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.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors Degree
• Irish qualified solicitor or barrister, ideally with proven experience (although all relevant applications will be considered).
• A positive attitude, strong commitment to ethical conduct, collaboration and creativity, results-orientation, awareness of cultural diversity
• Must have demonstrable commercial acumen and the ability to assume an increasingly demanding portfolio of work in time.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience/knowledge of the life sciences / pharmaceutical industry
• Previous in-house experience
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to balance ideal legal outcomes with the reality of commercial goals
• Ability to multitask and manage competing priorities
• Ability to work independently and prioritise in a fast-paced environment.

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will provide pragmatic, timely, and commercially focused legal support across various aspects of Amgen’s business.

• Supporting Amgen Ireland’s Counsel and Company Secretary on legal matters relating to all aspects of Amgen Irish’s operations.
• Advising on corporate governance and company secretarial matters.
• Advising on the legal aspects of intergroup restructurings.
• Working closely with internal stakeholders (eg, tax, finance) to provide efficient and high-quality legal advice on projects impacting the business.
• Negotiation, drafting and review of commercial contracts with Amgen’s suppliers as well as other legal documents.
• Keeping informed of legal and compliance developments and advising of any proposed legislative changes that may impact Amgen’s Irish operations.
• Supporting the wider business from a legal perspective on property, construction, commercial contracts, employment law, regulatory compliance matters and with general legal advice