Scientific Associate Director Medicinal Chemistry
About the position 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. 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. Responsibilities • Design novel compounds for potential clinical development. • Serve as a Project Team Representative (PTR). • Recruit top talent and manage several PhD level chemists. • Provide motivating professional development guidance and/or coaching of colleagues. • Manage an external synthetic chemistry team. • Work with a diverse cross-functional team of research scientists. • Independently devise and implement creative scientific strategies to address complex drug discovery issues. • Determine team direction to advance programs. • Regularly communicate progress and strategy in various forums. Requirements • Doctorate degree (PhD, PharmD, or MD) and 4 years of medicinal chemistry experience, or Master's degree and 7 years of medicinal chemistry experience, or Bachelor's degree and 9 years of medicinal chemistry experience. Nice-to-haves • Doctorate degree in chemistry specializing in organic chemistry and 10+ years of experience in synthetic organic and medicinal chemistry. • Experience leading medicinal chemistry teams/programs and delivering candidates for clinical development. • Extensive track record of consistent and successful drug discovery accomplishments (e.g. patent inventorship, conference presentations, and peer-reviewed publications). • Deep understanding of drug discovery and relevant drug discovery disciplines (e.g. chemistry, biology, safety, PKDM, etc.). • Expert in modern medicinal and synthetic chemistry approaches. • Demonstrated experience managing several direct reports. • Excellent collaboration and communication skills (both written and oral). Benefits • 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. • Discretionary annual bonus program. • Stock-based long-term incentives. • Award-winning time-off plans. • Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid work arrangements. Apply tot his job