG reporting, financial or non-financial reporting, audit, internal controls, or enterprise systems implementation
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High school diploma / GED and 10 years of sustainability/ESG reporting, financial or non-financial reporting, audit, internal controls, or enterprise systems implementation
Preferred Qualifications:
- Demonstrated experience implementing or optimizing sustainability reporting systems and technology platforms, such as Workiva.
- Experience supporting regulatory and voluntary disclosures, including CSRD, ISSB, TCFD, CDP, SASB, and GRI.
- Experience designing and documenting data governance frameworks and controls to support audit and assurance requirements.
- Demonstrated ability to independently manage complex, cross-functional initiatives with minimal oversight.
- Experience partnering with Digital Technology and Innovation and Finance to align systems, controls, and data architecture.
- Proven ability to manage external consultants and deliver against defined milestones.
Core Competencies:
- Technical and analytical mindset.
- Strong execution and problem-solving skills.
- Exercises sound judgment in complex and evolving regulatory and technology environments.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across functions.
- Strong process improvement orientation.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills.
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 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.
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