Associate Director, Digital Product Management, Catalysts
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Embed with complex, high-priority products and related teams to accelerate Amgen's Digital Product Operating Model adoption. Serve as a senior hands-on player-coach to Digital Product Managers, guiding them through advanced skills in problem framing, discovery, strategy, and outcome-based roadmaps. When no DPM is assigned, directly shape product direction, align stakeholders, define outcomes, and support roadmap prioritization decisions. Partner with cross-functional leads to clarify roles, decision rights, and operating rhythms while identifying capability gaps and adoption barriers. Connect enterprise strategy to product outcomes, help teams shift from output-oriented delivery to empowered, outcome-driven practices, and resolve cross-product dependencies. Contribute insights to the Product Management Hub to refine playbooks and standards, then transition teams to sustain these practices post-engagement.
Required Qualifications
- Doctorate degree and 3 years of Digital Product, Product Management, Product Leadership, Digital Transformation, Technology Strategy, or related experience
- Master's degree and 5 years of Digital Product, Product Management, Product Leadership, Digital Transformation, Technology Strategy, or related experience
- Bachelor's degree and 7 years of Digital Product, Product Management, Product Leadership, Digital Transformation, Technology Strategy, or related experience
- Associate's degree and 12 years of Digital Product, Product Management, Product Leadership, Digital Transformation, Technology Strategy, or related experience
- High school diploma / GED and 14 years of Digital Product, Product Management, Product Leadership, Digital Transformation, Technology Strategy, or related experience
Desired Qualifications
- 7+ years of progressive experience in digital product management, including product strategy, discovery, road mapping, prioritization, delivery, and outcome measurement
- Experience owning or leading complex, interdependent, high-priority products or product initiatives
- Demonstrated ability to coach, mentor, or upskill product managers, product owners, business partners, and cross-functional team members
- Strong product management craft, including user and customer problem definition, product discovery, roadmap development, OKRs, KPIs, prioritization, stakeholder alignment, investment trade-off recommendations, and value realization
- Experience influencing senior business, technology, product, engineering, data, compliance, and adjacent product stakeholders without formal authority
- Ability to operate as a senior hands-on player-coach, balancing direct product leadership with coaching and capability building
- Proven ability to help teams shift from output-oriented delivery to outcome-oriented product management
- Strong judgment in ambiguous environments, including the ability to frame complex problems, resolve dependencies, make trade-off recommendations, and create practical paths forward
- Experience contributing to product operating models, playbooks, standards, templates, training, or adoption approaches
- Experience in healthcare, biotechnology, or other regulated industries
- Candidates from high-tech, digital, consulting, or product-led organizations
- Familiarity with AI-native product development, generative AI workflows, responsible AI principles, and the evolving role of AI in product management
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