Process Development Sr. Scientist

About the role

At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do. As a Process Development Senior Scientist, you will support Amgen’s diverse early-stage therapeutic portfolio by characterizing process and product properties of large-molecule drug candidates and assessing quality attributes of protein therapeutics across multiple pipeline areas. This role provides analytical leadership for pre-pivotal programs and applies advanced analytical techniques to characterize novel modalities in development.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Attribute Sciences representative on cross-functional project teams and collaborate with scientists across multidisciplinary teams.
• Design experiments to build a fundamental understanding of therapeutic protein attributes and stability characteristics.
• Apply advanced technical expertise in analytical methods to characterize protein therapeutics, including CE, SEC, IEX, RP, HILIC, and mass spectrometry, with strong understanding of the theoretical and practical aspects of stability-indicating assays, including design, performance, and data interpretation.
• Evaluate analytical method performance and reliability, including the impact of proposed method changes.
• Demonstrate deep understanding of product quality attributes, analytical approaches used to measure them, and strategies to ensure appropriate control.
• Support drug substance and drug product process development, protein characterization, analytical data generation for regulatory submissions, and technology transfer activities.
• Author regulatory documents and apply understanding of regulatory expectations for analytical methods, control strategies, stability strategies, and comparability.
• Stay current in the field and evaluate emerging analytical technologies.

Requirements

• Doctorate degree (PhD, PharmD, or MD) with relevant post-doc experience where applicable, or Master’s degree and 3 years of directly related life science experience, or Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of directly related life science experience.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in analytical chemistry, biochemistry, biophysics, or a related life science field, with 2 years of industry experience.
• Strong expertise in developing, qualifying, and troubleshooting analytical methods using HPLC/UPLC, CE, mass spectrometry, and related technologies to characterize protein therapeutics.
• Proven experience in separation sciences, protein chemistry, and/or mass spectrometry.
• Strong laboratory skills, including experimental design and execution, complex data interpretation, and timely delivery of results.
• Familiarity with common therapeutic protein quality attributes, such as fragmentation, deamidation, oxidation, and partial reduction, as well as tools used for their characterization and quantification.
• Understanding of, or experience with, GMP compliance.
• Ability to work independently to advance projects and studies within required timelines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to document, present, and discuss scientific results in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment.

Benefits

• 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.
• Discretionary annual bonus program (or sales-based incentive plan for field sales representatives).
• Stock-based long-term incentives.
• Award-winning time-off plans.
• Flexible work models where possible.

Pay

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.