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Undergrad Intern R&D Strategy & Operations

BioSpace
Washington, DC Intern
POSTED ON 3/23/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/21/2025
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.

Undergrad Intern R&D Strategy & Operations

This could be your everyday

Lets Do This. Lets Change The World. This Internship Will Be Approximately 12 Weeks And Includes Both Project-based And Experiential Learning. The Intern Will Be An Integral Member Of The R&D Strategy And Operations (RDSO) Organization, Which Is Focused On Driving Innovation Beyond The Molecule And Applying Digital Strategies To Simplify Processes. The 3 Functional Areas Within RDSO Are

  • Portfolio, Strategy & Execution: Catalyzing innovative drug development through insights-driven decisions and strategic R&D portfolio management
  • R&D Business Operations: Innovating excellence and navigating efficiency to manage R&D operational activities, including budget and contracting, suppliers, laboratories, and biospecimen and research compliance
  • R&D Capability Center: Transforming and advancing digitization and contemporized learning as well as cultivating talent & culture for a people-centric and inclusive workforce


Responsibilities

As a member of Amgen's RDSO Organization, your work will be highly collaborative across multiple functions and levels within Amgen, including for example, Research & Development, Corporate Affairs, Digital Technology & Innovation, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging, and others. You will be uniquely responsible for one or more key projects that will advance RDSOs mission, including the following:

  • Developing a project charter to map out objectives and identify key stakeholders, timelines, and deliverables
  • Leveraging your analytical, leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills to work in teams, identify problems, conduct research, develop recommendations through qualitative and quantitative analysis, and deliver final projects
  • Presenting your deliverables/findings through various forums including an intern-wide poster session and a final readout to executive management
  • You will also be engaged in learning activities, networking with colleagues across the company, and enjoying full access to Amgens Employee Resource Groups
  • This internship is part of the R&D Knowledge Management team which aims to make it easier for employees to understand what is happening at our company and who or what they can learn from. Around this goal, your work could involve crafting stories, designing systems and/or building community for our internal audience.


This job description serves as a general outline for the responsibilities of an undergraduate intern in RDSO. The specific tasks and requirements may vary depending on the organization and its projects.

Heres What It Takes To Win

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The collaborative individual we seek is hard-working with these qualifications:

Basic Qualifications

Amgen requires that all individuals applying for an undergrad internship or a co-op assignment at Amgen must meet the following criteria:

  • 18 years or older
  • Currently enrolled in a full-time Bachelors Degree program from an accredited college or university with a 3.0 minimum GPA or equivalent
  • Completion of one year of study from an accredited college or university prior to the internship commencing
  • Enrolled in a full-time Bachelors degree program following the potential internship or co-op assignment with an accredited college or university
  • Must not be employed at the time the internship starts
  • Student must be located in the United States for the duration of the internship OR co-op


Preferred Qualifications

  • Degree concentration(s) in Business, Finance, Management Sciences, Life Sciences, Engineering, Communications, Psychology, Human Resources, Information Science or a similar field
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Highly organized, with an ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines
  • Enthusiastic, proactive, and a willingness to learn
  • Adaptability in navigating and effectively responding to ambiguity and evolving circumstances and priorities
  • Basic understanding of project management concepts is a plus


Some of the vast rewards of working here

As We Work To Develop Treatments That Take Care Of Others, We Also Work To Care For Our Teammates Professional And Personal Growth In Addition To Their Well-being

The base pay range for this opportunity in the U.S. is $24.70 - $28.30 per hour.

  • Build a network of colleagues that will endure and grow throughout your time with us and beyond.
  • Bring your authentic self to the table and become the professional youre inspired to be through accepting a culture that values the diversity of thought and experience and will flex to your strengths and possibilities.
  • Participate in executive and social networking events, as well as community volunteer projects.


Apply nowfor an internship/co-op that defies imagination

If you feel like you're part of something bigger, it's because you are. Join us.

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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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