Career Category

Scientific

Job Description

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.

Associate Scientist/Senior Associate Scientist, Immuno-Oncology Research

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What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. IIn this vital role, you will contribute to the group’s mission to gain a deep understanding of cancer immunology and contribute to pipeline projects by identification and validation of novel targets and immunotherapeutic strategies.

The Immuno-Oncology research team is searching for a highly motivated Associated Scientist or Senior Associate Scientist to perform research in immuno-oncology. You will work in a highly-matrixed environment and collaborate with other functional areas including In Vivo Pharmacology, Research Biomarker, and Computational Biology.

• Make impactful scientific laboratory-based contributions to the research goals and breakthroughs of the Immuno-Oncology group

• Independently plan and perform laboratory experiments, analyze and interpret data, communicate results in team meetings, and participate in the writing of manuscripts for publication

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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 leader with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications

• Master’s degree and 2 years of Scientific experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree and 3+ years of scientific experience in an industry setting or recently graduated Ph.D

• Hands on experience with molecular, cellular, and ex vivo biological techniques and assays

• Flow cytometry and multi-parametric analysis (5+ colors) experience is desired

• Research experience with preclinical models of cancer and immuno-oncology. Hands on experience with preclinical model preferred

• Previous drug discovery experience preferred but not required

• Computer literacy, especially proficiency with GraphPad Prism, FlowJo, Excel, Powerpoint, and Word

• Excellent organizational and communication skills, along with the ability to work in a flexible team-oriented environment

• Attention to detail, translating into high quality results

• The ability to work independently on research goals and to collaborate on day-to-day experiments with others

• Proactive, enthusiastic, show a desire to learn and be a part of a busy, highly productive team

Thrive

Some of the vast rewards of working here

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

• Full support and career-development resources to expand your skills, enhance 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

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