[Hiring] Strategic Sourcing Manager @Amgen

Role Description

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients. In this vital role, you will be responsible for managing the category strategy for Marketing Services, with a focus on Content Production and Media. As Strategic Sourcing Manager – Marketing (Content Production & Media), you will report to the Business Partner Lead – Content Production & Media (USA, Remote).

You will play a key role in developing and executing sourcing strategies that align with commercial, media, and enterprise objectives. This includes leading sourcing initiatives, fostering cross-functional collaboration, and enabling third-party solutions that accelerate high-quality content development, media engagement, and compliant omnichannel engagement.

In this role, you will:

• Build and manage strategic partnerships across Global Marketing, Media, 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 content production, media strategy, paid media, media planning and buying, and content operations.
• Partner with stakeholders to optimize the end-to-end content supply chain, including modular content, digital asset management, AI-enabled content creation, and content reuse strategies.
• Help ensure supplier compliance with quality, regulatory, legal, privacy, and media governance requirements while driving operational excellence and continuous improvement.

Your work will help strengthen Amgen's content ecosystem by enabling high-quality and efficient content production and media capabilities that improve customer engagement, accelerate speed-to-market, and support the company's mission and future product growth.

Qualifications

• Doctorate degree
• OR Master’s degree and 2 years of Strategic Sourcing or Marketing Services experience
• OR Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of Strategic Sourcing or Marketing Services experience
• OR Associate's degree and 8 years of Strategic Sourcing or Marketing Services experience
• OR High School Diploma and 10 years of Strategic Sourcing or Marketing Services experience

Requirements

• Demonstrated leadership in Strategic Sourcing across Content Production, Media, and related agency services, including supplier management, cost optimization, and performance measurement.
• 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 for content production, media services, creative services, and outsourced professional services.
• Proven track record of driving innovation in category strategy, content production operating models, supplier engagement, and cross-functional stakeholder partnerships.
• Exceptional ability to communicate complex category strategies, influence senior stakeholders, and lead change across Global Marketing, Media, Procurement, Legal, Regulatory, and regional organizations.
• Familiarity with procurement technologies such as Ariba, Scout, and SirionLabs, as well as ERP systems and analytics platforms used to support sourcing decisions, supplier performance, and process automation.
• Ability to identify evolving business needs and develop strategic sourcing solutions across the content production and media ecosystem.
• Experience leveraging spend analytics, supplier benchmarking, and market intelligence to inform category strategies and identify opportunities for value creation.
• Strong understanding of the regulatory and compliance environment governing pharmaceutical marketing and media activities, including promotional and non-promotional content development.
• Knowledge of emerging trends in content production, modular content, digital asset management, AI-enabled content creation, and omnichannel content delivery, with the ability to translate market innovations into business value.
• Ability to articulate a forward-looking category vision for Content Production and Media and build alignment around a strategic, value-driven roadmap.

Benefits

• 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.

Company Description

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.