Process Development Senior Associate

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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 Senior Associate

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 through marketing application.

Amgen is seeking a Process Development Senior Associate to join the Commercial Drug Substance Technologies (DST) organization in West Greenwich, RI. In this vital role you will contribute towards Amgen's Drug Substance Process Development for commercial biologics programs, including the development, characterization, and scale-up of upstream and downstream manufacturing processes to marketing application. This role is within an integrated organization in which cell culture and purification scientists work together to advance Amgen's rich and dynamic pipeline.

The Process Development Senior Associate will help design and perform experiments at the bench scale that span the end-to-end Drug Substance process, from cell culture to purification operations. In this role, you will apply established platform approaches and use problem-solving skills to rapidly solve day-to-day experimental challenges. Additionally, the Process Development Senior Associate will utilize out-of-the-box thinking to contribute to technology development and will demonstrate the desire to expand and develop expertise in cell culture, thereby further contributing to the integrated group.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute within a project team on commercial manufacturing support goals such as improving process yield and robustness, and scaling-up processes to manufacturing sites
  
• Perform small-scale bioreactor experiments for upstream (cell culture) operations, including cultures in shake flasks, culture bags, and benchtop bioreactors
  
• Document experimental data in lab notebooks and analyze data including leveraging in-house visualization and analytics tools
  
• Communicate findings through oral presentations and written documentation (technical reports as well as GMP documents to support regulatory filings)
  
• Contribute to technology development projects to seek continuous improvement in reliability and efficiency
  

What we expect of you

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

Basic Qualifications:

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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Degree in Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Bioengineering, Biomedical engineering, or Bioprocessing field or relevant experience in the pharmaceutical or related industry preferred.
  
• Two+ years of biotech/pharma industry experience with emphasis on protein production in various mammalian expression hosts
  
• Strong knowledge and experience of bioreactor and/or purification strategies for mAbs
  
• Experience in laboratory techniques supporting bioreactor operations
  
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to work flexibly in a dynamic and collaborative environment
  
• Demonstrated ability to identify and solve problems by applying scientific and engineering principles, preferably in a process development environment
  
• Familiarity with design of experiments and statistical analysis of data
  

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we'll support your journey every step of the way.

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of 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 that may include:

• A 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
  
• Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible
  

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Application deadline

Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.

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