Process Development Sr Scientist - Cambridge, MA

  • Amgen
  • Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Full Time
448240BR**

**Auto req ID:**

448240BR

**Company:**

Amgen

**Job Code:**

Pharmaceutical Pharmaceutical

**Job Description:**

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At Amgen, if you feel like youre part of something bigger, its because you are. Our shared missionto serve patients living with serious illnessesdrives 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. 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.

Process Development Sr Scientist

What you will do

Lets do this. Lets change the world. In this vital role you will provide technical and project leadership, integrating effective cross functional collaboration, to ensure success through the Drug Product commercialization process and lifecycle management. Platform capabilities, prior product knowledge, modeling, and data analytics/visualization will be applied to advance Amgens pipeline. The responsibilities of this candidate will include:

Participate in Drug Product Commercialization Teams responsible for conducting process development of pipeline products and for supporting commercial products through lifecycle management

Design, plan, implement, and document formulation and process development studies

Apply scientific/engineering principles and techniques to develop, characterize and implement processes and next generation technologies and to solve technical challenges

Apply advanced statistical/data analytics techniques to draw conclusions and inform decisions

Provide support, as needed, to clinical and commercial fill/finish manufacturing operations through process capability analysis, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and product impact assessments for process changes/improvements and non-conformance investigations

Author/review guideline documents, technical protocols, reports, product impact assessments, and regulatory sections in support of IND and marketing application submissions

Stay current on the latest developments in the industry and scientific community to continue innovating and to meet future business needs

Effectively and consistently communicate with management, cross-functional partners and relevant stakeholders on progress towards milestones and forthcoming program needs.

Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 10% of the time

**Position Title:**

Process Development Sr Scientist - Cambridge, MA

**Job Category:**

Scientific Research & Development

**Minimum Education Required:**

Bachelors

**City*:**

Cambridge

**Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities:**

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Scientific professional we seek is an individual with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelors degree and 5 years of Scientific experience; Or

Masters degree and 3 years of Scientific experience; Or

Doctorate degree PhD OR PharmD OR MD

Preferred Qualifications:

Advanced degree in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, Pharmaceutics or related field

Experience in pharmaceutical development and manufacturing

Experience in biologics process development, formulation development, fill-finish process engineering, technical transfers to global manufacturing sites, statistical process control (SPC), and statistical design and analysis of experiments

Experience with development and characterization of co-formulations

Experience with advanced drug delivery, e.g. sustained release technologies, targeted delivery systems, microfluidics

Experience with programming (e.g. Python, R, MATLAB) and database languages (e.g. SQL), as well as data visualization tools (e.g. Tableau, Spotfire, D3js)

Proficiency in at least one statistical software package (e.g. SAS, JMP or Minitab)

Critical thinking, problem solving and independent research skills

Strong project management skills, including the ability to manage ones project resources (material, manpower, time, etc.)

Good organizational skills with strong attention to detail

Strong ability to operate well in a fast-paced, matrixed environment and collaborate successfully cross-functionally

What you can expect from us

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, well support your journey every step of the way.

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.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of 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 that may include:

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, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan

Stock-based long-term incentives

Award-winning time-off plans

Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible

Salary Range

127,764.00 USD - 152,656.00 USD

**State*:**

Massachusetts

**Salary Range:**

>$100,000
Job ID: 481579517
Originally Posted on: 6/17/2025

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