Senior Process Development Scientist

Amgen

Senior Scientist in Process Development working on synthetic and hybrid drug substances for patient care. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure successful drug manufacturing processes.

Posted 7/10/2026full-timeThousand Oaks • California, Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $126,066 - $170,559 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Invent synthetic routes and develop safe, robust, and cost-effective processes to manufacture synthetic and hybrid drug substances
Advance enabling technologies to accelerate pharmaceutical development and to improve sustainability and process efficiency
Support cGMP manufacturing and technology transfer to our internal manufacturing facilities and external contract manufacturers
Ensure process performance through process understanding, modeling and characterization
Contribute to drug substance development teams by providing experimental results, technical updates, documentation, data interpretation, recommendations, etc.
Work cross-functionally to deliver regulatory documents and support regulatory filings
Serve as a technical expert and keep current in the field of organic and process chemistry
Work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team of chemists, engineers and attribute scientists
Work independently in advancing projects and studies within required deadlines.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Doctorate degree PhD OR PharmD OR MD Chemistry completed by August 2026 OR Master’s degree and 3 years of Scientific experience OR Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of Scientific experience
Ph.D. in organic chemistry with a specialization in total synthesis, reaction methodology, mechanistic studies
Post-doctoral experience in an academic laboratory or pharmaceutical/biotech industry
Track record of peer-reviewed publications and research presentations
Demonstrated ability to work within a dynamic and interdisciplinary environment to achieve results
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to multitask, effectively plan and follow through on complex projects

Benefits

Comp & perks

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
flexible spending accounts
A discretionary annual bonus program
Stock-based long-term incentives
Award-winning time-off plans
Flexible work models where possible

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Hard Skills & Tools

Total SynthesisReaction MethodologyMechanistic StudiesProcess CharacterizationData InterpretationExperimental Results AnalysisRegulatory Document PreparationProcess Efficiency ImprovementPharmaceutical DevelopmentSustainability Technologies

Soft Skills

Excellent Written CommunicationExcellent Verbal CommunicationMultitaskingProject PlanningFollow-Through