Human Resources Business Partner, Director - Finance

Human Resources Business Partner, Director - Finance

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Human Resources Business Partner, Director - Finance

US - California - Thousand Oaks

Location

US - California - Thousand Oaks ; US - California - Los Angeles

Work

Location

Type: Flex Commuter / Hybrid

Date Posted: Sep. 25, 2026

Category: Human Resources

Salary Range: 167,444.90 USD - 226,543.10 USD

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.

Director, HRBP - Finance

What you will do

Let's do this. Let's change the world.

In this critical leadership role, you will serve as a trusted strategic advisor to senior leaders within Amgen's Finance organization, partnering directly with the Senior Vice President and Finance leadership team to drive business performance through people, organization, and culture.

As Director, Human Resources Business Partner, you will help shape the talent and organizational strategy for a global Finance organization undergoing continued growth, transformation, and evolution. You will leverage deep business acumen, organizational insight, and data-driven decision making to align talent strategies with business priorities, enabling leaders and teams to achieve enterprise objectives and deliver greater impact for patients.

Reporting to the Executive Director, HR - CFO Organization, this role offers the opportunity to influence key strategic decisions, lead complex organizational initiatives, and partner across HR Centers of Excellence to build a high-performing, future-ready Finance organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Business Partnership

• Partner closely with the SVP and Finance leadership team to align people strategies with business objectives, organizational priorities, and long-term workforce plans.

• Serve as a trusted advisor and coach to senior leaders on organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, team performance, and talent-related decisions.

• Translate business strategy into actionable talent and organizational initiatives that drive sustainable growth and organizational success.

• Organizational Design & Transformation

• Lead and influence organizational design, operating model evolution, workforce planning, and change management initiatives across the Finance organization.

• Support leaders through complex organizational changes including restructuring, role optimization, capability building, and business transformation efforts.

• Assess organizational health and identify opportunities to improve effectiveness, agility, and employee experience.

• Talent & Leadership Development

• Drive talent review, succession planning, and leadership development processes to strengthen leadership pipelines and ensure organizational readiness.

• Partner with leaders to identify, develop, and retain high-potential talent and critical capabilities across the function.

• Facilitate talent discussions and provide insights that support informed people decisions and long-term succession strategies.

• Culture, Engagement & Inclusion

• Foster a high-performance culture grounded in accountability, collaboration, innovation, and inclusion.

• Partner with leaders to strengthen employee engagement and implement strategies that enhance retention, development, and organizational health.

• Champion Amgen's culture and values while advancing diversity, inclusion, and belonging priorities.

• Data-Driven Decision Making

• Leverage workforce analytics, talent data, and organizational insights to inform strategic decisions and measure the impact of HR initiatives.

• Identify trends, risks, and opportunities related to talent, engagement, attrition, capability gaps, and organizational performance.

• Provide leaders with actionable recommendations to address current and future workforce challenges.

• Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning

• Partner with Talent Acquisition and business leaders to identify and attract top talent for critical leadership and key professional roles.

• Drive strategic workforce planning efforts that ensure the Finance organization has the capabilities and capacity required to achieve business goals.

• Support internal mobility and career development strategies that strengthen organizational capability and employee growth.

• Enterprise Leadership

• Collaborate across HR and business functions to deliver integrated people solutions and share leading practices.

• Contribute to enterprise-wide HR initiatives, talent strategies, and transformation efforts.

• Mentor and develop HR colleagues while helping elevate the effectiveness and impact of the broader HR organization.

• What we expect of you

• We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Human Resources professional we seek is a seasoned, experienced, and savvy leader with these qualifications. The level of HR experience and breadth of leadership capabilities necessary to deliver both strategically and operationally in this role will likely come from previous experience in similarly leveled roles partnering with multiple senior leaders with varying styles.

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree and 4 years of Human Resources experience

• OR

• Master’s degree and 7 years of Human Resources experience

• OR

• Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of Human Resources experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA or Master's degree with emphasis in such areas as organizational development, management, human resources, employee/labor relations, or equivalent.
• 10+ years of experience in Human Resources handling complex issues in a fast paced, rapidly changing, high technical or pharmaceutical biotech industry