Amgen’s products help people in the most direct way possible. As part of the company’s commitment to serve patients, Amgen products help cancer patients avoid infections and those suffering from arthritis find relief. Since 2007, Amgen has been an active member of the LGO partnership program. The company uses LGO research to develop cutting-edge pharmaceutical products and optimize the company’s supply chain and manufacturing processes. To date, the company has hosted over 45 LGO interns.
To make the most of its partnership, Amgen created a tailored LGO recruitment program that integrates LGO graduates into the company quickly, connects them to senior leaders, and ultimately develops them for a range of critical roles within operations.
Sam Cosby (LGO ’13)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Research topic: Lean Optimization/Manufacturing
Amgen has a time-tested record of hiring and advancing LGO graduates.
Rotational and Leadership Development: Amgen recruits LGOs to join Amgen full-time as part of the Fuel Future Operations Leader (FOL) program. FOL combines job rotations, development assessments, mentoring, coaching, and structured learning to support the development of top talent on their continued journey to leadership excellence! Graduates of the MIT Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) program will rotate through two roles across Operations, with a total targeted duration of 42 months. The combination of roles will provide diverse experiences across functional units and/or geographical locations.
Frequent job titles at hire: FUEL-FOL Leadership Development Program Manager, Operations Manager
Eric Dolak (LGO ’07)
Head of Global Capital Projects, Amgen
While at LGO: MBA and SM Mechanical Engineering
Previous studies: Pennsylvania State University, Mechanical Engineering
Eric interned at Dell while at LGO and joined McKinsey after graduation. Like a number of LGO alumni, he left consulting after a few years and joined Amgen in its engineering excellence division. Eric currently leads global capital projects at the company.
Rahul Nechlani (LGO ’18)
Regional Operations Senior Manager, Amgen
While at LGO: MBA and SM Mechanical Engineering
Previous studies: IIT Bombay, Mechanical Engineering
Rahul interned at Amgen’s then latest manufacturing facility in Singapore where he aided the start-up of the facility by solving technical and business process challenges. He joined Amgen after graduation in their FUEL Future Operations Leader (FOL) rotation program starting as an Operations Manager in Drug Substance Process Development group. Here he played a key role in analyzing strategic manufacturing capacity projects, led digital transformation initiatives and managed technology transfers of products. Rahul’s career at Amgen has been international: after working in Amgen’s Singapore facility as a Manufacturing Specialist, in 2023 he became Regional Operations Senior Manager based in the Netherlands.
Janelle Heslop (LGO ’19)
Senior Manager, Strategic Planning and Operations, Amgen
While at LGO: MBA and SM Civil and Environmental Engineering
Previous studies: Columbia, Environmental Engineering
Janelle interned at Amgen as an LGO, researching the operational and environmental impact of next-generation biomanufacturing technologies. In 2019, Janelle joined Amgen as a full-time Operations Manager, leading large cross-functional projects–such as new product introductions–for the start-up of Amgen’s first U.S. next-generation biomanufacturing facility in Rhode Island. In 2021, Janelle transitioned into the Operations Strategic Planning and Risk team, where she leads strategic projects and analyses related to the planning of Amgen’s internal operations network and capacity. One of her projects determined the siting for Amgen’s newest $1B manufacturing sites.
