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.

Molecular and Cellular Biologist

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be a part of Amgen’s Induced Proximity Platform (IPP) organization. The RNA Degradation (RD) group within IPP is seeking a motivated scientist to contribute to the discovery and development of new therapeutic modalities in the RNA space. The RD group is passionate about exploiting our understanding of RNA biology to advance Amgen’s drug discovery pipeline of intractable and difficult-to-drug therapeutic targets.

You will work collaboratively with researchers across multiple functions within the IPP department as well as across disease therapeutic areas and the Therapeutics Discovery organization. The successful candidate will also work with external partners and contract research organizations (CROs) and have the opportunity to present work at national and international conferences.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop innovative platforms and modalities to impact ambitious targets across multiple therapeutic areas.
• Lead in hypothesis-driven experimental design, optimization, implementation, troubleshooting and documentation of research activities.
• Perform in cell and in vitro biochemical/biophysical assays related to RNA or RNA-protein interactions.
• Independently set project goals and timelines, interact with team members across different departments and research sites and communicate and present data to department leadership.
• Coordinate and connect with cross functional teams and facilitate decision-making.

Win

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The qualified professional we seek is a Scientist 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

• 2+ years of postdoctoral or industry experience.
• Broad knowledge of molecular and cellular biology with demonstrated research eminence through first author publications.
• Extensive experience in develop and optimize molecular biology and biochemical assays, such as reporter assay, NanoBRET, FRET, alpha screen, immunoprecipitation etc. Experience with medium-high throughput workflow is preferred.
• Extensive experience in mammalian cell culture, stable line generation, manipulation, and characterization.
• Nucleic acid research experience is preferred, including but not limited to nucleic acid purification, precipitation, amplification (e.g. qPCR) and biochemistry. Experience with 2nd Generation sequencing is preferred but not required.
• Strong scientific reasoning, data analysis, attention to details and independent problem-solving skills.
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skill.

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 annual salary range for this opportunity in the U.S. is $127,590-$146,160.

In addition to the base salary, 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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If you're seeking a career where you can truly make a difference in the lives of others, a career where you can work at the absolute forefront of biotechnology with the top minds in the field, you'll find it at Amgen.

Amgen, a biotechnology pioneer, discovers, develops and delivers innovative human therapeutics. Our medicines have helped millions of patients in the fight against cancer, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses.

As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other but compete intensely to win. Together, we live the Amgen values as we continue advancing science to serve patients.

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

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Amgen requires all staff in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada to be vaccinated from COVID 19 as a condition of employment. In accordance with applicable law, Amgen will provide reasonable accommodations to staff members who qualify on the basis of a medical reason or a sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance. Such accommodation may not pose an undue hardship to Amgen, its operations, or its staff.