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HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

You’ve earned your degree. How will you use that achievement to reach your goals? Do more with the knowledge you’ve worked hard to acquire and the passion you already have. 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. Become the professional you are meant to be in this meaningful role.

Process Development Sr. Associate

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be the liaison to our customers by providing clinical knowledge of our products to medical professionals.

Do you want to help shape the future of biopharmaceutical manufacturing? Would you like to work with a highly motivated team of process science professionals to positively impact patients’ lives?

The Process Development organization at Amgen develops, characterizes, and leads the commercialization of the drug substance manufacturing processes for all late-stage and commercial programs across the Amgen portfolio. This role provides opportunities to develop leadership, teamwork and communication skills through partnership with colleagues in the wider Process Development, Manufacturing, and Quality organizations.

Responsibilities Include:

• Application of fundamental principles of purification sciences to design and execute small-scale experiments supporting the investigation, development, characterization, and optimization of commercial programs.

• Apply problem-solving skills to rapidly find solutions to process challenges.

• Ability to collaborate both in a team as well as work independently in a compliant manner passionate about safety and data integrity.

• Demonstrate the desire to develop sophisticated technical skills and scientific knowledge in purification, thereby further contributing to the coordinated group.

Win

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The outstanding professional we seek is a professional with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Master's degree

OR

Bachelor's degree and 2 years of Scientific or Operations experience

Preferred Qualifications (Associate Scientist)

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Life Sciences, or other relevant sciences.

• Purification sciences problem-solving experience in both a process development and commercial manufacturing support environment.

• Expertise operating Tecan, AKTA, small-scale column packing.

• Demonstration of yield improvement, optimization, and cost savings ideas.

• Excellent verbal communication and scientific writing skills.

• Demonstrated success working with a diverse team in a dynamic, multi-functional environment.

• Experience applying design of experiments and statistical analysis of data.

Thrive

Some of the vast rewards of working here

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.

• Full support and career-development resources to expand your skills, improve your expertise, and maximize your potential along your career journey

• A diverse and inclusive community of belonging, 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—with compensation and benefits rated above 4 stars (out of 5) on Glassdoor

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for a career that defies imagination

Objects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us.

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