Strategic Sourcing Manager – Marketing (Content Production & Media)

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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. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. 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.

Strategic Sourcing Manager – Marketing (Content Production & Media)

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. 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.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development of the continuously evolving category strategy for Content Production and Media, ensuring alignment with commercial, media, and enterprise priorities.
• Lead strategic sourcing initiatives with a focus on content production, media strategy, media planning and buying, content operations, and related agency services.
• Deliver measurable business value through cost optimization, supplier innovation, operational excellence, and enhanced content quality across the category.
• Optimize total cost of ownership by improving content production models, driving efficiencies across the content supply chain, and maximizing supplier performance and value.
• Monitor and improve supplier performance through structured supplier relationship management, governance, service level agreements, and performance metrics.
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks related to content production, media effectiveness, regulatory compliance, quality, and supplier continuity.
• Leverage data and analytics to measure category performance and key performance indicators, including speed-to-market, content reuse, production efficiency, supplier performance, and overall value realization.
• Partner cross-functionally across Global Marketing, Media, Legal, Regulatory, Commercial, and regional teams to ensure sourcing strategies support enterprise standards while enabling local market needs.
• Collaborate with external partners, peer networks, and industry organizations to stay ahead of evolving content production models, media innovation, AI-enabled content creation, supplier capabilities, and industry best practices.
• Demonstrate expertise in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial agreements that balance business value, quality, compliance, intellectual property protection, and enterprise procurement objectives.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Strategic Sourcing Management professional we seek is a Manager with these qualifications:

Basic 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

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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.

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 expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities that may include:

• 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. Refer to the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies.

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

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Application deadline

Amgen anticipates accepting applications until October 16th; however, we may continue accepting applications beyond this date if we do not receive a sufficient number of candidates.

Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this role 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.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided 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 accommodation. 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.

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