HR Transformation Sr. Project Manager

• Lead end-to-end delivery of large-scale, multi-year global HR transformation projects — from planning through execution, monitoring, and sustainment
• Partner with workstreams to co-create and manage project scope, objectives, timelines, deliverables, and success metrics aligned with HR and business strategies
• Oversee complex workstreams spanning multiple functions, geographies, and stakeholder groups, ensuring alignment and collaboration across the enterprise
• Apply project management best practices (Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid) to drive progress, mitigate risks, and ensure accountability at every stage of the initiative
• Establish project governance frameworks, including steering committees, status reports, and performance metrics
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior HR and business leaders, providing insights on transformation progress, risks, and strategic implications by using integrated project tools
• Facilitate cross-functional workshops, design sessions, and retrospectives to foster alignment, surface interdependencies, and accelerate decision-making
• Partner with HR and business leadership to identify transformation priorities and ensure strategic alignment
• Identify process, behavioral, capability, and technology shifts required across initiatives and then partner with Change Management to translate impacts into communications, training, readiness, and adoption plans
• Ensure change activities are integrated across workstreams and timed appropriately for stakeholders
• Serve as a thought partner by bringing insights on HR innovation, digital HR trends, service delivery models, and the future of work
• Support roadmap shaping and prioritization by connecting operational, analytics, and talent implications
• Recommend modernization, simplification, and automation opportunities that strengthen HR’s impact at scale
• Ensure project outcomes enhance employee and manager experiences, reduce complexity, and strengthen the HR function’s ability to support business growth
• Drive a culture of accountability, collaboration, and execution excellence within global and virtual project teams
• Provide leadership and mentorship to project team members and workstream leads to build project management capabilities within HR
• Partner with HR Analytics & Insights to embed KPIs, dashboards, and measurement frameworks into transformation initiatives
• Present concise, data-driven updates and insights to executive stakeholders and governance bodies
• Manage project budgets, vendor relationships, and resource planning to ensure effective use of organizational investments

• Master’s degree and 12+ years of project management or HR transformation work
• Bachelor’s degree and 14+ years of project management or HR transformation work
• Minimum of 5+ years as a project manager supporting a multinational organization
• Experience consulting (internal or external) in HR transformation, operating model design, or process optimization for large and/or global enterprises
• Familiarity with applications such as Smartsheet, MS Project, other project management tools designed to plan, track, and organize global projects
• Ability to manage multiple activities and priorities with minimal direction in a rapidly changing and demanding environment
• Workshop facilitation and training development experience
• Understands business complexity and project interdependencies
• Demonstrates intellectual curiosity and the ability to question thought partners
• Team player able to work effectively at all levels of an organization with the ability to influence others to move toward consensus
• Knowledge of HR Systems such as Workday, ServiceNow, Orgvue, and Visier
• Project management (PMP) certification highly desired
• Analytical, interpersonal, and trouble shooting skills
• Effective communication skills (both verbal and written), including the ability to interact with Amgen senior management effectively and confidently
• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams
• High degree of initiative and self-motivation
• Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully
• Collaborative, with a focus on achieving team goals
• High degree of initiative and self-motivation
• Team-oriented, with a focus on achieving team goals

Competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards