Lead Scientist - Protein Therapeutics Process Development

BioSpace

Thousand Oaks (CA)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

10 hours ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package
Stock-based incentives
Flexible time-off plans
Flexible work models

Job summary

Amgen seeks a Process Development Senior Scientist to advance early-stage large-molecule programs by characterizing process and product properties and ensuring quality attributes across pipelines. You will lead analytical efforts, apply MS and chromatographic techniques, and drive regulatory-ready data packages.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, design experiments to understand attributes and stability, and support drug substance/product development and tech transfer, while

Qualifications

  • PhD or equivalent with post‑doc experience preferred.
  • Strong expertise in analytical method development, qualification, and troubleshooting.
  • Experience with protein therapeutics characterization and quality attributes.
  • Familiarity with GMP compliance and regulatory expectations.

Responsibilities

  • Provide analytical leadership for early-stage programs.
  • Design experiments to understand therapeutic protein attributes and stability.
  • Apply analytical methods to characterize protein therapeutics and assess QA attributes.
  • Evaluate method performance and support regulatory submissions and tech transfer.
  • Stay current with emerging analytical technologies and adapt strategies.

Skills

Analytical chemistry
Biochemistry
Biophysics
Mass spectrometry
HPLC/UPLC
CE

Education

PhD in life sciences
PharmD
MD
Master's degree + 3 years life science experience
Bachelor's degree + 5 years life science experience

Tools

HPLC/UPLC
CE
Mass spectrometry

Job description

Amgen seeks a Process Development Senior Scientist to advance early-stage large-molecule programs by characterizing process and product properties and ensuring quality attributes across pipelines. You will lead analytical efforts, apply MS and chromatographic techniques, and drive regulatory-ready data packages.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, design experiments to understand attributes and stability, and support drug substance/product development and tech transfer, while

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