Manager, Corporate Affairs, Denmark & Norway

About the Position

Manager, Corporate Affairs, Denmark & Norway

Denmark - Copenhagen

JOB ID: R-257595

LOCATION: Denmark - Copenhagen

WORK LOCATION TYPE: On Site

DATE POSTED: Oct. 13, 2026

CATEGORY: Corporate Services

SALARY RANGE: 678,943.45 DKK - 918,570.55 DKK

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Join Amgen’s mission to serve patients

Are you an experienced Corporate Affairs professional who can connect business priorities with the policy, stakeholder, and communications landscape? In this role, you will shape and deliver Corporate Affairs strategy for Amgen’s commercial affiliates in Denmark and Norway, helping advance our mission to serve patients.

You will work closely with affiliate leaders and colleagues across the Nordics, the ELMAC Corporate Affairs Strategic Hub, and regional and global functions. This is an opportunity to contribute across two markets, provide trusted counsel to senior leaders, and help Amgen respond effectively to a complex and changing external environment.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Denmark and Norway affiliate leadership team to develop Corporate Affairs strategies and plans that support business priorities and deliver measurable impact.
• Provide proactive strategic counsel to affiliate leaders on reputational, stakeholder, policy, and communications considerations, including communications support related to the General Manager’s role as President of the Board for Amgen’s legal entities in Denmark.
• Lead Corporate Affairs planning and execution across both markets, aligning local priorities with regional and enterprise initiatives and making effective use of shared capabilities.
• Work with Government Affairs, Value & Access, Medical Affairs, Commercial, Human Resources, R&D, Operations, and other partners to identify risks, opportunities, and policy developments, and recommend communications and stakeholder engagement approaches.
• Advise on policy communications and stakeholder engagement in areas including healthcare policy, access and pricing, sustainability requirements, geopolitical developments, and reputational issues.
• Build and strengthen relationships with journalists and patient organizations.
• Lead local issues and crisis management, working with regional and global colleagues to monitor, assess, escalate, and respond to reputational risks.
• Develop and steward local messaging and digital and social content in line with Amgen’s brand, policy, and compliance expectations, using insights and data to inform materials.
• Use digital tools, analytics, AI, and emerging technologies to modernize ways of working, improve measurement, and increase the effectiveness and impact of Corporate Affairs.
• Provide communications, stakeholder engagement, and issues management counsel related to the General Manager’s responsibilities as legal representative for Amgen’s entities in Denmark and Norway, including relevant matters concerning Operations and R&D sites.
• Ensure activities comply with local laws, regulations, industry codes, and Amgen policies and requirements.

Requirements

Basic qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Public Affairs, Political Science, Healthcare Policy, Business, or a related field.
• At least eight years of experience in Corporate Affairs, communications, public affairs, policy communications, stakeholder engagement, or a related field, ideally in healthcare, life sciences, or another highly regulated sector.
• Strong experience in strategic communications, media relations, policy communications, issues management, executive communications, digital and social channels, and internal communications.
• Ability to advise senior leaders, manage sensitive reputational issues, and influence stakeholders without direct authority.
• Experience managing, coaching, or providing oversight to colleagues, agency partners, or cross-functional teams.
• Strong understanding of Denmark’s healthcare, pharmaceutical, policy, media, and stakeholder environments.
• Native proficiency in Danish and professional fluency in English.
• Strong cultural understanding and sensitivity, with the ability to work effectively across multiple markets and languages.
• Strong critical thinking, judgment, and strategic planning skills, including the ability to solve problems creatively and compliantly in changing environments.
• Experience working successfully in a complex, matrixed global organization and aligning local priorities with regional and enterprise objectives.

Preferred qualifications

• Strong healthcare policy communications experience, including the ability to translate local policy developments and enterprise policy priorities into clear communications and stakeholder engagement strategies.
• Experience supporting senior country leadership, board-related responsibilities, or cross-entity reputation and stakeholder matters.
• Strong analytical capability, including measurement, reporting, generating insights, and using data to inform decisions.
• Curiosity about digital tools, AI, and emerging technologies, and an interest in learning how to use them in day-to-day work to improve the quality and efficiency of communications. Previous experience is welcome, but you do not need to be an AI or technology expert.

We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to work in a dynamic and innovative environment
• Chance to contribute to Amgen’s mission to serve patients
• Professional growth and development opportunities

About the Company

Amgen is a global biotechnology company focused on serving patients and advancing healthcare. We are relentless in applying the highest ethical standards to our products, services, and communications. We expect all job applicants to act with honesty and integrity. Providing any false or misleading information, or omitting material information during the hiring process, may result in immediate disqualification from the hiring process or termination if already employed.

Our office location, that applicants are to be within commuting distance of, is Østbanegade 123, Nordhavn, 2100 Copenhagen.

If you are ready to shape Corporate Affairs across Denmark and Norway and help connect Amgen’s priorities with the people and policy environment around us, we invite you to apply.

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