Principal Scientist - Thousand Oaks, United States - Amgen

Amgen

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Thousand Oaks, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?
If you feel like you're part of something bigger, it's because you are. 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. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It's time for a career you can be proud of.

Principal Scientist

Live:

What you will do

Integral to the ongoing success of Amgen's growing pipeline, the Diagnostics (Dx) Group is responsible for the successful transition of a biomarker assay to marketed Diagnostic to support the clinical development strategy for regulatory approval and commercialization.

As such, the Dx group works closely with other functions within Amgen to identify the appropriate partners for diagnostic test development.

We are looking for individuals with experience in driving end-to-end diagnostic development strategies and developing life cycle management plans that align to the needs of their corresponding precision therapeutics programs.

The Diagnostic Development Lead role at Amgen requires a breadth of technical expertise across a broad range of in-vitro diagnostic technologies, influencing decision-making through negotiation, and addressing conflict by building productive working relationships across functional areas both within and outside the company.

This position will report to a Global Diagnostics Strategy Director and be responsible for the successful implementation of the CDx strategy across multiple therapeutic areas with a focus on oncology.

Execute endtoend global diagnostic development strategies to support therapeutic product teams, including regulatory approval, commercialization, and diagnostic lifecycle plans
Lead efforts to oversee assay development and assay transfer to CROs with diagnostic partners
Support diagnostic development options, technologies, and diagnostic market landscape assessment
Work with key crossfunctional partners to implement diagnostic development, approval and launch strategies for the product teams together with thirdparty diagnostic partners and ensuring successful implementation of the overall Dx strategy globally

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Win:
What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is a leader with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 3 years of pharmaceutical and/or diagnostics experience
Or
Master's degree and 6 years of pharmaceutical and/or diagnostics experience
Or
Bachelor's degree and 8 years of pharmaceutical and/or diagnostics experience

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Preferred Qualifications:

Effective presentation and communication skills at the senior/executive management level
Experience in oncology precision medicine development and / or in vitro diagnostics development
Experience in companion diagnostics development and knowledge of regulatory submission requirements of in vitro diagnostic devices in multiple markets preferred
Knowledge and experience in clinical trial design preferred
Experience integrating data from multiple sources and identifying critical process variables
Experience establishing and reviewing complex plans for multiple projects or activities. This includes resource allocation, complex timeline development, risk identification and mitigation

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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 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.

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 salesbased incentive plan
Stockbased longterm incentives
Awardwinning timeoff plans and biannual companywide shutdowns
Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible

Objects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us.

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