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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.

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world.

The Sr. Associate Quality Assurance position supports Amgen’s Quality Assurance program under the Plant QA organization providing daily oversight of the Drug Product manufacturing areas. Under general supervision, the role provides support and compliance oversight to Manufacturing and Facilities and Engineering staff in the execution of their processes, procedures, and use of quality systems. Duties include purposeful presence on the shop floor, electronic batch record creation, batch record review, SOP revision approval, work order approval, and quality approval of minor deviations and CAPA records. Responsibilities will include evaluation of compliance issues, providing recommendations, and assuring progress of quality records to completion. The Sr. Associate will also represent functional area quality for the Drug Product Quality Assurance department in the execution of projects necessary to achieve departmental operational goals and will work in a team matrix environment.

Win

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The quality assurance professional we seek is an employee with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Master’s degree

OR

Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of Quality experience

OR

Associate’s degree and 6 years of Quality experience

Or

High school diploma / GED and 8 years of Quality experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, or related science field

• Demonstrated ability to perform GMP operations including following detailed SOPs, maintaining training, and good documentation practices

• Experience managing projects through to completion meeting timelines.

• Ability to evaluate documentation and operations according to company procedures.

• Experience working with Quality Systems

• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks at one time

• Effective communication skills (both written and verbal)

• Demonstrated ability to work as both a team player and independently

• Display leadership attributes and drive improvement initiatives

• Solid understanding and application of aseptic behaviors and principles

Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology. Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and demonstrates its expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people’s lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world’s leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential.

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 improve 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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