Principal Scientist - Toxicology Project Team Representative

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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 - Toxicology Project Team Representative

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What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. Amgen is seeking a talented individual to provide scientific leadership and play an active role in the process of drug development from late-stage discovery through marketed products. Working in a collaborative team environment, in this vital role you will contribute to the safety assessment of small molecule and biologic therapeutics by synthesis of existing knowledge and comprehensive investigations of toxicological activity. Amgen toxicologists make significant contributions to multiple teams, work in multiple therapeutic areas, and mentor and motivate other staff members.

Responsibilities include:

• Participate and contribute toxicology, safety and other subject matter expertise to key project teams. Provide regular updates as appropriate to project teams and management.
• As a project team representative, will design, implement, manage and analyze safety assessment programs in support of drug development candidates.
• Responsible for originating novel protocols to solve experimental questions and devising strategies/planning activities to achieve project goals.
• Will critically evaluate and interpret results of scientific experiments and contribute to appropriate sections of internal governance documents, INDs, BLAs, NDAs and other regulatory documents.
• Coordinate and collaborate with other Amgen scientists and external organizations in facilitating research projects.
• May participate in licensing and due diligence activities.
• May mentor other Amgen staff for implementation and oversight of studies supporting research and development programs.
• May represent Amgen's nonclinical safety issues at national and international regulatory meetings. May participate in external industry initiatives to improve drug safety assessment paradigms.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree PhD OR PharmD OR MD [and relevant post-doc where applicable] and 2 years of Toxicology, Pathology, Life Sciences or a related field

Or

Master’s degree and 5 years of Toxicology, Pathology, Life Sciences or a related field experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• A minimum of 5 years post-PhD or 12 years post Master’s degree of Pharmaceutical and/or Biotechnology industry experience is preferred.
• Experience leading toxicology research programs supporting safety assessment of drug …