Biotechnology
10 Amgen operations leaders
These ten Amgen operations leaders include Amgen's Executive Vice President, Operations, vice presidents of site operations and executive directors and directors of global operations and facilities. A reader can learn how operations leaders build and run their teams in biotechnology companies.
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01—10Alex S. Cairns
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, Operations Therapeutic Area Head for Inflammation · Amgen
Executive Director, Operations Therapeutic Area Head for Inflammation at Amgen since January 2024, and former Sr. Director Director of Global Operations at Amgen (2016–2023). The profile describes experience across Process Development, Combination Products and Operations Commercialization at Amgen.
Barry Ivin
LinkedInExperience: VP Site Operations · Amgen
VP Site Operations at Amgen in Waterford, Ireland, a role the profile lists from September 2021 and whose description says the person was hired by Horizon. Former VP Manufacturing & Site Director at Aerie Pharmaceuticals (2017–2021), and former Head of Insulins & mAbs (2014–2017), former Head of Manufacturing (2012–2014) and former Senior Director of Engineering (2007–2012) at Sanofi.
Carlos J. Sabater
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Operations · Amgen LLC
Director Of Operations at Amgen LLC since May 2019; the profile says the role leads the Operations team of over 500 direct associates in the Inspection and Packaging of 85% of all Amgen Products Worldwide. Former Director Plant Manager at Amgen Europe BV (2017–2019) and former Director Plant Manager at Amgen Manufacturing Limited (2016–2017).
Esteban Santos
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President, Operations · Amgen
Executive Vice President, Operations at Amgen since July 2016; the profile says the role is responsible for the Operations organization, which encompasses Manufacturing, Process Development, Quality, Engineering and Global Supply Chain. Former Senior VP, Manufacturing Operations (2013–2016), former Vice president, Drug Product Operations (2012–2013) and former VP Site Operations (2011–2012) at Amgen.
Jason M. Olbrich
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Global Operations · Amgen
Senior Director, Global Operations at Amgen since January 2024; the profile says the role leads the team responsible for global delivery of a biologic product generating $1B+ annually in revenue. Former Product Team Lead (2022–2024), former Director Global Operations (2019–2021) and former Principal Engineer, Final Product Technologies (2016–2019) at Amgen.
Myrta Atiles
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director Global Operations · Amgen
Executive Director Global Operations at Amgen since August 2024, based in Puerto Rico; the profile headline describes the role as Executive Director Global Operations CMC. Former Plant Manager Executive Director (2022–2024) and former Director Process Development (2016–2018) at Amgen.
Paul Lewus
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Site Operations · Amgen
Vice President, Site Operations at Amgen since June 2023; the profile headline places the role at Amgen North Carolina. Former Executive Director, Quality Site Head (2022–2023), former Executive Director, Plant Manager (2016–2022) and former Director, Process Development (2013–2016) at Amgen.
Paul McKenzie
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director - Global Facilities Ops · Amgen
Executive Director - Global Facilities Ops at Amgen since March 2010, an operations role at director level according to the profile, based in Westlake Village, California. Former Director - Global Facilities Ops (2009–2010) and former Director - Capital Projects (2008–2009) at Amgen.
Thomas Seewoester
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Site Operations · Amgen
Vice President Site Operations at Amgen since November 2023, and former Vice President External Operations at Amgen (2020–2023). The profile also lists Vice President Site Operations at Amgen for 2018–2020, former Executive Director Plant Manager (2016–2018) and former Executive Director Drug Product Supply (2015–2016) at Amgen.
Uel Leite
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, Operations Therapeutic Area Head for Biosimilars · Amgen
Executive Director, Operations Therapeutic Area Head for Biosimilars at Amgen since August 2024. Former Executive Director, Global Operations Therapeutic Area Head, Oncology (2022–2024) and former Executive Director, M&A Integration and Business Development (2021–2022) at Amgen; the profile also lists Director Global Operations rows at Amgen for 2016–2018 and 2018–2021.
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Match the person to the level of your question, since site operations vice presidents know how a plant runs while global operations leaders know how a product moves from development to commercial supply. Check the dates and scope of the relevant role before asking how that part of Amgen operations works today.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a biotech company organize operations across manufacturing, quality, process development and supply chain?
- 02What does a global operations team do to bring a new biologic or biosimilar from development into commercial supply?
- 03How should a site operations leader balance plant output, quality and new product introductions?
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