Senior Scientist - Functional Genomics, High-Throughput Screening

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do. Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. 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. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career. Senior Scientist, Functional Genomics, High-Throughput Screening What you will do Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will partner closelyacrossAmgen’s therapeutic areas to translate data intodiscovery,accelerating the pathto target discovery and prosecution; focused ontheadaptationand implementation of complex invitro modelstopower target discovery and functional genomics efforts. In this essential role for discovery at Amgen, you will be part of a dynamic, cross-functional team to advance target and biological discovery across Amgen’s therapeutic areas. Key Responsibilities: Collaborate with Amgen therapeutic area scientists toleverageappropriate cellularmodels, gene delivery methods, and perturbation techniques to capture disease-relevant biology. Design,optimize,and executefunctionalarrayedgenomic screens inadvancedinvitro models(e.g.iPSC-derived cell types, co-cultures, primary cells, organoids, etc.) Partner with TD&B and cross-functional team members, including automation colleagues, to accelerate model deployment and reproducibility. Identifyand implement emerging technologies inhigh content imaging,cell engineering, automation, and complex model systems to enhance the sophistication and throughput of discovery platforms. Foster a collaborative, creative, and scientifically rigorous team culture committed to delivering impact across Amgen’s pipeline. What we expect of you We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Senior Scientist we seek is a researcher with these qualifications. Basic Qualifications: Doctorate degree PhD OR PharmD OR MD [and relevant post-doc where applicable] OR Master’s degree and 3 years of functional genomic screening experience OR Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of functional genomic screening experience Preferred Qualifications: Doctorate degreein cell biology, molecular biology, biomedical engineering, or related discipline Functional genomic screening experience; arrayed CRISPR (KO/i/a) and perturbation screening experience preferred; experience in high-throughput or automated screening preferred Strongtrack recordin cell engineering and complex in vitro model development Experience with viral vector systems (AAV, lentivirus, or related technologies) for gene delivery and perturbation Experience with high-content imaging, automated microscopy, image analysis, feature reduction, andmultivariate analysis preferred Familiarity withhigh-throughputscreening metrics (e.g.Z’,S/B, MSMR) Cell culture experience; iPSC experience and work in complex in vitro cellular models preferred Experience with bioinformatics and computational analyses to harness meaningful results from genome-wide datasets Demonstrated ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate disease biology into experimental models Familiarity with data-driven discovery approaches, including integration of genetic or multi-omics insights Excellent organizational and communication skills, with the ability to drive cross-site collaboration in a matrixed research environment 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, we’ll 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 where possible. Refer to the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies. 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. Sponsorship Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed. As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease. Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law. 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