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SalaryHOW 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.
Process DevelopmentSenior Scientist
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What you will do
Let’s do this! Let’s change the world! In this vital role you will be responsible for development, characterization, scale-up and support of drug substance processes to enable commercial advancement of programs from Ph II/III clinical trials to marketing application.
- Apply established platform approaches and problem-solving skills to rapidly tackle drug substance challenges and build robust processes with efficient experimentation
- Drive innovation and utilize out-of-the-box thinking to contribute to technology development
- Expand and develop skills in cell culture and purification, thereby further contributing to the integrated group
- Participate in drug substance teams and collaborate cross functionally with analytical and drug product representatives to deliver drug substance manufacturing processes in a phase appropriate manner.
- Deliver process amenable to cGMP operation and carry out results of drug substance in a cGMP manufacturing environment
- Author, or provide direction for the authorship of, technical report or CMC regulatory submissions which may require minimal additional editing
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What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The dynamic professional we seek is a Scientist with these qualifications.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of life sciences experience OR
- Master’s degree and 3 years of life sciences experience OR
- Doctorate degree PhD OR PharmD OR MD
Preferred Qualifications:
- Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Bioengineering, Biomedical engineering, or Bioprocessing discipline or relevant experience in the pharmaceutical or related industry
- Experience in bioreactor Process Development or cell line development
- Scientific understanding of current bioreactor technologies, as well as the ability to explore and develop new approaches to further advance innovative bioreactor technologies
- Understanding of protein characteristics and critical attributes so as to direct bioreactor development and product/process control strategies
- Independently uncovering and resolving issues associated with cell culture and harvest and implementation of scientific projects
- Strong technical communication skills, both written and verbal, to interact effectively and appropriately with all stakeholders and document learned information, improvements, and value generated
- Motivated self-starter with excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
- Leadership experience of progressively increased scope and a demonstrated ability to inspire and lead a group of scientists to deliver on complex and challenging objectives in defined timelines
- Demonstrated eminence in the scientific community through a sustained record of peer reviewed publications
- Demonstrated success working with diverse team members in a dynamic, cross-functional environment
- Familiarity with design of experiments and statistical analysis of data
- Knowledge of license application and the drug development process
- Exposure to cGMP manufacturing and CMC components of regulatory submissions
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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.
