Director Salesforce Platform

Company: Amgen
Location: Washington
Posted on: July 14, 2025

Job Description:

Join Amgens Mission of Serving Patients At Amgen, if you feel like youre part of something bigger, its because you are. Our shared missionto serve patients living with serious illnessesdrives all that we do. Since 1980, weve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the worlds 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, youll 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, youll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career. Director Salesforce Platform What you will do Lets do this. Lets change the world. In this vital role you will develop and execute IT strategies, manage IT budgets, lead IT teams, and collaborate with senior leadership to align IT initiatives with business goals. Your extensive experience in IT management, strong business acumen, and ability to drive technology innovation will enable the company to leverage technology effectively and achieve its objectives. As a Global Salesforce Platform Owner, you will: Define and communicate the vision, priorities and success criteria for the platform Collaborate closely with business sponsors and collaborators to determine the suitability and value proposition of the Salesforce platform for planned business initiatives Manage a team of Salesforce business analysts, engineers and architects that are embedded / work within product teams Manage a team of release engineers that deploy the releases to the production environments Influence product prioritization working with POs on their initiatives impacting the platform Maintain strategic and technical roadmap for the platform inclusive of defining and maintaining a roadmap of: Transformation initiatives impacting the platform and ensuring alignment with enterprise vision for the platform. Responsible for assessing and determining the impact of new Salesforce features, that are released three times a year, to the current products. Assist business groups on solution requirements, understanding current and future state impacts on the platform and associated business functions Work collaboratively with product owners to drive goals to enable and ensure successful sprints and rollouts Promote continuous improvement through automation, Gen AI, Einstein AI, Github Co Pilot, etc Lead Gen AI or new Salesforce AI capabilities to test and learn using POCs in partnership with product teams/leaders with speed to value in mind. Builds, owns and implements standardized and repeatable processes and platform standards. Establishes and owns release plan, windows, and goals and coordinates the deployment release What we expect of you We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The management professional we seek is an individual with these qualifications. Basic Qualifications: Doctorate degree and 4 years of Information Systems experience Or Masters degree and 8 years of Information Systems experience Or Bachelors degree and 10 years of Information Systems experience In 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 or resources. Your managerial experience may run concurrently with the required technical experience referenced above Preferred Qualifications: Ability to sell the product internally and get an audience excited about technology Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to convey the platform vision to executive and technical audiences alike Experience with public speaking and speaking in front of large audiences Understanding of Agile methodologies and seeks to continuously improve the DevOps processes for the platform Expertise delivering on the Salesforce platform Has and maintains a good understanding of Salesforce functionality and product knowledge across multiple clouds. Possess a broad operating range from strategic planning to tactical details Ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority Previous experience in a product, engineering, project management or services role in a SaaS company Strong organizational skills, excellent written and oral communication skills, including experience in high-level business discussions Self-starter, broad thinker, strategic planner, and analytical Exhibit a unique blend of business and technical savvy 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, well 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 now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team. careers.amgen.com In 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 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. 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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