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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.

Scientist - Translational Safety Pharmacology

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will contribute strong scientific and organization skills, and cardiovascular pharmacology knowledge to advance novel therapeutics into clinical testing.

We are seeking a talented and motivated Scientist to join the Safety & Exploratory Pharmacology (SEP) functional group, which is part of the Translational & Safety Pharmacology Research organization at Amgen. The SEP team contributes directly to drug discovery and development through interactions with many Amgen Research groups (Discovery, PKDM, Toxicology, Clinical, etc.). The team delivers actionable datasets sourced from the SEP lab and from external lab partnerships (contract research organizations (CRO), academia, vendors) to support new drug development. This position reports to the SEP leader.

• The candidate will have a primary focus on utilization of non-rodent models to evaluate cardiovascular safety profile of proprietary drug candidates across many therapeutic areas, however utilization of other safety pharmacology models (conventional and new) is expected.
• An additional focus will be development of novel experimental and data analysis strategies (e.g., PK/PD modeling, computational methods, statistics, etc.) to assess and improve the translational value of nonclinical cardiovascular safety data.
• Technical responsibilities include designing experiments, interpretation of findings, integration of relevant data (secondary pharmacology, PK, etc.), and the analysis of preclinical/clinical datasets to address safety questions.
• Knowledge and experience with software/analysis platforms (e.g., R for statistical computing) is ideal.
• The ideal candidate must be science-based, team-oriented, and have effective interpersonal skills to build and foster relationships with diverse colleagues.
• Effective communication (especially writing) and collaboration skills with stakeholders (internal scientific staff, veterinary staff, project teams, CRO partners, etc.) are essential to success in our team environment.
• Growth expectations include the potential to manage staff and build scientific eminence (e.g., represent Amgen at conferences) including publications.

Win

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:

• Ph.D. in Pharmacology or Physiology, or related field, with an emphasis on cardiovascular function is preferred OR
• Master's degree in Pharmacology or Physiology, or related field and 4 years of relevant experience OR
• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacology or Physiology, or related field and 6 years of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of cardiovascular pharmacology or physiology and experience with high-density cardiovascular data analysis in a pharmaceutical, biotechnology, academic or contract research organization setting.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret data related to cardiac function, hemodynamics and/or measurements of cardiac electrical activity in anesthetized or conscious animals
• Prior lab-based experience with multiple animal species, including non-rodents.
• A track record of scientific accomplishments, including publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals.

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, 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

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

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