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Get Access To All JobsJoin 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. 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.
Associate Director – Global Compliance Platform (C3)
What you will do
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be responsible for the strategic oversight, governance, and optimization of Amgen’s global compliance platform (C3).
This role ensures the platform effectively supports the execution of Amgen’s global healthcare compliance framework and enables compliant business operations across regions. The Associate Director leads platform strategy, drives process improvement and system optimization, and partners closely with Technology, Compliance, and business stakeholders to ensure the platform evolves to meet changing regulatory and operational needs. Serving as the business product owner for the C3 platform, this role defines platform capability priorities, translates compliance program requirements into system functionality, and partners with Technology teams responsible for the technical delivery of system changes.
The role provides leadership for the global C3 platform team, including a Senior Manager platform owner and additional team members supporting platform operations and analytics. The Associate Director serves as a key liaison between compliance, technology, and business users to enhance usability, streamline processes, and advance digital capabilities that improve the effectiveness of the compliance program.
Global Compliance Platform Strategy & Governance
- Provide strategic oversight for Amgen’s global compliance platform (C3), ensuring the system effectively supports compliance program requirements and evolving business needs.
- Define and drive the platform roadmap in partnership with Technology and compliance leadership, prioritizing enhancements that improve usability, scalability, and compliance oversight.
- Establish and maintain governance structures, standards, and operating procedures for the platform, ensuring consistent global use and alignment with compliance policies and processes.
- Monitor platform performance, adoption, and risk indicators to ensure the system continues to support effective compliance program execution.
- Serve as the business product owner for the platform by governing enhancement intake, prioritization, and capability roadmap development in partnership with Technology teams responsible for configuration, development, and deployment.
Platform Optimization & Process Improvement
- Identify and prioritize opportunities to streamline compliance workflows, simplify user experience, and improve operational efficiency within the C3 platform, partnering with Technology teams to implement approved system enhancements.
- Lead cross-functional initiatives to optimize platform processes, reduce manual work, and enhance system capabilities.
- Ensure platform processes remain aligned with evolving regulatory expectations, compliance policies, and industry practices.
- Leverage system data and insights to inform continuous improvement of compliance processes and program effectiveness.
- Identify opportunities to leverage automation, artificial intelligence, and intelligent agents to streamline workflows, enhance analysis of compliance data, and enable more proactive identification of potential compliance risks.
Technology Partnership & Digital Capability Development
- Partner closely with Technology teams responsible for system development, maintenance, and enhancement delivery, ensuring compliance program requirements are translated into scalable platform capabilities.
- Translate compliance program strategy and operational requirements into clear system requirements and capability priorities for implementation by Technology teams.
- Support the evaluation and integration of emerging technologies, analytics capabilities, and digital tools that strengthen compliance program oversight and effectiveness.
- Evaluate and advance the use of advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and agent-based tools to enhance the analysis and usability of C3 data, enabling more proactive compliance insights, improved decision support, and a more intuitive user experience for compliance and business stakeholders.
- Ensure strong coordination between compliance program design and technology implementation.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Serve as the primary business owner and liaison for the C3 platform between WC&BE, Technology, and global business partners who rely on the platform to execute compliance processes.
- Collaborate with Healthcare Compliance, Legal, Finance, Commercial, and regional compliance teams to ensure platform capabilities align with operational needs.
- Liaison between enterprise platform teams and the program deployment teams, ensuring successful integration, alignment of data and systems, and coordination across enterprise technologies including eMDM and S/4HANA.
- Represent WC&BE in cross-functional governance forums and platform-related initiatives.
- Drive alignment across stakeholders to ensure consistent and effective platform utilization globally.
Team Leadership & Global Operations
- Provide leadership and direction to the global compliance platform team.
- Oversee the work of the Senior Manager platform owner and supporting team members responsible for platform operations, administration, and user support.
- Ensure the team effectively manages platform configuration, issue resolution, enhancement requests, and user engagement.
- Develop team capabilities in platform operations, process improvement, and analytics.
Change Management
- Develop and execute change management strategy to support system implementations, enhancements, and global deployments.
- Conduct change impact assessments and partner with business leaders and SMEs to prepare impacted teams for new processes, tools, and ways of working.
- Design and deliver targeted stakeholder communications and engagement plans to drive awareness, readiness, and adoption.
- Monitor organizational readiness and user adoption, identifying risks and implementing mitigation strategies to support successful deployment outcomes.
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 & 3 years of compliance, technology, or business process experience
OR
Master’s degree & 5 years of compliance, technology, or business process experience
OR
Bachelor’s degree & 7 years of compliance, technology, or business process experience
OR
Associate degree & 12 years of compliance, technology, or business process experience
OR
High school diploma / GED & 14 years of compliance, technology, or business process experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience serving as a business product owner or capability lead for enterprise platforms, working in partnership with technology teams responsible for system delivery.
- Experience supporting or managing compliance systems, governance platforms, or enterprise workflow tools.
- Experience working in healthcare compliance, regulated industries, or pharmaceutical/biotechnology environments.
- Strong understanding of compliance program operations and how systems support policy implementation, monitoring, and risk management.
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives involving compliance, technology, and business stakeholders.
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 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.
careers.amgen.com
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.
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.
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.
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. 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.
Associate Director – Global Compliance Platform (C3)
What you will do
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be responsible for the strategic oversight, governance, and optimization of Amgen’s global compliance platform (C3).
This role ensures the platform effectively supports the execution of Amgen’s global healthcare compliance framework and enables compliant business operations across regions. The Associate Director leads platform strategy, drives process improvement and system optimization, and partners closely with Technology, Compliance, and business stakeholders to ensure the platform evolves to meet changing regulatory and operational needs. Serving as the business product owner for the C3 platform, this role defines platform capability priorities, translates compliance program requirements into system functionality, and partners with Technology teams responsible for the technical delivery of system changes.
The role provides leadership for the global C3 platform team, including a Senior Manager platform owner and additional team members supporting platform operations and analytics. The Associate Director serves as a key liaison between compliance, technology, and business users to enhance usability, streamline processes, and advance digital capabilities that improve the effectiveness of the compliance program.
Global Compliance Platform Strategy & Governance
- Provide strategic oversight for Amgen’s global compliance platform (C3), ensuring the system effectively supports compliance program requirements and evolving business needs.
- Define and drive the platform roadmap in partnership with Technology and compliance leadership, prioritizing enhancements that improve usability, scalability, and compliance oversight.
- Establish and maintain governance structures, standards, and operating procedures for the platform, ensuring consistent global use and alignment with compliance policies and processes.
- Monitor platform performance, adoption, and risk indicators to ensure the system continues to support effective compliance program execution.
- Serve as the business product owner for the platform by governing enhancement intake, prioritization, and capability roadmap development in partnership with Technology teams responsible for configuration, development, and deployment.
Platform Optimization & Process Improvement
- Identify and prioritize opportunities to streamline compliance workflows, simplify user experience, and improve operational efficiency within the C3 platform, partnering with Technology teams to implement approved system enhancements.
- Lead cross-functional initiatives to optimize platform processes, reduce manual work, and enhance system capabilities.
- Ensure platform processes remain aligned with evolving regulatory expectations, compliance policies, and industry practices.
- Leverage system data and insights to inform continuous improvement of compliance processes and program effectiveness.
- Identify opportunities to leverage automation, artificial intelligence, and intelligent agents to streamline workflows, enhance analysis of compliance data, and enable more proactive identification of potential compliance risks.
Technology Partnership & Digital Capability Development
- Partner closely with Technology teams responsible for system development, maintenance, and enhancement delivery, ensuring compliance program requirements are translated into scalable platform capabilities.
- Translate compliance program strategy and operational requirements into clear system requirements and capability priorities for implementation by Technology teams.
- Support the evaluation and integration of emerging technologies, analytics capabilities, and digital tools that strengthen compliance program oversight and effectiveness.
- Evaluate and advance the use of advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and agent-based tools to enhance the analysis and usability of C3 data, enabling more proactive compliance insights, improved decision support, and a more intuitive user experience for compliance and business stakeholders.
- Ensure strong coordination between compliance program design and technology implementation.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Serve as the primary business owner and liaison for the C3 platform between WC&BE, Technology, and global business partners who rely on the platform to execute compliance processes.
- Collaborate with Healthcare Compliance, Legal, Finance, Commercial, and regional compliance teams to ensure platform capabilities align with operational needs.
- Liaison between enterprise platform teams and the program deployment teams, ensuring successful integration, alignment of data and systems, and coordination across enterprise technologies including eMDM and S/4HANA.
- Represent WC&BE in cross-functional governance forums and platform-related initiatives.
- Drive alignment across stakeholders to ensure consistent and effective platform utilization globally.
Team Leadership & Global Operations
- Provide leadership and direction to the global compliance platform team.
- Oversee the work of the Senior Manager platform owner and supporting team members responsible for platform operations, administration, and user support.
- Ensure the team effectively manages platform configuration, issue resolution, enhancement requests, and user engagement.
- Develop team capabilities in platform operations, process improvement, and analytics.
Change Management
- Develop and execute change management strategy to support system implementations, enhancements, and global deployments.
- Conduct change impact assessments and partner with business leaders and SMEs to prepare impacted teams for new processes, tools, and ways of working.
- Design and deliver targeted stakeholder communications and engagement plans to drive awareness, readiness, and adoption.
- Monitor organizational readiness and user adoption, identifying risks and implementing mitigation strategies to support successful deployment outcomes.
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 & 3 years of compliance, technology, or business process experience
OR
Master’s degree & 5 years of compliance, technology, or business process experience
OR
Bachelor’s degree & 7 years of compliance, technology, or business process experience
OR
Associate degree & 12 years of compliance, technology, or business process experience
OR
High school diploma / GED & 14 years of compliance, technology, or business process experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience serving as a business product owner or capability lead for enterprise platforms, working in partnership with technology teams responsible for system delivery.
- Experience supporting or managing compliance systems, governance platforms, or enterprise workflow tools.
- Experience working in healthcare compliance, regulated industries, or pharmaceutical/biotechnology environments.
- Strong understanding of compliance program operations and how systems support policy implementation, monitoring, and risk management.
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives involving compliance, technology, and business stakeholders.
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 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.
careers.amgen.com
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.
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.
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.
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How to Get Visa Sponsorship in Amgen H-1B Visa Sponsorship Jobs USA
Target R&D and scientific roles first
Amgen's H-1B sponsorship is concentrated in research, drug development, and laboratory science positions. Focus your applications on roles that align with your technical background in biology, chemistry, bioinformatics, or biomedical engineering to maximize sponsorship eligibility.
Apply well before the H-1B cap deadline
Amgen follows the standard H-1B lottery cycle with an April 1 start date. To be included in the annual cap registration, you need a job offer confirmed by mid-March, so begin your outreach and interviews several months in advance.
Highlight specialized technical expertise
Amgen sponsors H-1B visas for specialty occupations requiring a specific degree. Emphasize advanced qualifications in fields like molecular biology, pharmaceutical sciences, or computational biology to demonstrate you meet the specialty occupation standard from the outset.
Connect with Amgen's university recruiting programs
Amgen actively recruits from graduate programs and research universities. If you're completing a PhD or postdoctoral position, reaching out through campus recruiting or scientific conferences can open pathways to H-1B-sponsored roles before positions are publicly listed.
Verify sponsorship history before applying
Not every listing from a large employer comes with guaranteed H-1B support. Migrate Mate surfaces verified sponsors so you can filter by real sponsorship history, helping you confirm Amgen is actively sponsoring for the specific role you're targeting.
Prepare for a technical and compliance-focused interview process
Amgen's hiring for H-1B roles often involves rigorous scientific assessment alongside HR review of your visa situation. Be ready to discuss your current status, OPT expiration if applicable, and timeline clearly so recruiters can plan the sponsorship process accurately.
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Does Amgen sponsor H-1B visas?
Yes, Amgen sponsors H-1B visas and has a consistent record of doing so across its U.S. operations. The company regularly files H-1B petitions for roles in research, clinical development, biostatistics, and engineering. Amgen is considered an active H-1B sponsor within the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sector.
Which roles and departments at Amgen are most likely to receive H-1B sponsorship?
H-1B sponsorship at Amgen is most common in roles requiring advanced scientific or technical degrees. Research scientists, clinical pharmacologists, biostatisticians, bioinformatics engineers, and process development specialists are among the positions that regularly qualify. Corporate functions like medical affairs and regulatory science also see H-1B sponsorship when the role meets specialty occupation requirements.
How do I navigate the H-1B application process at Amgen?
Once Amgen extends an offer, their legal and HR teams coordinate the H-1B petition on your behalf through an immigration law firm. You'll provide documentation supporting the specialty occupation determination and your qualifications. Amgen handles the Labor Condition Application filing with the Department of Labor and the I-129 petition submission to USCIS. Your main responsibility is supplying accurate records promptly.
What is the typical H-1B sponsorship timeline at Amgen?
For cap-subject H-1B cases, the timeline runs from lottery registration in March to an October 1 employment start date at the earliest. Amgen typically begins the process shortly after a job offer is accepted, but the lottery outcome introduces inherent uncertainty. For candidates already holding H-1B status with another employer, Amgen can file a transfer petition without waiting for the next lottery cycle.
How do I find H-1B sponsored jobs at Amgen?
Amgen posts open roles on its careers page, but listings rarely specify H-1B sponsorship availability explicitly. Migrate Mate aggregates verified H-1B sponsor data so you can identify Amgen roles where sponsorship has historically been provided, saving time you'd otherwise spend cold-applying and waiting to ask about visa support during recruiter screens.
What is the prevailing wage for H-1B jobs at Amgen?
H-1B employers must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is determined when they file the Labor Condition Application with the Department of Labor. The rate is based on the role, location, and experience level, and ensures international hires are paid comparably to U.S. workers in the same position. You can look up prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the DOL's OFLC Wage Search tool.
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