Senior Associate Scientist

Career Category
Scientific
Job Description
HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?
You've worked hard to become the professional you are today and are now ready to take the next step in your career. How will you put your skills, experience and passion to work toward your goals? 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, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Come do your best work alongside other innovative, driven professionals in this meaningful role.
Senior Associate Scientist
Live
What you will do
Let's do this. Let's change the world. We are seeking a highly motivated and scientifically rigorous in vivo pharmacologist to join the Cardiometabolic Research group. In this vital role, you will support pre-clinical development by evaluating therapeutic candidates in animal models of metabolic diseases.
Responsibilities:

• Perform animal husbandry duties
• Perform administrations via IP, IM, SC, and IV routes
• Perform blood collection via tail venipuncture and retro-orbital routes
• Blood sampling and analysis of plasma chemistries and circulating hormones
• Perform necropsy, tissue collection, and processing
• Keep meticulous records of research activities and experimental details
• Prepare, review, and deliver scientific presentations for internal or external use

Win
What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our outstanding contributions to serve patients. The Senior Associate Scientist we seek is technically adept with these qualifications.
Basic Qualifications:

• Master's degree OR
• Bachelor's degree and 2 years of scientific experience OR
• Associate's degree and 4 years of scientific experience OR
• High school diploma or GED and 6 years of scientific experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• BS/MS in Biology, Physiology, or related disciplines.
• 5+ years of experience in executing preclinical in vivo studies using mouse models of obesity, diabetes, and metabolic disease.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and GraphPad Prism.
• Experience in the preparation of dosing large and small-molecule therapeutics.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Proven ability to multitask to meet aggressive timelines.
• Willingness to take on additional responsibilities and demonstrated experience of high performance in a matrix organization.
• Excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills, and the ability to work independently and effectively in a dynamic environment.
• Proven ability to operate autonomously and execute deliverables.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Thrive
What you can expect of us
As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for our teammates' professional and personal growth and well-being.
Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan comprising health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities including:

• Comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts.
• A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan
• Stock-based long-term incentives
• Award-winning time-off plans and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns
• Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible

Apply now
for a career that defies imagination
Objects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us!
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Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.
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.
Salary Range
117,830.00 USD - 136,559.00 USD