Process Development Associate

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

You’ve worked hard to become the professional you are today and are now ready to take the next step in your career. How will you put your skills, experience and passion to work toward your goals? 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. Come do your best work alongside other innovative, driven professionals in this meaningful role.

Process Development Associate

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What you will do

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

Amgen Process Development (PD) organization is seeking an enthusiastic and team-oriented Associate to join the ATO Rapid Analytics (RA) group within Attribute Science (AS). The ATO RA organization focuses on providing high throughput analytical testing services to support pipeline delivery for a wide range of therapeutic biologics in both Pre-Pivotal and Pivotal phases. In this highly matrixed, fast-paced team environment, the primary responsibility of the Associate, under limited supervision, is to perform product quality analysis and provide analytical data to meet project timelines and enable process decisions. The successful candidate will be an integral member of a dynamic team, collaborating with research scientists at multiple Amgen sites and working closely with groups in other functional areas.

Logistics and Planning:

• Manage logistics tasks including sample receiving, scheduling, forecasting, equipment maintenance, and freezer farm status.

• Monitor safety and compliance status of the ATO RA lab.

• Provide production schedule overviews to management and support resource planning.

• Participate in long-term forecasting meetings with partner teams.

• Communicate planning and decisions to the ATO RA team for resource and testing planning.

• Assist RA analysts with sample and testing issues.

Analytical Testing:

• Execute analytical tests within expected turnaround times using assays such as:

• Size Exclusion Chromatography (SEC)

• Titer

• Cation Exchange Chromatography (CEX)

• Reduced Capillary Electrophoresis (rCE-SDS)

• Non-Reduced Capillary Electrophoresis (nrCE-SDS)

• Capillary Ion Electrophoresis Focusing (cIEF)

• ATOLL

Compliance and Documentation:

• Adhere to turnaround times and required metrics for high throughput samples.

• Document and review results in electronic laboratory notebooks.

• Author, review, and verify technical documents and reports.

Collaboration and Communication:

• Work with the development team to implement methods, analyze data, and interpret results.

• Provide technical input and generate written reports as needed.

• Communicate project updates effectively.

• Present scientific data in meetings.

Maintenance and Troubleshooting:

• Maintain lab instruments and follow equipment cleaning protocols.

• Solve technical problems related to instruments and assays.

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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 an individual with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• High school diploma / GED and 4 years of Scientific experience OR

• Associate’s degree and 2 years of Scientific experience OR

• Bachelor’s degree

Thrive

What you can expect of us

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.

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.

Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan comprising 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 including:

• 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 and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns

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

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Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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