Senior Associate (In Vivo)
About The Position
Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients. 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 happier lives. Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. The In Vivo Senior Associate at Amgen in R&D (Research and Development) is involved in the planning and execution of in vivo research experiments and studies. They assist in the analysis and interpretation of data, contribute to the preparation of reports, and ensure all activities are in line with the R&D department's goals. They work under the guidance of a team leader or senior scientist. We are a highly integrated in vivo team, excelling at efficiency and productivity, working in a fast-paced dynamic environment supporting Obesity programs at Thousand Oaks site.
Requirements
- Master’s degree OR Bachelor’s degree and ~2 years of hands-on in vivo experience OR Associate’s degree and ~4 years of hands-on in vivo experience OR High school diploma / GED and ~6 years of hands-on in vivo experience
- Hands-on experience with rodents in preclinical research setting (including but not limited to handling/restraint, multiple routes of dose administration, health status assessment/evaluation, necropsy, sample prep/processing)
- Experience with dose calculations (mass and molar concentrations)
- Experience with Excel and GraphPad Prism
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong team player
Nice To Haves
- Long-term career goals in in vivo pharmacology
- Demonstrating strong commitment to research animals and program advancement specifically through high quality in vivo support (please do not apply if this position is viewed as steppingstone in career path)
Responsibilities
- Hands-on execution of in vivo studies (including ALL in-life components)
- Team support for multiple ongoing studies/study activities
- Study data acquisition, organization, analysis, quality control
- Graphing and PP deck preparation for presentation
- Study/data documentation
- Study sample processing/inventory/tracking
Benefits
- 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 where possible
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
