Senior Associate Project Manager Lisboa

Senior Associate Project Manager at Amgen

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.

What You Will Do

As an Information Technology Project Manager, you will be based at Amgen's Capability Center in Lisbon, Portugal, leading technical and audit related projects as part of the Cybersecurity & Digital Trust (CDT) team. You will be accountable for developing and reporting periodic project and financial indicators relating to project objectives, risks, costs and trends. You will apply both Agile and standard project management methodologies in the development, initiation, planning, execution, control and closing of projects.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of projects, including scope, schedule, resource, financial and risk/issue management.
• Work effectively under minimal supervision and prioritize the successful completion of team goals.
• Partner with technical leads to identify key work products, ensure cross‑functional alignment, and execute plans to meet project goals.
• Develop innovative ways to introduce change across a diverse organization.
• Communicate effectively and possess strong critical thinking, problem‑solving, analytical and presentation skills.
• Manage competing timelines and prioritize critical tasks.
• Champion collaboration and work effectively on cross‑functional teams.
• Remove roadblocks and impediments to team progress.
• Foster an environment where the team can stay focused.
• Educate the team about Lean and Agile practices like Scrum.
• Track team metrics and find ways to improve team performance.
• Guide the team towards becoming a high‑performing, self‑managing unit.

What We Expect Of You

Must‑Have Skills

• Project management experience leading all aspects of projects – scope, schedule, resource, financial and risk/issue management, using diverse methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Dev
  Ops).
• Highly motivated, collaborative, works effectively under minimal supervision and places priority on successful completion of team goals.
• Works successfully in ambiguous scenarios, thinks holistically, collects and digests information to enable meaningful business analysis and decision‑making.
• Possesses learning agility and can break down topics/issues into actionable plans for team execution.

Good‑to‑Have Skills

• Jira experience.
• Miro experience.
• Workshop facilitation experience.

Professional Certifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP) – preferred.
• Certified Project Manager – preferred.
• Agile Certified Practitioner – preferred.

Soft Skills

• Excellent analytical and gap/fit assessment skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams.
• High degree of initiative and self‑motivation.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully.
• Team‑oriented, with a focus on achieving team goals.
• Strong presentation and public speaking skills.

What You Can Expect Of Us

• Vast opportunities to learn, develop, and move up and across our global organization.
• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where colleagues are empowered to bring ideas to the table, take risks, and act.
• Generous Amgen Total Rewards Plan comprising healthcare, finance, wealth, and career benefits.
• Flexible work arrangements.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.