Amgen - Strategic Sourcing Manager - Marketing/Advertising & Medical Communications

ABOUT AMGEN:

Amgen harnesses the best of biology and technology to fight the world's toughest diseases, and make people's lives easier, fuller and longer. We discover, develop, manufacture and deliver innovative medicines to help millions of patients. Amgen helped establish the biotechnology industry more than 40 years ago and remains on the cutting-edge of innovation, using technology and human genetic data to push beyond what's known today.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

In this vital role, you will be responsible for managing the category strategy for Marketing Services, with a focus on Advertising and Medical Communications. You will play a key role in developing and executing sourcing strategies that align with commercial, medical, and enterprise objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

- Build and manage strategic partnerships across Global Marketing, Global Medical, Medical Affairs, Commercial, Legal, Regulatory, and Procurement teams.

- Deliver value through cost optimization, supplier innovation, improved speed-to-market, and scalable content production capabilities.

- Lead sourcing events, supplier negotiations, and contract development for commercial advertising, medical communications, medical education, promotional and non-promotional content, and content operations.

- Partner with stakeholders to optimize the end-to-end innovative content development, including modular content, digital asset management, AI-enabled content creation, and content reuse strategies.

- Help ensure supplier compliance with quality, regulatory, legal, privacy, and medical governance requirements while driving operational excellence and continuous improvement.

Basic Qualifications:

- Master's degree and 6 years of business partnering, category management, strategic sourcing and/or related experience, OR

- Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of experience in business partnering, category management, strategic sourcing, and/or related areas.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Demonstrated leadership in Strategic Sourcing across Creative Advertising Agency, Medical Communications, and related agency services.

- Deep understanding of Strategic Sourcing principles, supplier relationship management, and contract lifecycle management within regulated healthcare and life sciences environments.

- Strong financial, legal, and contractual acumen with experience negotiating complex commercial agreements.

- Proven track record of driving innovation in category strategy, creative agency operating models, supplier engagement, and cross-functional stakeholder partnerships.

- Exceptional ability to communicate complex category strategies, influence senior stakeholders, and lead change across global and regional organizations.

- Familiarity with procurement technologies such as Ariba, Scout, and Sirion Labs, as well as ERP systems.

- Experience leveraging spend analytics, supplier benchmarking, and market intelligence to inform category strategies.

- Strong understanding of the regulatory and compliance environment governing pharmaceutical marketing and medical communications.

- Knowledge of emerging trends in creative agency models, modular content, digital asset management, AI-enabled content creation, and omnichannel content delivery.

Thrive - What you can expect of us:

- Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization.

- Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act.

- Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT:

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Job Details:

Location: Hyderabad, Telangana

Category: Procurement

Job Type: Full time

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