Associate Scientist - Scientific Documentation & Enablement Specialist

Amgen; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 1,400,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement and Savings Plan

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Life and disability insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Discretionary annual bonus

Job summary

Amgen is seeking a Scientific Documentation & Enablement Specialist (Large Molecule Discovery Informatics) to develop comprehensive user-facing guidance, QRGs, SOPs, and training materials that drive adoption and effective use of AI-enabled workflows across LMD.

You will collaborate with scientists, informaticians, and software engineers to ensure accuracy, consistency, and alignment with governance standards while contributing to content repositories and change management initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Scientific Communications, Technical Writing, Bioinformatics, or related field with relevant professional experience.
• Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years of directly related experience or Master’s degree and 2+ years of directly related experience.
• Experience developing technical documentation, user guides, SOPs, or training materials for scientific or technical audiences.
• Ability to simplify complex scientific workflows, software platforms, data tools, AI applications, and digital research technologies without compromising accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Develop clear, scientist-facing documentation for AI, informatics, and digital research workflows across Large Molecule Discovery.
• Create QRGs, user guides, SOPs, FAQs, workflow documentation, training materials, and onboarding resources.
• Translate complex technical concepts, workflow logic, software functionality, and AI capabilities into practical guidance for scientific users.
• Partner with scientific, informatics, data, and technology teams to validate content and support integration into routine operations.

Skills

Technical writing

Biotech knowledge

Documentation

Agile

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences or related field

Master’s degree in Life Sciences or related field

Tools

Confluence

SharePoint

Microsoft 365

Notion

Job 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.

Scientific Documentation & Enablement Specialist (Large Molecule Discovery Informatics)

What you will do

In this vital and exciting role, you will serve as a Scientific Documentation & Enablement Specialist who will support the adoption and effective use of complex scientific and informatics workflows across Large Molecule Discovery (LMD). The specialist will translate multifaceted workflow steps, decision points, system interactions, and expected outputs into practical guidance that supports consistent day‑to‑day execution. Working closely with scientists, informaticians, software engineers, and workflow owners, you will develop and maintain user‑facing documentation, quick reference guides (QRGs), training materials, and workflow guidance to help researchers understand how to complete complex processes accurately and efficiently. The role also helps establish documentation standards and best practices that promote consistency, usability, and adoption across the LMD informatics ecosystem.

• Develop clear, scientist‑facing documentation for AI, informatics, and digital research workflows across Large Molecule Discovery.
• Create QRGs, user guides, SOPs, FAQs, workflow documentation, training materials, and onboarding resources that support effective technology adoption.
• Translate complex technical concepts, workflow logic, software functionality, and AI capabilities into practical guidance for scientific users.
• Partner with scientific, informatics, data, and technology teams to validate content, communicate platform changes, and support integration into routine operations.
• Establish and maintain documentation repositories, standards, templates, terminology, governance processes, and review cycles to ensure content is accurate, current, consistent, and discoverable.
• Collaborate with technical teams to validate documentation content and ensure scientific accuracy and compliance with organizational standards.
• Gather user feedback to improve documentation usability, adoption, and overall user experience.
• Support change management and broader enablement initiatives that drive the adoption of digital, AI‑enabled, and informatics capabilities across LMD.

What we expect of you

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Scientific Communications, Technical Writing, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, or a related field and relevant professional experience.
• Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years of directly related experience.
• OR Master’s degree and 2+ years of directly related experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in developing technical documentation, user guides, SOPs, or training materials for scientific or technical audiences.
• Able to simplify complex scientific workflows, software platforms, data tools, AI applications, and digital research technologies without compromising accuracy.
• Understand biotechnology, pharmaceutical research, biologics discovery, computational biology, and related scientific disciplines.
• Support technology adoption, onboarding, user enablement, training programs, and organizational change initiatives.
• Use documentation management systems, collaboration platforms, and knowledge repositories such as Confluence, SharePoint, Microsoft 365, Notion, or similar tools.
• Create workflow diagrams, process maps, instructional content, presentations, workshops, and visual learning materials.
• Communicate effectively with scientific, technical, and business stakeholders in matrixed environments.
• Manage multiple documentation and enablement initiatives while working in Agile or cross‑functional project delivery environments.

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well‑being.

• 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 and bi‑annual company‑wide shutdowns.
• Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible.

Application deadline: Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.

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. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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