Director, Digital Product Management Catalysts

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Since 1980 weve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the worlds 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-related conditions. As a member of the Amgen team youll 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.

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Director Digital Product Management Catalysts

Lets do this. Lets change the this vital role you will lead a team of product managers who embed with priority products product groups and enterprise initiatives to accelerate Amgens adoption of the Digital Product Operating Model (DPOM). Reporting to the Executive Director Product Management Hub this leader will help Amgen move from output-driven delivery to outcome-driven product management through direct product work coaching and hands-on capability role is not a traditional advisory or training role. The Director and their team will work directly with product teams business functions digital product leadership and technology leaders to improve how products are defined prioritized measured and delivered. Catalyst product managers will perform product management responsibilities while embedded with teams including clarifying user and business problems shaping product strategy improving roadmaps defining OKRs and KPIs supporting discovery strengthening prioritization and connecting delivery work to measurable outcomes.

The Director will be accountable for both product outcomes within embedded engagements and DPOM adoption outcomes across supported teams. This leader will also hire develop coach and deploy a team of 35 product managers.

Responsibilities:

Catalyst Team Leadership and Deployment

• Build lead and develop a high-performing team of product management catalysts who embed with priority products product groups and enterprise initiatives.
• Define and operationalize the Catalyst engagement model including how teams are selected engagements are scoped success is measured and learnings are scaled.
• Deploy Catalyst team members against high-priority opportunities to improve product outcomes and accelerate DPOM adoption.
• Coach Catalyst team members through real product work including discovery strategy prioritization roadmaps OKRs stakeholder alignment and value measurement.
• Create a team culture grounded in product craft coaching excellence enterprise impact and measurable outcomes.

Embedded Product Leadership and Product Outcomes

• Lead the Catalyst team in performing hands-on product management responsibilities while embedded with product teams and product groups.
• Help teams clarify business and user problems define measurable outcomes and make value-based prioritization decisions.
• Support teams in developing strong product strategies roadmaps OKRs KPIs discovery practices and value realization plans.
• Partner with business functions digital product leadership and technology leaders to align product work to enterprise priorities and measurable business value.
• Create lighthouse examples of strong product management outcome orientation discovery prioritization and DPOM adoption.

DPOM Adoption and Capability Building

• Accelerate adoption of DPOM through hands-on coaching embedded execution and practical application of product standards.
• Help teams move from feature/output roadmaps to outcome-oriented product strategies and success measures.
• Upskill product managers product owners business partners technology leads and cross-functional team members through real product work.
• Identify recurring capability gaps adoption barriers and product management anti-patterns and partner with Product Management Hub leadership to address them.
• Contribute insights from embedded engagements to improve DPOM playbooks training tools standards and operating rhythms.

Stakeholder Partnership and Enterprise Influence

• Partner closely with business functions digital product leadership technology leaders and enabling teams to support adoption of product ways of working.
• Influence senior stakeholders to shift from project-based delivery and stakeholder-request roadmaps toward empowered outcome-driven product teams.
• Serve as a trusted product leader who can operate credibly with executives product teams technology teams and business partners.
• Balance enterprise DPOM consistency with practical implementation in different product and business contexts.
• Represent the Product Management Hub in discussions about product maturity capability development adoption barriers and value realization.

Measurement Learning and Continuous Improvement

• Define and track success measures for Catalyst engagements including product outcomes adoption outcomes team maturity and capability growth.
• Monitor engagement impact and use data and qualitative feedback to refine the Catalyst model.
• Surface insights risks and recommendations to Product Management Hub leadership.
• Convert learnings from Catalyst engagements into reusable practices examples playbook improvements and enterprise capability-building opportunities.
• Help establish product management as a durable function and leadership discipline across Amgen.

We are all different yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. patients. The Product leader we seek is a strong product practitioner coach and people leader with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree and 4 years of Digital Product Management Product Leadership or Digital Transformation experience OR
• Masters degree and 8 years of Digital Product Management Product Leadership or Digital Transformation experience OR
• Bachelors degree and 10 years of Digital Product Management Product Leadership or Digital Transformation experience.

In addition to meeting at least one of the above requirements you must have at least 4 years experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams projects programs or directing the allocation or managerial experience may run concurrently with the required technical experience referenced above

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5 years of progressive experience in digital product management including product strategy discovery roadmapping prioritization delivery and outcome measurement.
• Demonstrated success leading coaching or developing product managers and helping teams improve product management craft.
• Strong product leadership experience in complex cross-functional environments with the ability to influence across business technology data design and operations.
• Proven ability to move teams from output-oriented delivery to outcome-oriented product management.
• Experience embedding with teams or leading transformation through hands-on product execution coaching and practical capability building.
• Strong understanding of product operating models product lifecycle practices OKRs KPIs roadmaps discovery prioritization and value realization.
• Ability to operate as a player-coach: willing to go deep into product work while building capability in others.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills including the ability to align business functions digital product leaders and technology leaders around product outcomes.
• Exceptional communication facilitation and storytelling skills including the ability to coach teams and influence senior audiences.
• Experience in healthcare biotechnology or other regulated industries preferred; candidates from high-tech digital consulting or product-led organizations are also encouraged to apply.
• Familiarity with AI-native product development generative AI workflows responsible AI principles and the evolving role of AI in product management preferred.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity building new capabilities and helping teams adopt new ways of working while maintaining trust and momentum.

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 well 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.

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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.

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.

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