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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.

Senior Associate Scientist – Cell and Molecular Biologist

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What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be apart of Amgen’s Induced Proximity Platform (IPP). The IPP is charged with developing Amgen’s newest drug modalities that leverage proximity biology to tackle the undruggable genome. Examples include, Targeted Protein Degradation modalities such as PROTACs and molecular GLUEs. The IPP is seeking a creative, emerging scientific leader to discover and develop novel therapies for cancer and other therapeutic areas.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop platforms and modalities to impact challenging targets across multiple therapeutic areas, including oncology and immuno-oncology.
• The IPP takes innovative, cross-discipline approaches that leverage native cellular mechanisms to tackle the toughest targets. Thus, those candidates with particular interest to apply their knowledge to an emerging field of proximity biology is of high interest.
• Lead a project to support discovery and development of novel therapeutic modalities.
• Set project goals and timelines, design, perform and analyze experiments, interact with team members across different departments and research sites, and communicate and present data to department leadership.
• Inform departmental goals and strategy and will represent the department in various cross-functional activities including academic collaborations, external research evaluations, project teams, and scientific committees.
• The candidate will also be expected to contribute to the scientific community through conference presentations and impactful publications.

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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 an ambitious researcher with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications

Doctorate degree or

Master’s degree and 4 years of relevant scientific experience or

Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of relevant scientific experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Broad knowledge of cell and molecular biology with demonstrated research eminence through first author publications in top journals
• Research experience with biochemical, biophysical, molecular and cellular techniques, including enzyme and cell assay development, characterization of protein modification and turnover, and mechanistic studies of enzymes
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills
• Flexibility to work in teams to achieve changing project goals and meet timelines

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

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

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