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Amgen Senior Associate, Congress Logistics in Washington D.C., District Of Columbia
HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?
You’ve worked hard to become the professional you are today and are now ready to take the next step in your career. How will you put your skills, experience and passion to work toward your goals? 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, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Come do your best work alongside other innovative, driven professionals in this meaningful role.
Senior Associate, Congress Logistics
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What you will do
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will assist in the execution of how Amgen approaches Global Congress operations and logistics. This position offers a unique view across all therapeutic areas, and all business functions. This perspective allows for our team to better define a “One Amgen Approach” in how we operate congress attendee logistics and ancillary events.
This person needs to demonstrate an understanding Global and local needs in providing support for global congresses as appropriate. They will work to execute and improve processes around attendee operations and logistics. Ancillary event support will reflect brand and stakeholder imperatives and the desired narrative. Our goal is to streamline congress logistics processes for wider Amgen staff so that they can focus on HCP engagement and better assist patients.
This role will have a transformational element, a strategic element, and an operational element:
Transformation: Work with the team to build opportunities for Amgen to centralize its management of Congresses in today’s environment. The deployment of centralized options to support Operations and Logistics and the associated behavior change will be a large portion of this role.
Strategy: Understanding and capitalizing on the objective of congresses will require a pan-congress vision in which “One Amgen” is front and center. Operationalize and support existing processes to further Amgen strategy.
Operations: This role will help support and understand the current operations, redefine processes, leading to a seamless operating model going forward for global congresses.
A successful candidate will help lead Amgen into a new approach around Congresses Globally through cross-functional partnership, embracing technology, and continuous innovation.
Role Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
Per Program timeline development and management
Overall annual timeline development and management
Assist with housing block assignments and monitor attrition
Coordinate with Amgen RAE, agency, and congress association to procure meeting rooms at congress venues
Assist with crafting and managing registration platform and manage attendee submissions and approvals
Attendee communications and notifications
Work with various partners for badge allocation
Review, negotiate, and approve vendor contracts
Engage in regular communication with agencies
Onsite event oversight
Travel to 2-4 programs per year, plus annual team meeting
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What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The congress logistics professional we seek is an event manager with these qualifications.
Basic Qualifications:
Master’s degree
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Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of event management or congress event related experience
OR
Associate’s degree and 6 years of event management or congress event related experience
OR
High school diploma / GED and 8 years of event management or congress event related experience
Preferred Qualifications:
Strong eye for business, critical thinking and execution excellence skills honed by Congress Planning experience
Experience and strong acumen in Congress-Planning processes, including the use and application of current tools and frameworks.
Outstanding project and time management skills
Very strong cross-functional collaboration skills
Experience in SMM planning and operational systems
Experience handling external partners such as agencies
Strong ability to ‘connect dots’ across internal and external partners across functional and regional boundaries
Enable sharing of takeaways and knowledge, standard methodologies and insights connecting collaborators for efficient outcomes
Excellent written, verbal and communication and presentation skills
Outstanding ethics and integrity and comfort operating in a highly regulated environment
Skill to not only create process, but to gain buy-in from immediate and external team members
Possesses cultural awareness and sensitivity to form relationships and work effectively with colleagues and cultures around the world
Detail oriented approach with ability to process and manipulate spreadsheets
Knowledge of internal organizational process and procedures
Outstanding ethics and integrity and comfort operating in a highly regulated environment
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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.
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.
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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Application deadline
Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.
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 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.
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