Specialist Quality Complaints

Amgen is seeking a Specialist Quality Complaints Level 2 / Level 3 Complaint Owner and member of the Product Complaints and Surveillance team. The Product Complaints and Surveillance team owns and executes the end-to-end global complaint process and management system, ensuring appropriate business connection across Amgen. In doing so, the focus is on assuring complaint processes and systems remain fully compliant through the quality operating standards and procedures to current, emerging internal and external requirements. In addition, the team translates information from the market to drive continuous improvement.

The Specialist conducts facilitates cross-functional teams to conduct complex complaint investigations, determines corrective actions with their effectiveness and determines the steps necessary to ensure the proper level of control for product in distribution. Aligns complaint closure requirements in adherence with pre-determined process step metrics to ensure timely closure of records.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensures quality of complaint records
• Facilitate cross-functional meetings to plan and coordinate the plan for closure of records
• Applies analytical skills and product knowledge to evaluate complex situations using multiple sources of information
• Executes against prioritized work plans
• Quickly escalates issues that could impede the ability to close records according to action plans
• Maintains compliance with local and global processes
• Execution of regulatory and SOP requirements
• Anticipates and prevents potential issues with regulators
• Provides guidance and technical advice
• Evaluates subject matter expert assessments
• Escalates potential Quality issues to Management

Basic Qualifications

Doctorate degree

OR

Master's degree & 3 years of Quality / Manufacturing experience

OR

Bachelor's degree & 5 years of Quality / Manufacturing experience

OR

Associate's degree & 10 years of Quality / Manufacturing experience

OR

High school diploma / GED & 12 years of Quality / Manufacturing experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 4+ years of quality and manufacturing experience in biotech or pharmaceutical industry
• Bachelor's Degree in a Science Field
• Ability to oversee multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to successfully manage workload to timelines
• Familiarity with basic project management tools
• Ability to negotiate a position after taking feedback from multiple sources
• Demonstrated ability to consistently deliver on-time, and high-quality results
• Ability to operate in a matrixed or team environment
• Understanding of the applicable manufacturing/testing processes (i.e. API, Drug Substance, Drug Product, Packaging, Device manufacturing processes)
• Ability to travel +/- 10% of time to domestic and international Amgen sites

Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology.

Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential.

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, or disability status.

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If you're seeking a career where you can truly make a difference in the lives of others, a career where you can work at the absolute forefront of biotechnology with the top minds in the field, you'll find it at Amgen.

Amgen, a biotechnology pioneer, discovers, develops and delivers innovative human therapeutics. Our medicines have helped millions of patients in the fight against cancer, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses.

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 but compete intensely to win. Together, we live the Amgen values as we continue advancing science to serve patients.

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, or disability status.