Undergrad Intern – R&D Portfolio Strategy & Execution Team

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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.

Undergrad Intern – R&D Portfolio Strategy & Execution Team

What You Will Do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. This opening is for undergraduate students to further their educational goals and professional experience. 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 Portfolio Strategy & Execution Team (PSET), part of the overall R&D Strategy & Operations organization. This function is responsible for research portfolio and project management, collaborations and outreach management and R&D resource management to drive the portfolio forward and ensure that portfolio execution can be supported.

As a member of Amgen's PSET team, your work will be highly collaborative across multiple functions and levels within Amgen, including Research & Development, Chief Medical Office, Finance, Digital Technology & Innovation and others. In this role, you will be asked to leverage 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 related to one of the following areas:

• Research Portfolio Management: Supports research portfolio operations in project management, portfolio metrics, and interdepartmental collaboration as well as governance process, continuous improvement and AI integration.
• Research Collaborations & Scientific Outreach Management: Provides program and alliance management for Amgen’s discovery and research collaborations as well as leading the execution of Amgen’s Corporate Scientific Advisory Boards (SABs), and external outreach committee.
• R&D Resource Management: Provides resource management support across functions in R&D including tracking of supply, demand, and estimated resource burden needed for business case evaluation.

Throughout your internship, you will also have the opportunity to engage in learning activities, network with colleagues across the company, and enjoy full access to Amgen’s Employee Resource Groups. Finally, you will be responsible for presenting your deliverables/findings through various forums including a final readout to executive management.

This description serves as a general outline for the responsibilities of an undergraduate intern in PSET. 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 an undergrad internship or a co-op assignment at Amgen must meet the following criteria:

• 18 years or older
• Currently enrolled in a full-time Bachelor’s Degree program from an accredited college or university with a 3.0 minimum GPA or equivalent
• Completion of one year of study from an accredited college or university prior to the internship commencing
• Enrolled in a full-time Bachelor’s degree program following the potential internship or co-op assignment with an accredited college or university
• 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, Information Science 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 $24.70 - $28.30 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.

Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.

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Sponsorship

Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. for the duration of this program. Sponsorship for future FTE roles 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.

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