Senior Scientist - Cardiometabolic Disorders
Listed on 2026-10-07
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Research/Development
Research Scientist, Drug Discovery, Clinical Research, Medical Science
Join Amgens Mission of Serving Patients
At Amgen, if you feel like youre part of something bigger, its because you are. Our shared missionto serve patients living with serious illnesses drives all that we do.
Since 1980, weve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the worlds 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, youll 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, youll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.
Senior Scientist - Cardiometabolic DisordersWhat You Will Do
Lets do this. Lets change the world. In this vital role you will be an ideator and drug hunter and are expected to conduct biology research and identify therapeutic targets in cardiometabolic disease that are tractable and offer the opportunity of delivering disease-modifying potential in patients.
The proposal and advancement of drug discovery programs will be based on a sound and compelling scientific rationale that may include validation from human genetics and/or clinical studies.
Critical thinking, ingenuity, the ability to independently design mechanistic studies and conduct reproducible in vivo and in vitro pharmacology studies with high technical proficiency, excellent communication skills, integrity and the ability to work in a multi-disciplinary environment will be critical for this role.
You will initially work at the bench and/or vivarium conducting in vivo and/or in vitro preclinical studies with a focus on osteoporosis and metabolic disease. Over time, you will also demonstrate strong leadership skills and the ability to manage a team of scientists conducting drug discovery research.
As part of the team, you will also support other new and existing drug discovery programs in the department to help advance the best assets in the Cardiometabolic Disorders portfolio.
Key Responsibilities- Conceptualizing and proposing therapeutic targets for the treatment of bone disease and cardiometabolic disease
- Designing and performing in vitro and/or in vivo experiments
- Independently performing data analysis and interpreting results
- Communicating scientific results through written and oral presentations
- Collaborating with teams from other functions in the company to advance therapeutic candidates
- Documenting studies in electronic laboratory notebooks and study reports.
- Advising colleagues in areas of expertise
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Senior Scientist we seek is a professional with these qualifications.
Basic Qualifications- Doctorate degree PhD
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- PharmD
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- MD [and relevant post-doc where applicable]
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- Masters degree and 3 years of experience in bone metabolism and bone disease
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- Bachelors degree and 5 years of experience in bone metabolism and bone disease
- PhD with postdoctoral experience in bone metabolism and metabolic disease (industry experience is strongly preferred)
- Strong target ideation capabilities and critical thinking to enable discovery of innovative medicines for patients
- Exceptional in vivo and/or in vitro pharmacology skills and capability to…
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