Corporate Affairs, Manager - Obesity and Related Conditions

Career CategoryCorporate ServicesJob DescriptionJoin Amgen’s Mission of Serving PatientsAt 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.Corporate Affairs, Manager - Obesity and Related Conditions What you will doLet’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this crucial position, you will: be an integral part of Amgen's Obesity and Related Conditions team, bringing corporate affairs, communications, digital and internal expertise. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a hard-working team, harnessing your creative and project management skills to implement unique integrated communications plans and initiatives supporting Amgen in this fast evolving and high-visibility therapeutic category. To achieve their goals, the Manager will collaborate with numerous internal cross-functional teams and agency partners to deliver high impact communications, grounded in meaningful insights and data, through a range of internal and external channels. This position reports directly to the Director, Corporate Affairs, operating as a self-starter while working on a collaborative and impactful team. This is a remote position based in the US, with the expectation of occasional travel to Thousand Oaks Headquarters and key events. Responsibilities:Support development and implementation of integrated communications strategies that support the cross-functional Obesity and Related Conditions team by effectively engaging internal and external audiences Responsible for a wide variety of critical ongoing communications initiatives simultaneously, with a focus on project management, including overseeing material review process Support key internal communications and engagement initiatives such as town halls, onsite events, and executive memos Oversee development of creative and multimedia content for internal, web, and social channels and manage multiple layers of review and distribution Lead development and distribution of internal communications and thought leadership content Collaborate with enterprise communications team and agency partners on priority employee communications and external communications, including Amgen.com and social media content Lead metrics reporting around key external and internal communications initiatives Stay abreast of integrated communications and social media trends to share key insights and identify opportunities Lead research and manage tactical execution in support of the communication strategy for priority initiatives, including key data milestones, medical meetings, DSE initiatives and more Support budget planning and management in partnership with vendor What we expect of youWe 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 and 4 years of public relations and/or communications experienceORMaster’s degree and 7 years of public relations and/or communications experienceORBachelor’s degree and 9 years of public relations and/or communications experiencePreferred Qualifications:Dedication to our mission to serve patients Bachelor's degree in public relations, communications, journalism, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience Experience in public relations and/or communications, specifically within the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or healthcare sectors strongly preferred (in-house or agency) Outstanding writing, editing, communications and presentation skills, with a keen attention to detail Expert ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously Advanced knowledge and experience in social media strategy, social content writing and visual asset ideation Familiarity with monitoring and analytics tools and platforms and developing relevant insights reports Self-starter and team player with outstanding interpersonal skills; commitment to hard work and excellence Ability to think quickly, analytically