Senior Associate Quality Assurance

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

What you will do

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In this vital role you will be a part of our Amgen North Carolina Quality Assurance team. The role will support the inspection, sampling, and perform Raman Spectroscopy testing of raw materials that are received at the Amgen North Carolina site. This role will ensure that raw materials received for use in our cGMP manufacturing plants meet all specification requirements and master inspections characteristics required for use in our manufacturing process.

This role will also demonstrate leadership skills in support of scheduling, coordination, and staff training. There will be opportunities to advance Quality learning through additional responsibilities and training.

• Inspect materials including biobags, tubing, filters, and other components to ensure all inspection-related specification requirements and master inspections characteristics are met

• Perform sampling from containers of medias and other chemicals to facilitate the testing of samples

• Use RAMAN technology with TruScan equipment to identify chemicals

• Ensure that inspection & sampling results are complete and detailed according to written procedures and cGMP requirements

• Responsible for accurately documenting inspection, sample, and test results in Amgen’s systems

• Responsible for ensuring that characteristics that could potentially impact product quality are assessed according to procedures

• Ability to determine the color and appearance of components match required attributes

• Leads/Participates in inspections/walkthroughs to ensure that facilities, equipment, materials, organization, processes, procedures and products comply with cGMP regulations and other safety standards.

• Oversee the warehouse's quality assurance, which encompasses managing quality documentation such as deviations/CAPAs, change controls, and work orders, ensuring compliance with procedural standards, and verifying that evaluations and assessments of various partners are thorough and precise.

• Support inspection readiness activities including site audits and inspections

• Maintains project plan commitments supporting critical projects

• Leads and Supports Continual Improvement initiatives, programs and projects

• Serve as a shift lead in the raw material inspection and sampling areas

• Assist area management with the prioritization and scheduling of tasks

• Serve as a trainer and subject matter expert in tasks associated with raw material inspections, samples, and testing

• Author, own, review and approve controlled documents for the area including SOPs and FORMs

• Initiate, and own deviation records and CAPAs associated with events and projects in ANC’s raw material inspections, samples and testing areas

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The dynamic professional we seek is a team player with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• High school/GED + 4 years Quality, manufacturing and/or other regulated environment experience OR

• Associate’s + 2 years Quality, manufacturing and/or other regulated environment experience OR​

• Bachelor’s + 6 months Quality, manufacturing and/or other regulated environment experience OR

• Master's

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong understanding of cGMP regulations and GDP requirements

• SAP, LIMs, and TrackWise experience

• Experience with RAMAN technology

• Experience as a Trainer in raw material inspections, sampling, and testing

• Ability to lift and perform physical activities with raw materials

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

What you can expect from us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities that may include:

• A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts

• A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan

• Stock-based long-term incentives

• Award-winning time-off plans

• Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible

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