Job Architecture & Job Leveling Manager

ABOUT AMGEN

Amgen harnesses the best of biology and technology to fight the world’s toughest diseases, and make people’s lives easier, fuller and longer. We discover, develop, manufacture and deliver innovative medicines to help millions of patients. Amgen helped establish the biotechnology industry more than 40 years ago and remains on the cutting-edge of innovation, using technology and human genetic data to push beyond what’s known today.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Role Description:

We are seeking a seasoned and strategic Job Architecture & Job leveling Expert to join our Total Rewards team in India. This role will serve as the global subject matter expert (SME) on job architecture and leveling, responsible for the execution, governance, and continuous enhancement of the organization's job leveling, functional and global career frameworks.

The role will actively ensure seamless execution, consistency, fairness, and transparency in how roles are placed in the external and internal career frameworks across the enterprise, and will partner closely with the compensation partners, enabling effective talent management, compensation design, and career progression. This role will also focus on process optimization and partner closely with internal technology and automation teams to enhance efficiency and simplify the delivery of job architecture initiatives.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic oversight and operational management of the global job leveling framework, ensuring consistent application across functions, geographies, and organizational levels.
• Act as the primary authority on job leveling and architecture, leveraging AI-supported job analysis tools, offering expert guidance and support to Compensation partners and Total Rewards senior leadership.
• Actively support the develop and maintenance of functional career progression frameworks, in partnership with Compensation partners, business and functional leaders, to support internal mobility and employee development, incorporating AI-based insights to tailor frameworks to evolving workforce skills and career patterns.
• Lead the end-to-end execution of global job mapping and leveling exercises, ensuring alignment with internal equity and market competitiveness by supporting the integration of AI, and machine learning algorithms and technology to enhance consistency and detect outliers or anomalies.
• Identify and implement AI & technology improvements to simplify, standardize, and enhance job architecture processes, consistency, user experience, and tools to better support business and HR stakeholders leveraging
• Collaborate closely with the Total Rewards Technology Manager and Compensation partners to explore and implement AI, technology and scalable solutions that automate and streamline job architecture processes and related processes, like benchmarking.
• Monitor industry best practices and trends related to AI, Technology, tools, job architecture, career frameworks, and job evaluation methodologies, applying relevant insights to enhance the company’s framework, efficiency and consistency
• Leveraging generative AI tools to develop and maintain SOPs, knowledge bases, and training materials for scalable and up-to-date service delivery

Basic Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, or a related field
• 5+ years of progressive experience in Total Rewards, Compensation, or Talent Management, with a specific focus on job architecture or career framework design
• Proven experience in the development and governance of global job leveling frameworks and career path models.
• Experience with AI-driven analytics tools to evaluate workforce data for job leveling decisions
• Strong understanding of job evaluation methodologies and principles of internal equity and external market alignment (e.g., Mercer, AON Radford, WillisTowersWatson Global Grading)

Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional projects with a high degree of accuracy, influence, and confidentiality.
• Analytical proficiency, with the ability to interpret and combine complex organizational data to drive strategic recommendations and decisions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and collaboration skills.
• Experience operating in a matrixed, global environment and navigating across diverse cultural and business landscapes.
• Curiosity for new technologies and solutions to drive continuous improvement
• Background in organizational design, change management, or workforce planning is a plus.