Senior Manager, Project Controls Scheduler

About the role

Amgen is looking for a Senior Manager, Project Controls Scheduler to lead its Planning and Scheduling function for the capital project portfolio. The role provides organizational leadership for a team of planners and schedulers, sets standardized planning processes and portfolio governance, and works with Project Management, Engineering, Construction, Procurement, Finance, Manufacturing, Site Operations and Regulatory organizations so that projects are planned, executed and reported consistently.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the Planning and Scheduling organization and establish staffing strategies and resource allocation across multiple projects.
• Support standardized planning practices, portfolio governance and execution across concurrent capital projects, and lead planning governance.
• Build executive and network reporting dashboards and develop data-driven planning dashboards using Power BI and Planisware.
• Support integrative master schedules from planning to operational readiness and coordinate project-level schedules with the Master Program Schedule.
• Develop standard methodology for earned value management and risk management, and perform impact analyses and schedule updates.
• Manage contractor scheduling requirements and performance, and oversee schedule consultants.
• Mentor planners and project controls professionals, and champion digital planning solutions including Primavera P6, Planisware, AI-enabled planning tools and automation.
• Collate project-level schedule reporting into program-level reporting and incorporate schedule change orders with Program Change Management.

Required profile

• Basic qualification: high school diploma / GED and 12 years of engineering and capital projects delivery experience, or an associate's degree and 10 years, or a bachelor's degree and 6 years, or a master's degree and 4 years, or a doctorate and 2 years of engineering and capital projects delivery experience.
• Preferred: experience in capital project delivery, managing engineering or construction in project controls (estimating, cost control, scheduling, compliance), and expertise in planning and scheduling with leadership capability.
• Preferred: experience managing integrated master schedules, developing planning standards, mentoring planners and leading cross-functional organizations.
• Effective communication, organizational leadership and executive presentation skills, and the ability to influence stakeholders.

Required skills

• Primavera P6 (expert)
• MS Project and Planner, Excel, Smart Planning, Smartsheets, Power BI

What we offer

• Annual salary range of $143,098.35 to $193,603.65 in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico).
• Health, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and a retirement savings plan with company contributions.
• Discretionary annual bonus or sales-based incentive plan, stock-based long-term incentives, and flexible work models where possible.