Executive Director, Analytics and Market Research, Cardiovascular Business Unit

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you are a 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. 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.

About BAI: Business Analytics & Insights (BAI) at Amgen serves as a strategic partner to Global and Regional leadership, enabling data-driven decision-making across the enterprise. BAI integrates a diverse set of capabilities including forecasting, market research and insights, competitive intelligence, and advanced analytics to provide a comprehensive understanding of markets, customers, and portfolio performance. By translating complex data and market dynamics into actionable insights, BAI helps shape commercial strategy, inform investment decisions, and maximize the value of Amgen’s portfolio across therapeutic areas and geographies.

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role the Executive Director, US Business Unit POD Lead, is responsible for leading an integrated analytics and primary market research organization aligned to the Cardiovascular Business Unit (CBU). This role serves as the insights and analytics quarterback for the CBU ensuring that data, analytics, and customer insights are integrated into clear, actionable perspectives that drive commercial performance. Each POD Lead oversees Directors responsible for Analytics and Primary Market Research and partners closely with leaders across Commercial, Medical, Forecasting, Value & Access, Finance, and Field Operations to deliver a holistic view of business performance, opportunities, and risks.

As a trusted advisor to the Business Unit General Manager and senior leadership team, the POD Lead brings an objective, transparent, and forward-looking perspective on business performance, investment decisions, resource prioritization, and growth opportunities. This role plays a critical part in identifying leading indicators of performance, accelerating decision-making, and enabling the business to act quickly in dynamic market environments.

The Executive Director also plays a key role in advancing the organization’s capabilities through the adoption of automation, artificial intelligence, and advanced analytics, leveraging modern technology to accelerate insight generation, strengthen predictive capabilities, and improve the speed and quality of decision-making.

In addition, the POD Lead is responsible for executing a global workforce and delivery model, leveraging teams across Amgen’s global delivery centers and strategic partners to scale insights generation with speed, efficiency, and consistency. This includes coordinating work across global sites such as Portugal India, and external partners to ensure optimal resource allocation, high-quality delivery, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities include:

Lead the Business Unit POD Organization

• Leads Directors responsible for Analytics and Primary Market Research aligned to the Business Unit

• Builds a high-performing, collaborative POD that delivers integrated insights with speed, rigor, and business impact

• Fosters a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement

Serve as the Strategic Insights Partner to the Business Unit

• Acts as the primary analytics and insights advisor to the Business Unit General Manager and leadership team

• Integrates insights across analytics, primary market research, forecasting, value & access, finance, commercial operations, and medical to provide a holistic view of business drivers and performance

• Delivers objective, actionable perspectives on growth opportunities, risks, investment decisions, and strategic tradeoffs

Drive Business Performance and Identify Growth Opportunities

• Identifies and monitor leading indicators of brand and portfolio performance to proactively inform decision-making and drive business results

• Translates complex data into clear, executive-ready insights that explain business performance and guide action

• Identifies opportunities to improve performance by uncovering high-potential healthcare providers, patient segments that may benefit from Amgen therapies, and points of friction across the patient journey

• Detects sources of leakage in the treatment journey and recommend actions to reduce drop-off, improve patient progression, and enhance commercial execution

• Partners with cross-functional leaders to ensure insights lead to measurable business outcomes

Enable Data-Driven Decision Making Through Technology and AI

• Champions the use of automation, artificial intelligence, and advanced analytics to accelerate insight generation and decision-making

• Leverages modern data platforms and predictive analytics to enhance business performance visibility and analytical rigor

Execute a Scalable Global Delivery Model

• Leads a globally distributed insights workforce spanning US teams, global capability centers, and strategic partners

• Leverages delivery hubs such as Portugal and emerging teams in India to scale analytics and insights delivery with speed, efficiency, and consistency

• Ensures governance, quality, and operating models across globally distributed teams

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is a leader with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree & 6 years of market research, analytics, competitive intelligence, sales, and/or marketing operations experience OR

• Master’s degree & 10 years of market research, analytics, competitive intelligence, sales, and/or marketing operations experience OR

• Bachelor’s degree & 12 years of market research, analytics, competitive intelligence, sales, and/or marketing operations experience AND

• 6 years of managerial experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs or directing the allocation of resources

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to influence senior leadership and shape strategic decisions through insights and analytics

• Strategic thinking and business acumen with deep understanding of commercial drivers in the biopharmaceutical industry

• Experience leading insights, analytics, or market research organizations supporting multiple brands or therapeutic areas

• Experience integrating multiple insights capabilities including market research, analytics, forecasting, and competitive intelligence

• Executive communication and storytelling skills with experience presenting to senior leadership

• Experience building and leading global teams across multiple geographies

• Knowledge of drug development, commercialization, and the broader healthcare ecosystem including patients, healthcare providers, and payers

• Experience leveraging advanced analytics, automation, and AI-enabled insights capabilities

• Experience building and developing high-performing teams

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 275,763.80 to 373,092.20. 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:

• 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 and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns

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

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. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information. 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 for this role is not guaranteed.