Senior Counsel - Employment Law

If you feel like you're part of something bigger, it's because you are. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world's leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It's time for a career you can be proud of.

In this vital role, the Senior Counsel in Amgen’s Employment Law Group is responsible for advising on employment issues across Amgen’s global footprint, with a focus on Europe. We are seeking an experienced employment lawyer to advise on employment and labour law matters across the ELMAC region (Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and Canada), with a primary focus in Europe. This role will provide strategic and practical legal counsel to Human Resources, business leaders, and the Legal Department on a broad range of employment-related issues, including litigation.

The successful candidate will have deep expertise in European employment law, excellent writing and oral communication skills, be able to establish relationships of trust with HR and business partners, and be able to collaborate with colleagues in the Law Department.

• Advise HR and business leaders on significant and complex employment law matters across multiple European jurisdictions, with a primary focus on cross-border matters and employment issues supported by the Staff Relations team.
• Manage employment litigation, administrative claims, and disputes, including oversight of outside counsel.
• Provide legal guidance on employee relations issues, investigations, disciplinary actions, and terminations.
• Partner with regional HR and Staff Relations team to identify and mitigate employment-related legal risks in cross-country initiatives while supporting business objectives.
• Coordinate with local counsel on country-specific labour and employment law issues throughout Europe as needed.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the Law Department and other functions to deliver practical, business-focused legal solutions and act as a subject-matter expert and escalation point for complex, sensitive, novel or cross-border employment law matters.

You will join the Employment Law Team within Amgen’s Law Organization, a supportive and collaborative environment that partners closely with Law Department colleagues across Europe.

We are all different, yet united by our shared commitment to serving patients. We are looking for an experienced professional who works well in teams, finds practical solutions, and proactively seeks ways to improve how we work.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and qualified to practice in the UK and/or Ireland (admitted to bar or Law Society Roll of Solicitors)
• Significant experience in employment law practice, including in EU countries
• Experience with a multinational corporation or a globally recognised law firm
• Experience working with cross-functional teams

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

• Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organisation
• An environment where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act

Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits.

Ability to work flexibly from home with regular office work either from our Cambridge or Uxbridge next generation workspace.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer. We make all employment decisions without regard to race, colour, religion, sex or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities, consistent with legal requirements. Please contact us to request an accommodation.

Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology. Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its biologics manufacturing expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential.