Amgen - Director - Corporate Audit - Process Innovation & Analytics

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Role Overview:

The Director, Corporate Audit - Process Innovation & Analytics, is a strategic enterprise leadership role responsible for defining and executing the global data, analytics, and innovation strategy across Corporate Audit and Compliance. This role reports directly to the Chief Audit Executive and serves as a key member of the Corporate Audit leadership team. The Director leads a multidisciplinary organization, including a team of data scientists and analysts, as well as a scalable pool of audit generalists supporting audits across all domains. The Director is accountable for building scalable capabilities, optimizing resource deployment, and elevating audit outcomes through innovation and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

Data, Analytics & Innovation Strategy:

- Define and lead the enterprise-wide audit analytics and innovation strategy.

- Set the long-term vision and roadmap to build and scale advanced analytics capabilities including AI/ML and automation.

- Establish and govern enterprise standards to develop reusable data products, dashboards, and audit accelerators.

- Partner with Compliance, Internal Audit, IS, and business functions to integrate analytics into core risk monitoring and assurance processes.

- Evaluate and implement emerging technologies (e.g., generative AI, agentic AI, automation platforms) to increase audit reach and enable preventative insights.

- Recommend and prioritize strategic investments to advance audit innovation and digital transformation.

Global Audit Workforce Leadership & Operating Model:

- Lead and develop a high-performing global multidisciplinary team of audit generalists.

- Establish and manage a flexible resource model to deploy audit generalists across all audit domains (IT, operational, healthcare compliance, affiliate/country, SOX).

- Establish a scalable resourcing model that optimizes deployment of specialized and shared resources across the audit portfolio.

- Drive capability building and training and a high-performance culture focused on innovation, accountability, collaboration and continuous learning.

- Provide day-to-day leadership, direction, and performance management to ensure quality, consistency, and timely execution of audit activities.

Continuous Improvement & Audit Transformation:

- Drive continuous improvement aligned to audit strategy to enhance audit quality and impact and increase stakeholder value.

- Redesign audit methodologies to integrate analytics, automation, and real-time risk assessment approaches.

- Enhance the quality and relevance of audit observations and recommendations through deeper insights and data-driven evidence.

- Lead initiatives that shift the audit function toward proactive and preventative risk identification.

- Establish metrics and KPIs to measure effectiveness of innovation, analytics adoption, and audit outcomes.

- Serve as a senior change leader across Corporate Audit and Compliance, influencing adoption of new methods, tools, and ways of working.

Executive Partnership and Functional Leadership:

- Partner with Corporate Audit leadership, Compliance, and senior business stakeholders to align analytics and innovation priorities with enterprise risk strategies.

- Leverage data and technology to strengthen governance, risk visibility, and organizational effectiveness.

- Influence and shape cross-functional initiatives that span multiple audit domains and global operations.

- Translate strategic vision into executable plans with measurable business and risk outcomes.

Basic Qualifications:

- Masters degree and 16+ years OR Bachelors degree and 20+ years.

- Experience in audit, compliance, or analytics.

- Experience leading teams and enterprise-scale initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Proven experience defining and executing analytics or digital transformation strategies within audit, compliance, or risk functions.

- Strong understanding of internal audit methodologies across operational, IT, SOX, and healthcare compliance domains.

- Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary teams, including analytics professionals and audit practitioners.

- Experience designing, scaling and implementing continuous auditing/monitoring and data-driven risk assessment frameworks.

- Demonstrated ability to operate at both strategic and execution levels, translating vision into scalable solutions.

- Strong executive presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive change.

- Experience shaping operating models, talent strategies, and capability roadmaps for global functions.

- Experience leading complex change and driving adoption across global, matrixed organizations.

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