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Senior Manager - Software Development Engineering
Hyderabad, India Full-time On-site
About the role
Senior Manager - Software Development Engineering at Amgen leads a dynamic team of technical product owners, software development engineers, and test/validation engineers responsible for the design, development, management, and optimization of Amgen Operations’ Electronic Lab Notebook and Instrument Data Acquisition Platform. The role requires strong expertise in ELN Applications, Enterprise Application Integration, end-to-end data and process harmonization, and seamless integration of Lab Instrument data to enterprise business applications. The candidate will manage key vendors, partner with stakeholders, and orchestrate implementation of solutions enabling next‑generation lab processes including simulations, machine learning, and knowledge management. Leadership in technology‑driven environments, Scaled Agile practice, and experience with large, diverse, globally dispersed teams are essential.
What you’ll do
- Own, manage, and support Operations Enterprise Lab Information Management solutions, including Biovia’s Holistic Lab ELN Platform.
- Provide lab systems roadmap for Amgen Operations, collaborating with IS Architects, Infrastructure Leads, and Business Analysts to develop roadmaps supporting organizational priorities and platform improvements.
- Lead implementation of digital lab initiatives, providing experiment design, authoring, and execution solutions.
- Align business processes with Holistic Lab, PLM, and Big Data technology capabilities by working with cross-functional representatives across Operations and sites.
- Guide project teams on developing approaches for addressing business needs and presenting business cases for proposed solutions, while overseeing vendors and contractors to ensure deliverables.
- Maintain strategic relationships and strong communication with the leadership team, ensuring all collaborators are informed and engaged.
- Oversee the software development lifecycle, ensuring best practices in development, testing, and deployment across product teams, and lead large, diverse teams within a matrixed organization.
- Develop and implement strategic plans for technology and workforce growth, including recruiting top talent and building a robust team in India, while fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with Platform Owners, Product Owners, Service Owners, and delivery teams to ensure delivery matches commitments, acting as a critical issue point and facilitating communication when service commitments are unmet.
- Ensure overall organizational compliance with quality and GxP in technology services, monitor emerging technologies and trends for platform growth, and ensure ongoing alignment with strategy, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
What you’ll bring
- Master’s degree with 8 - 12 years of experience in Engineering, IT or related field OR
- Bachelor’s degree with 10 - 16 years of experience in Engineering, IT or related field OR
Skills
Background as a Technical Product Owner (TPO), people manager, and business analyst ensuring the ability to oversee and guide a team to translate business needs into definition and delivery of technical solutions, guiding development teams, prioritizing features, and ultimate delivery and management of the digital products.Extensive experience designing, configuring and coding software including custom development and commercial software packages using APIs, while working within an Agile Environment and contributing to ceremonies.Experience with integration standards, including Web Services, SOAP, REST.Skilled with object-oriented design/development and semantic web standards.Experience with development languages such as Java, Python, Pipeline Pilot, C# a plus.Strong database management experience with SQL RDBMS and SPARQL; working with Big Data integration and Analytics a plus.Experience integrating solutions with ERP, and MES platforms is a plus.Proven experience and involvement in Enterprise Projects targeted for process reliability of manufacturing and product life cycle as well as streamlining end-to-end data flow and agile execution of critical operational workflows.Proven leadership skills with the ability to lead large matrixed teams.Experience in implementing a strategic roadmap and driving transformation initiatives using Scaled Agile methodology.Strong skills in collaborating and communicating with cross-functional teams, business collaborators, and executives to ensure alignment of platform initiatives with business outcomes, handling expectations, and ensuring successful delivery of projects.Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or Life Sciences.