Manager, Transformation Analytics

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Job Description

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.

Manager, Transformation Analytics

What you will do

In this vital role you will be a member of the Transformation Analytics team, supporting Amgen’s Technology & Workforce Strategy. We are seeking a highly motivated individual who will demonstrate financial and data analytics with critical thinking to enable enterprise-wide workforce transformation by connecting data across our people, finances and capabilities to enable business insights and decisions.

You will be responsible to deliver critical analytics and insights throughout the value journey, including developing resource, financial and capability baselines, developing taxonomies, analytics data packs, cases, value confirmation and value realization. In addition, you will collaborate with our Technology teams to support ongoing automation and continuous improvement. Ultimately, you will be part of the team that enables the development of a sustainable platform for ongoing transformation.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate their analytical acumen to challenge the status quo, drive continuous improvement, and embed digital ways of working into our end-to-end processes.

• Support deliverables for workforce strategy: Support financial and data analyses across baselining, case, value confirmation, value extraction and value realization. Collaborate with cross-functional global teams to ensure accurate analytics and insights delivery operating in the "following-the-sun" model
• Activity-Based Cost Analysis: Support analyses of total workforce spend and allocation. Recommend strategic cost-saving initiatives and optimizations based on analysis findings.
• Vendor Analysis: Support the evaluation of vendor performance and impact on organizational efficiency. Develop strategies for vendor optimization and cost management.
• Opportunity Analysis: Support identifying and prioritizing areas of opportunity across the organization. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement organizational improvements.
• System Updates & Scenario Modeling: Build and optimize data and financial models that support key processes across the value journey of our transformation. Help ensure central systems and scenario modeling tools are updated with accurate data and assumptions. Lead the development of new modeling tools to enhance predictive capabilities.
• External Market Analysis: Support the analysis of external market trends and their impact on workforce strategy. Provide strategic recommendations based on market insights to drive organizational competitiveness.

Job Responsibilities:

• Build and manage detailed resource and financial baselines for key initiatives and functions
• Support the development of value ambition (robust cases)
• Conduct analyses for value confirmation as an outcome of detailed design and elevate value risks to leadership
• Support the management of deviations against the approved case and assist in value reconciliation
• Analyze workforce data to identify areas of opportunity and support resource optimization across functions
• Build and optimize data models across the value journey, drive data collection and integration for operational insights
• Collaborate with cross-functional global teams to ensure accurate insights delivery, operating in the "following-the-sun" model
• Interact with various finance and resource planning groups across Amgen to understand impact to budget/long range plans

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients.

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree and 2 to 4 years of Data Analytics / Finance OR
• Master’s degree and 4 to 6 years of applicable experience OR
• Bachelor’s degree and 6 to 8 years of data science, finance, business, statistics, applied mathematics, business analytics, engineering, computer science or related field experience OR
• Diploma and 10 to 12 years of Data Analytics, Science & Technology Management or Finance experience
• Proficiency in financial modeling (Excel), data analytics and business intelligence tools
• Passion for data exploration & visualization and building narratives to drive data-driven business transformation
• Intellectual curiosity, with ability to learn new concepts, and methods
• Experience working in highly collaborative cross-functional environments
• Understanding of financial data and systems

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in finance, data science, business, sciences statistics, data mining, applied mathematics, business analytics, engineering, computer science or related field, or Chartered Accountant and 4 years of relevant experience in consulting and/or financial planning & analysis (MBA Preferred)
• Mastery of complex financial modeling (Excel)
• Understanding of global Finance, HR & Procurement systems and data
• Understanding of HR/Procurement/Global Sourcing operations
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning
• Understanding of impacts of business decisions to financial statements (P&L, B/S, Cash Flow)
• Prior multinational corporate experience (capability center or other)
• Experience with Oracles Hyperion/EPM, SAP, Anaplan, PowerBI / Tableau
• Familiar with scripting languages like SQL or Python, and AWS services like S3 and Redshift
• Experience with data analysis, data modeling, and data visualization solutions such as Tableau, Alteryx, Databricks, PowerBI
• Experience working with business partners to identify complex functionality and translate it into requirements
• Experience in financial planning, analysis, and reporting, ERP systems and financial software

Soft Skills:

• Effective communication and people skills
• Elevated level of integrity and ethical standards
• Problem-solving and critical thinking capabilities
• Adaptability to a dynamic and challenging environment

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.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards.

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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.