Grad Intern – R&D Strategy & Operations

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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.

Grad Intern – R&D Strategy & Operations

What You Will Do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. We have multiple openings for graduate level students to further their educational goals. 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 (and other) 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 Capability Center: 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 RDSO organization, your work will be highly collaborative across multiple functions and levels within Amgen, including, Research & Development, Chief Medical Office, Chief Technology Office, Quality & Compliance, and others. You will be uniquely responsible for one or more key projects that will advance RDSO’s mission, including the following:

• Supporting a project within one of our RDSO functional areas
• Working collaboratively with cross-functional teams on projects and/or programs that strive to improve R&D’s competitiveness through speed, agility and excellence in execution
• Leveraging your analytical, leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills to work in teams, identify problems, conduct research, develop recommendations through qualitative and quantitative analysis, and deliver final projects
• Presenting your deliverables/findings through various forums including an intern-wide poster session and a final readout to executive management
• Engaging in learning activities, networking with colleagues across the company, and enjoying full access to Amgen’s Employee Resource Groups

This description serves as a general outline for the responsibilities of a graduate intern in RDSO. The specific tasks and requirements may vary depending on the nature of the project.

What We Expect of You

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The collaborative individual we seek is hard-working with these qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

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

• 18 years or older
• Graduated with a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
• Currently enrolled in an MBA program for an MBA internship OR a Master’s program for a Master’s internship OR a PharmD program for a PharmD internship OR Ph.D. for a PhD internship from an accredited college or university and completion of the first year of MBA OR Master’s OR Pharm D OR Ph.D. program before the internship starts
• Enrolled in an accredited college or university following the potential internship or co-op assignment
• 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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Pursuing a degree in Business, Finance, Management Sciences, Life Sciences, Engineering, Communications, Psychology, Human Resources, 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 $30 - $40 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.

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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.

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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