Career Category

Scientific

Job Description

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Process Development Associate Scientist - Laboratory Operations

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world! In this vital role you will provide technical scientific and engineering expertise in support of commercial operations at Amgen Manufacturing Limited (AML) in Juncos, Puerto Rico. The position offers the opportunity to engage with multiple functions across the Drug Substance organization on a regular basis in a collaborative environment.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Monitor or follow established experimental design and protocols and perform routine tasks and studies to acquire reproducible and reliable results with limited supervision
• Optimally transfer experimental methods from literature to the lab and make modifications as needed
• Develop and implement new protocols with moderate review
• Optimally trouble-shoot equipment and experimental difficulties
• Contribute to internal/external reports, papers, presentations, regulatory documents, invention disclosure submissions and/or patents
• Participate in department wide support efforts such as safety, compliance and operational excellence
• May train staff

What we expect of you

We are all different! Yet we all use our outstanding contributions to serve patients. The Process Development Associate Scientist we seek is an individual contributor with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Master’s degree and 1 years of Manufacturing Operations experience

OR

Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of Manufacturing Operations experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Educational Background in Life Sciences and/or Engineering.
• Experience working in a GMP regulated environment within the Biotech/Pharma industry in a Process Development and/or Manufacturing Support role.
• Knowledge in filtration systems (ie. ultrafiltration/diafiltration).
• Skilled and/or knowledgeable in the use of standard laboratory equipment for protein purification (chromatography and filtration using equipment such as AKTA and Pendotech TFF) and with one or more major laboratory instruments/techniques.
• Excellent leadership, teamwork, and decision making skills.

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.

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:

• A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental & vision coverage, and life & disability insurance
• 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 an annual site shutdown
• Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible

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As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

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.

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