Director, Strategic Program Execution

Company: Initial Therapeutics, Inc.
Location: Washington
Posted on: May 24, 2025

Job Description:

Join Amgen's Mission of Serving PatientsAt 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. 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 lie within them, you'll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.Director, Strategic Program ExecutionWhat you will doLet's do this. Let's change the world! The Contracts and Pricing Execution (CPE) team is responsible for managing the execution of US Commercial Discount payment processes and Government Programs, ensuring compliance and operational excellence in these critical areas. With several transformative projects impacting CPE-including IRA implementation, system upgrades (Model N and SAP), and Gross-to-Net automation transformation initiatives-the need for a strategic leader to provide organizational oversight has never been greater.The Director, Strategic Program Execution will be a key leader within the CPE team, reporting directly to the CPE Executive Director. This role is tasked with providing strategic and organizational oversight, ensuring alignment across multiple critical projects and initiatives. The Director will focus on delivering impactful results that support strategic priorities and advance organizational objectives. Additionally, this individual will lead the Center of Excellence (CoE) team, which is dedicated to ensuring that CPE business systems operate effectively while driving optimization opportunities.Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic and Organizational Program Leadership: Provide strategic and organizational oversight across major CPE initiatives, including IRA implementation, system upgrades (Model N and SAP), and Gross-to-Net Transformation efforts.
• Leadership Engagement: Ensure leadership remains informed and aligned with the strategic direction of CPE initiatives by serving as a key advisor. This role will involve delivering clear updates, actionable insights, and strategic recommendations on program progress, priorities, risks, and opportunities.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Collaborate with teams across Finance, Policy, Contracts and Pricing, USV&A Insights, Audit, Legal, and Third Parties to ensure strategic alignment, effective communication, and resource allocation. Build strong relationships with stakeholders to address challenges, resolve dependencies, and maintain progress across all initiatives.
• Prioritization and Resource Management: Drive prioritization efforts across CPE to focus on initiatives with the highest organizational impact and alignment with prioritized goals. Address resource gaps and secure external support or third-party approvals as needed, ensuring resources are effectively allocated to achieve key objectives.
• Compliance Oversight: Partner with the Internal Compliance Senior Manager, internal teams, and Internal Audit to ensure compliance requirements are effectively addressed across all CPE programs and initiatives. Support efforts to mitigate risks and align activities with organizational and regulatory standards.
• Leadership of CoE Team: Lead the Center of Excellence (CoE) team to ensure business systems critical to CPE operations are functioning effectively. Identify and implement optimization opportunities to enhance operational performance.
• Operational Efficiency and Optimization: Drive efforts to enhance operational efficiencies and support the seamless adoption of optimizations of processes or technologies. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and provide oversight of optimization projects, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and delivering impactful results.What we expect of youWe are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is a strategic leader with these qualifications.Basic Qualifications:Doctorate degree and 4 years of strategic program leadership, contracts, pricing, finance, or analytics experienceOrMasters degree and 8 years of strategic program leadership, contracts, pricing, finance, or analytics experienceOrBachelors degree and 10 years of strategic program leadership, contracts, pricing, finance, or analytics experienceIn addition to meeting at least one of the above requirements, you must have at least 4 years experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation of resources. Your managerial experience may run concurrently with the required technical experience referenced above.Preferred Qualifications:
  • Strong experience in a pharmaceutical or biotech environment, particularly in contract operations, pricing, or value and access functions.
  • Demonstrated success in leading large-scale, cross-functional programs in a matrixed organization.
  • Expertise in managing initiatives related to system upgrades or business transformations.
  • Experience leading teams focused on business system performance and operational optimization.
  • Strong financial acumen with experience in planning, budgeting, accounting, and resource allocation.
  • Exceptional executive presence with the ability to influence senior leaders and drive alignment.
  • Proven ability to balance competing priorities and manage multiple high-impact initiatives simultaneously.
  • Familiarity with process improvement methodologies and tools, as well as change management strategies to ensure successful implementation of new systems or processes.What you can expect of usAs 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, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible.Apply nowfor a career that defies imaginationObjects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us.careers.amgen.comIn any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.Application deadlineAmgen 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.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.
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