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.
Process Development Associate
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What you will do
Let’s do this! Let’s change the world!
Amgen Process Development (PD) organization is seeking an enthusiastic team-oriented Associate to join the ATO Rapid Analytics (RA) group within Attribute Science (AS). The ATO RA organization focuses on providing high throughput analytical testing services to support pipeline delivery across a wide range of therapeutic biologics in both Pre-Pivotal and Pivotal phases. In the highly matrixed fast-paced team environment, the primary responsibility of this Associate role is to perform product quality analysis and provide analytical data by adhering to projects timelines to enable process decisions. The candidate will be an integral member of a dynamic team, collaborating with research scientists at multiple Amgen sites, and working closely with groups in other functional areas.
Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Complete analytical testing within expected turnaround time per established procedure for following assays: IEX (Ion Exchange chromatography), SEC (size-exclusion chromatography), HILIC (hydrophilic interaction) for glycan mapping, Affinity purification for titer, RP (Reversed Phase chromatography) and CE-SDS (Capillary Electrophoresis-Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate), etc.
- Adhere to ATO RA turnaround time for high throughput samples and all required metrics
- Ability to work and adapt in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
- Document, review results, and maintain electronic laboratory notebooks
- Work with development team to implement methods in ATO RA, analyze and interpret data
- Solve technical problems with both instrument and assay issues as part of troubleshooting
- Author, review, and data verify technical documents
- Communicate project updates as appropriate
- Participate and present scientific data in meetings
- Interact with clients for data and project demands
- Maintain instruments and follow lab’s general equipment cleaning protocols
Win
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 an employee with these qualifications.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Analytical Chemistry, Physical, Life Sciences or related technical discipline
Or
Associate’s degree in Analytical Chemistry, Physical, Life Sciences or related technical discipline and 4 years of performing analytical testing experience
Or
High school diploma / GED and 6 years of performing analytical testing experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Good understanding of Liquid Chromatography and Capillary Electrophoresis and strong hands-on technical skills to address challenging technical issues
- Strong ability to analyze and interpret analytical results
- Excellent organization and communication (oral and written) skills and attention to details
- Ability to learn new technology quickly, multi-task and adapt in a dynamic environment
- Possess a positive attitude and strong self-motivation
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.
The annual base salary range for this opportunity in the U.S. is $72,069 – $92,178.
In addition to the base salary, 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
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