[Remote] Sr Scientist, Molecular Biology Scientific Data

August 27, 2026

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Amgen is a biotechnology company focused on researching, manufacturing, and delivering innovative medicines for serious illnesses. The Senior Scientist, Molecular Biology Scientific Data serves as the scientific business owner for digital tools, workflows, and data supporting molecular cloning and individual construct and plasmid design across biologics discovery. The role translates scientific needs into product priorities, system requirements, data models, and scalable digital capabilities while coordinating with scientific and technology teams.

Responsibilities

Lead meetings with molecular biologists, cloning scientists, protein engineers, and other biologics discovery users, and serve as a knowledgeable point of contact for their scientific workflow and tool-related needs
Translate scientific needs into clear data and workflow requirements, and explain complex scientific concepts to software engineers and business analysts
Partner with technology teams through design, implementation, testing, release, and adoption to confirm that solutions meet the original scientific need, while maintaining clear communication about scope, decisions, risks, and dependencies
Ensure the data model supports workflows for individual construct and plasmid design and accurately represents established and emerging individual-molecule formats
Define the scientific relationships and data linkages needed across applications, and partner with data and technology teams on their implementation and maintenance
Lead scientific requirements reviews and coordinate user training and acceptance testing using representative workflows, molecule formats, data, and edge cases
Coordinate release communication, training, and adoption for new capabilities
Define and reinforce standard ways of working for capturing high-quality molecular biology design data
Provide scientific context as workflows and molecule formats evolve, helping data and technology teams identify gaps and improve data quality across scientific systems
Improve the readiness of molecular biology design data for downstream automation, analytics, and ML/AI-enabled discovery

Skills

Doctorate degree
Master's degree and 2 years of relevant experience
Bachelor's degree and 4 years of relevant experience
* Degree in Molecular Biology, Protein Engineering, Structural Biology, or a related scientific field
* Strong knowledge of molecular cloning and plasmid design workflows, supported by prior hands-on cloning or individual construct-design experience in a research or biotechnology environment
* Expertise in antibody-based molecule formats, including antibody fragments and multispecifics, with the ability to interpret how domains are organized within and across chains and how features define the resulting architecture
* Experience translating scientific workflows into informatics tools, structured data, standard processes, and implementation guidance for technical teams
* Experience owning or stewarding a scientific product, workflow, data domain, roadmap, or feature backlog
* Working knowledge of scientific data models, controlled terminology, metadata, identifiers, entity relationships, versioning, lineage, and cross-system data integration
* Experience with sequence design, construct registration, laboratory informatics, or comparable scientific platforms
* Experience leading requirements reviews, user acceptance testing, troubleshooting, release readiness, and user adoption
* Familiarity with agile software delivery and preparing scientific data for analytics or ML/AI use
* Strong facilitation, prioritization, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across scientific and technical teams

Benefits

Health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents
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
Career development opportunities
Flexible work models where possible

Company Overview

Amgen harnesses the best of biology and technology to fight the world’s toughest diseases, and make people’s lives easier, fuller and longer. It was founded in 1980, and is headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.amgen.com.sg.

Company H1B Sponsorship

Amgen has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 130 in 2026, 429 in 2025, 485 in 2024, 485 in 2023, 540 in 2022, 460 in 2021, 444 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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