Senior Associate, Talent Management, University Relations – Intern Program

Career Category

Human Resources

Job Description

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

Senior Associate, Talent Management, University Relations – Intern Program 

What you will do 

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will manage Amgen’s intern program end to end as part of the University Relations team, creating a structured, engaging, and high-impact experience for interns from Day 1 onboarding through program completion and exit. You will partner closely with hiring managers, business leaders, Talent Acquisition, HR partners, and university stakeholders to ensure interns are aligned to meaningful projects, receive timely support, and experience Amgen’s mission, culture, and career opportunities in a compelling way.

You will play a key role in strengthening Amgen’s early talent pipeline by driving intern program operations, development experiences, bootcamps, evaluations, engagement activities, and employer branding initiatives such as intern testimonials and program success stories. This role requires strong program management, stakeholder partnership, communication, and execution discipline to deliver a consistent, inclusive, and impactful intern experience across functions.

Roles & Responsibilities: 

• Own the end-to-end intern program lifecycle, including onboarding, engagement, learning experiences, performance check-ins, evaluations, conversion support, and exit activities.

• Partner with hiring managers to ensure interns are assigned relevant, well-scoped, and business-aligned projects that provide meaningful learning and measurable impact.

• Design and execute intern onboarding experiences that help interns understand Amgen’s mission, ways of working, expectations, resources, and support channels from Day 1.

• Assess the health of the intern cohort through structured touchpoints, pulse checks, manager feedback, intern evaluations, and program metrics.

• Plan, coordinate, and run intern bootcamps, learning sessions, speaker series, networking events, project showcases, and engagement forums.

• Drive intern communication rhythm, including program calendars, milestone updates, manager guidance, intern reminders, feedback timelines, and closing communications.

• Work with managers and HR partners to identify and resolve intern experience risks, project misalignment, engagement concerns, or performance-related issues in a timely manner.

• Lead intern performance and evaluation processes, ensuring feedback is collected, documented, reviewed, and used to support development and potential conversion decisions.

• Build and execute intern branding initiatives, including intern testimonials, project spotlights, success stories, campus-facing content, and internal storytelling.

• Partner with University Relations and Talent Acquisition teams to align intern program activities with campus hiring, employer branding, and early talent strategy.

• Track intern program data, feedback, participation, satisfaction, project outcomes, and conversion indicators to identify insights and continuous improvement opportunities.

• Create and maintain program playbooks, onboarding materials, manager guides, evaluation templates, communication plans, and process documentation.

• Support intern exit processes, including final presentations, feedback capture, knowledge transition, offboarding coordination, and alumni engagement opportunities.

What we expect of you 

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. 

Basic Qualifications: 

Master's degree / Bachelor's degree and 5 to 9 years of experience in Human Resources, Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, University Relations, Program Management, Business Administration, Communications, or a related field

Must-Have Skills 

• Prior experience designing and managing internship, early talent, university relations, talent management, or campus programs end to end.

• Experience managing the pre-placement offer process, including intern evaluation outcomes, stakeholder alignment, offer recommendations, communication, and conversion tracking.

• Strong program management skills with the ability to manage timelines, stakeholders, events, communications, risks, and deliverables across multiple workstreams.

• Demonstrated ability to partner with hiring managers and business leaders to define meaningful intern projects, clarify expectations, and drive accountability.

• Experience designing and executing onboarding, bootcamps, learning sessions, engagement events, evaluations, or development programs.

• Ability to assess program health through data, feedback, surveys, manager inputs, and intern experience indicators.

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across interns, managers, HR partners, Talent Acquisition, business leaders, and university partners.

• Experience creating program documentation, process guides, communication plans, dashboards, reports, presentations, and leadership updates.

• Fluent in enterprise collaboration platforms such as O365, SharePoint Online, MS Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, and related productivity tools.

• Ability to use AI and automation tools responsibly to improve program planning, communication, reporting, feedback synthesis, and operational efficiency.

Preferred Qualifications: 

Good-to-Have Skills: 

• Experience in campus recruiting, university engagement, early career programs, internship program design, or employer branding.

• Experience building intern engagement strategies, alumni communities, ambassador programs, testimonials, or campus-facing storytelling campaigns.

• Working knowledge of HR systems preferably Workday, applicant tracking systems, learning platforms, survey tools, dashboards, or people analytics solutions.

• Ability to translate intern and manager feedback into actionable program improvements and scalable operating practices.

Soft Skills: 

• Strong ownership mindset with excellent planning, organization, and follow-through.

• Ability to build trusted relationships with interns, hiring managers, HR partners, business leaders, and university stakeholders.

• High degree of initiative, judgment, and comfort operating independently in a fast-paced environment.

• Passion for early talent development, inclusive experiences, continuous improvement, and strengthening the future talent pipeline.

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. 

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards. 

Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team. 

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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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