Amgen · 2 hours ago
Director - R&D Learning Business Partner, Global Development & Development Operations
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
4+ years expAmgen is a leading biotech company focused on serving patients with serious illnesses. The Director - R&D Learning Business Partner will be responsible for developing and implementing cohesive learning strategies that align with business priorities, while leading a team to deliver impactful learning solutions.
BiotechnologyHealth CareManufacturingPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Serve as the primary learning leader and strategic partner to Global Development and Global Development Operations, partnering with VP- and Executive Director-level leaders to shape capability strategies aligned to business priorities
Translate functional strategies into multi-year, longitudinal learning roadmaps focused on critical roles, transformation initiatives, and workforce readiness
Establish clear learning priorities and make portfolio-level trade-offs to maximize business impact and resource effectiveness
Lead, coach, and develop a team of learning professionals, setting clear expectations for strategic thinking, execution quality, and stakeholder partnership
Build leadership capability within the team, fostering accountability, inclusion, and continuous improvement
Allocate work, balance capacity, and ensure delivery excellence across a complex portfolio
Oversee the end-to-end learning lifecycle – from needs assessment through design, delivery, and measurement – ensuring learning solutions are intentional, role-based, and outcome-driven
Ensure consistent application of adult learning principles, instructional design rigor, and learning standards across modalities (live, virtual, blended, self-serve)
Partner with Quality and GxP Learning to enable a modern, compliant learning ecosystem that goes beyond “read and certify,” demonstrating knowledge management and contextual learning approaches
Drive continuous innovation and improvement to evolve learning capabilities, employing artificial intelligence, automation, and technology to accelerate learning outcomes
Act as a change leader for functional transformations, ensuring learning accelerates adoption of new processes, systems, and behaviors
Apply learning measurement frameworks to assess effectiveness, demonstrate value realization, and continuously improve solutions
Integrate learning into broader business planning and decision-making processes through influence and insight
Serve as an integrator across the R&D Knowledge & Learning organization, orchestrating capabilities from learning, knowledge management, professional skills, and the Amgen Library
Ensure alignment with enterprise learning strategies, platforms, and shared services
Manage internal and external partners to deliver scalable, high-quality learning experiences
Qualification
Required
Doctorate degree and 4 years of related experience
Master's degree and 8 years of related experience
Bachelor's degree and 10 years of related experience
At least 4 years experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation of resources
Preferred
Demonstrated experience leading enterprise or function-wide learning strategies in a complex, matrixed organization
People leadership capability, including developing managers and senior individual contributors
Strong executive presence with experience consulting and influencing VP-level and above leaders
Deep knowledge of adult learning theory, instructional design, and learning technologies
Experience operating in regulated, quality-sensitive environments (biopharma preferred)
Ability to integrate learning, knowledge, and change management to drive sustained performance
Data-driven mentality with experience using learning metrics to inform strategy and decisions
Exceptional communication, storytelling, and stakeholder management skills
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
Amgen
Amgen is a biotechnology company that develops and manufactures human therapeutics for various illnesses and diseases.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$28.5B2022-12-12Post Ipo Debt· $28.5B
1983-06-17IPO
Leadership Team
Robert Bradway
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Jay Bradner
Executive Vice President of R&D, and Chief Scientific Officer
Recent News
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