Canada - Mississauga

JOB ID: R-241408 LOCATION: Canada - Mississauga WORK LOCATION TYPE: Flex Commuter / Hybrid DATE POSTED: Apr. 21, 2026 CATEGORY: Administrative SALARY RANGE: 75,355.90 CAD - 101,952.10 CAD

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.

Role: Senior Executive Assistant

Reports to: Vice President & General Manager

Location: Mississauga Flexible Commuter

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will provide administrative support to Leadership Team (LT) members, with additional LT functional support priorities to be determined.

General Manager Support:

• Perform all duties of an Executive Assistant, including managing calendars, scheduling meetings with internal and external partners, booking travel, expense reporting, composition of correspondences, formatting documents and presentations.
• Provide leadership through collaborative efforts with Administrative Coordinators across Amgen Canada.
• Process accounting requests; check requests, create POs and new vendor set up.
• Track relevant budgets, invoices, accruals and reconciliation with finance.
• Meeting secretary role for Management Team: assist with meeting logistics, developing meeting agendas, minutes and maintaining internal portals.
• Responsible for preparing required documents pre-meeting and post-meeting follow-ups.
• Handle and prepare documents of a highly confidential and sensitive nature, execute consistent and precise follow-up by ensuring issues are resolved and projects completed in a timely manner.
• Play a supportive role in Facilities administration
• Organize company events with the input from the Corporate Affairs Lead and GM, as requested.
• Special projects support required by Management Team.
• Execute tasks with an understanding of company compliance standards and policies.

HR Support:

• Purchase Order and vendor setup, invoice processing and payment support.
• Coordinate logistical support for HR meetings.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is an individual with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of executive admin support experience in Pharmaceutical/Biotech industry.
• Computer skill proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, Power Point, and MS Teams.
• Fluency in English, both in oral and written communication
• Thorough and accurate attention to detail in day-to-day activities

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree
• Ability to handle confidential information with integrity and discretion.
• Demonstrated leadership and strong collaboration with Administrative colleagues within the company
• Lead and/or participate in administrative continuous improvement activities in order to simplify the work.
• Advise partners on the best way of conducting administrative tasks.
• Administer and be a SME of essential IS/IT administrative systems to increase efficiency in day to day. work, including meeting technology, SharePoint Online, etc.
• Demonstrated advanced proficiency across a broad range of administrative tools, processes and procedures.
• Ability to exercise considerable discretion, judgment, tact and diplomacy.
• Demonstrated ability to take the initiative to respond to rapidly changing priorities.
• Ability to work independently with only general guidance.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills as demonstrated by the ability to work effectively with others at all levels of the organization and externally.
• Previous experience working with Sales and Marketing, Medical, HR, Facilities and Finance teams.
• Bilingual (English/French).

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.

for a career that defies imagination

Objects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us.

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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.