HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?
If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of.
Principal IS Architect - R&D Data Products
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What you will do
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will advance technology capabilities within the Research and Development (R&D) Digital Technology and Innovation (DTI) organization. You will have the unique opportunity to shape the long-term strategy and capabilities of this solution at Amgen. The RDDC (Research and Development Data Catalog) is a leading data product in a portfolio of solutions critical to our R&D Teams, allowing them to discover datasets that can be leveraged to increase the speed and probability of successful Amgen product development and commercialization and supporting digital transformation initiatives, such as Precision Medicine and AI.
What you’ll be doing:
Author and disseminate architecture and integration drawings for the RDDC solution
Collaborate with Architects across other product, platform, and infrastructure teams to align on points of integration and reuse
Establish strong partnerships with collaborators to define feature groups and features, and plan roadmap; Influence the vision and roadmap based on technology capabilities and best practices, and in alignment with the enterprise technology strategy
Take charge of decomposing features into technical activities
Lead framing and communication of technical barriers and options to Product Owner and collaborators
Assist and lead team through resolution of major challenges and bugs
Foster the technical growth and development of product team members
Establish and maintain key partnerships across Research & Development and DTI teams
Identify and leverage ground breaking technologies to facilitate data management and streamline processes
We’d love to hear from you if:
You are a mature technology leader, with experience building data assets that empower business innovation
You excel in developing processes and executing consistently
You are a strategic problem solver, with experience in multiple technology frameworks
You know how to communicate with all people, technologists, administrators, and leadership alike.
You are an exceptional listener who can translate complex problems into simple concepts.
You have a high sense of empathy
You like to mentor, and help others learn from you
You are excited about being part of advancing precision medicine
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What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The technical professional we seek is a problem solver with these qualifications.
Basic Qualifications:
Doctorate degree and 2 years of Information Systems experience
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Master’s degree and 6 years of Information Systems experience
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Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of Information Systems experience
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Associate’s degree and 10 years of Information Systems experience
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High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Information Systems experience
Preferred Qualifications:
5+ years of product architecture / technical leadership experience with a data product
Advanced proficiency of the following technologies: SQL, PowerBI, relational databases design, dimensional modeling, data modeling, AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, ECS, IAM), CI/CD/Gitlab, Databricks
5+ years experience designing and operating data blending and unification solutions
5+ years experience designing and operating ETL and pipeline development and operationalization
Proficiency using Jira in a Scaled Agile environment, managing a feature roadmap for a data asset solution
Exceptional verbal and written, interpersonal communication and presentation skills and ability to communicate with Business, and Stakeholders of various levels of technical background and expertise
Experience, training and/or education in healthcare technology solutions
Highly organized self-starter with good communication skills
Strong learning agility and technical leadership with the ability to breakdown complex topics and issues into actionable plans
Demonstrated ability to organize, manage, and direct multi-functional teams to address and solve business and technical issues
Demonstrated track record of delivering IS solutions that yield measurable business results.
Experience in Agile product development as a participating member of a scrum team and related ceremonies and processes
Experience with DevOps
Experience building productive working relationships across different functions/organizations.
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What you can expect of us
As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.
Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan comprising 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 including:
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 and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns
Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible
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