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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. 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 lie within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

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What you will do

Amgen is one of the world’s leading independent biotechnology companies. For over 4 decades, Amgen has pioneered biotechnology breakthroughs, to bring state-of-the-art medicines from laboratory to the patient. Amgen has not only discovered and developed innovative human therapeutics but has invested in cutting edge manufacturing capability and support services to deliver these exciting therapies to medical teams around the world. Japan and Asia Pacific (JAPAC) is the fastest growing region in Amgen. Now we are hiring for a Compliance Lead and Data Protection Officer for cluster countries (Thailand, Singapore & Malaysia) based in Amgen Thailand.

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What you will do

Purpose: Act as the strategic Compliance and Data Privacy partner for Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia, establishing and executing country priorities based on local business needs and risk profiles while maintaining alignment with the overarching SEA and JAPAC strategy.

Results: Partner with the business to enable growth within compliant and ethical guardrails through effective compliance and privacy programs, risk-based guidance, monitoring, remediation, and training, while promoting a culture of continuous process improvement.

Organizational Contribution: Strengthen the culture of integrity, enable informed business decisions, mitigate enterprise risk and provide independent compliance and privacy judgement through trusted affiliate leadership partnership.

Responsibilities:

Partner with affiliate leadership to embed compliance, ethics, and data privacy into business strategy and operations across Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia.

• Establish and execute country compliance and privacy priorities based on local business needs and risk profiles, while maintaining alignment with SEA and JAPAC strategy.
• Serve as a full member of each affiliate leadership team with formal decision-making authority and accountability within the compliance and privacy remit.
• Provide independent, risk-based judgement & advice to broader affiliate business and governance decisions, ensuring compliance and privacy considerations are appropriately reflected in plans and execution.
• Lead the strategic implementation and localization of global compliance and privacy programs (e.g. risk assessments, policy and system enhancements, and effective training initiatives to ensure alignment with business priorities and regulatory expectations.
• Provide leadership and oversight of risk-based monitoring, audits, investigations, and remediation activities,
• Serve as DPO for Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia and oversee privacy compliance, including ROPA management, privacy training and personal data processing reviews.
• Escalate or consult with the SEA Cluster Head for matters involving material/significant risk, cross-market implications or matters requiring SEA LT consideration; current transaction volumes indicate fewer than 5% require Sea-level approval.

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What we expect of you

Preferred Requirements

• Bachelor degree level
• At least ~ 8-10 years working experience preferred
• Oral and written communication proficiency in English
• Strong communication and engagement skills – oral, written – in Thai language
• High degree of ethics and integrity
• Demonstrated profound knowledge of pharma industry and understanding of business objectives
• Knowledge and understanding of laws, regulations and company policies.
• Sound organizational and interpersonal skills, ability to work under pressure
• Ability to cooperate well in a team environment, as well as to work independently
• Basic project management skills;
• Willingness to learn and to be developed;

Industry Experience & Certifications

• Prior experience as compliance/paralegal/internal control/risk management/audit managers
• AI savvy preferred

Competencies:

• Strong presentation and training skills
• Strong cross-functional communication and coordination skills
• Strong stakeholder influence and management skills
• Pro-active “self-learner” with results-oriented workstyle and the ability to deliver quality results in a timely manner
• Qualitative/quantitative analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Acts in line with Amgen behaviors

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What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being

• Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization
• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act
• Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a 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 an accommodation.

Apply now for a career that defies imagination