Associate Scientist - In Vivo Pharmacology

Overview

Join Amgen's Mission of Serving Patients. Our shared mission to serve patients living with serious illnesses drives all that we do. Since 1980, we ve helped pioneer 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. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions.

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 lives. Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lie 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

In this vital role you will be a part of a fast-paced, integrated, and interactive research group exploring therapeutics for immuno-oncology programs. You will be responsible for generating and communicating pharmacology data to support the progression of oncology and immunotherapy research programs.

• Designing, conducting, analyzing, and reporting in vivo and in vitro studies
• In vivo work includes handling techniques such as tumor inoculation and measurement, oral, SC, IP and IV dosing, blood and tissue collection, and model development.
• In vitro work includes a range of cellular assays including multiparametric flow cytometry and molecular biology techniques to help interpret in vivo observations.
• Operation and maintenance of laboratory equipment, accurate, timely record-keeping, and data analysis
• Active participation and presentation at cross-departmental teams and meetings

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Associate Scientist we seek is a researcher with these qualifications.

• Masters degree and 1 year of in vivo pharmacology and laboratory experience
• OR Bachelor s degree and 3 years of in vivo pharmacology and laboratory experience

• Bachelor s Degree in Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Biology, Cell Biology, Immunology, Molecular Biology, or related subject area and 4 years of scientific laboratory experience
• Hands-on experience with preclinical models of cancer
• Hands-on experience administering drugs through various routes
• Hands-on experience with in vivo bioluminescence imaging (BLI)
• Experience collecting blood by different routes and tissues for downstream analysis
• Flow cytometry and multi-parametric analysis (5+ colors) experience is strongly desired
• Hands-on experience with molecular, cellular, and ex vivo biological techniques and assays
• Computer literacy, especially proficiency with Graph Pad Prism, Excel, PowerPoint, Word and scientific software
• Previous drug discovery experience
• Attention to detail, translating into high-quality results
• Pro-active, enthusiastic, show desire to learn and be part of a highly productive team

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.

• 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
• Stock-based long-term incentives
• Award-winning time-off plans
• Flexible work models where possible