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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 - Biologics Discovery (12 month contract)

Successful candidate will be working in Burnaby office.

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will help plan, develop, and execute on screening assays to identify and characterize monoclonal antibodies to support early stage biologic drug discovery programs. Well-suited applicants will have broad laboratory training, deep scientific curiosity and a positive approach to working in a team-based research environment. Other responsibilities include:

• Playing a critical role on project teams, frequently engaging and discussing data across functional groups to develop best-in-class therapeutics.
   

Win

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The enthusiastic professional we seek is a creative problem solver with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Immunology, Biochemistry
  OR

• Bachelor’s degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Immunology, Biochemistry and 2 years of scientific laboratory experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with flow cytometry, cellular imaging, ELISA assays and analysis

• Expertise with aseptic mammalian cell culture techniques such as thawing, cryopreservation, cell passaging, and transfections

• Technically inclined and an acute ability to learn new techniques and technologies

• Good organization skills and high attention to detail

• Strong written, verbal and interpersonal skills

• Thrives as a team player in a dynamic, cross-functional environment

• Demonstrated scientific analysis and problem-solving skills

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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