Event Technology Specialist

 
Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients 

At 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. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. 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 lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career. 

Event Technology Specialist 

What you will do 

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role, you will be responsible for planning and execution of large-scale on campus events, virtual & hybrid events. 

• This role will be responsible for customer engagement, scheduling and day of event support. 

• The candidate should be extremely meticulous and have hands-on experience, scheduling, planning, and delivering high quality events. The candidate should have the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with competing demands. 

• This role will service and interact with a diverse group of important clients including our most senior executives as well as internal contacts at all levels. 

• This position is vital for our team to provide world class customer experience. Strong interpersonal skills and subject matter expertise in video conferencing and streaming technology are a must. 

What we expect of you 

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is an individual with these qualifications. 

Basic Qualifications: 

Bachelor’s degree and 2-5 years of engineering experience and/or event production experience 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• 2-5 years’ experience scheduling and planning events for Fortune 500 companies. 

• Experience with virtual and hybrid technology (Vbrick webcast, Webex). 

• Experience with Microsoft Office tools (MS Teams, Outlook). 

• Experience with event show calling. 

• Experience with video editing software. 

• Experience supporting live events in large auditoriums. 

• Project management skills with demonstrated ability to deliver results. 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or Life Sciences. 

• Strong leadership presence and interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral). Experience managing technical teams. 

• In-depth knowledge of Agile processes and principles. 

• Experience with the ITIL process framework and outsourced resource support models. 

• Established habit of proactive thinking and behavior and the desire and ability to self-start, learn, and apply new technologies. 

• Thorough understanding related to collaboration tools, computing devices, and unified communications products applied at Amgen. 

• Working knowledge in installing, upgrading, imaging, and supporting all company desktops, laptops, MacBook hardware, iOS devices, printers, and AV equipment. MS Office 365 support knowledge, including Outlook and MS Teams support. 

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, 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 where possible. Refer to the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies