Position Summary:
Reporting to the Chief Commercial Officer, the Executive Assistant will utilize your exceptional organizational and communication skills to provide professional and strategic support to key members of our senior leadership team. Responsibilities will include but are not limited to managing calendars, formatting documents and presentations, arranging logistics for team meetings, coordinating travel, compiling expense reports, coordination / follow-through with legal agreements, and liaising with internal/external contacts.
Responsibilities:
- Provide general administrative support to Chief Commercial Officer and some members of the Commercial leadership team.
- Manage and prioritize calendars for the key members of our senior leadership team, focusing on productivity, urgency, and stakeholder needs.
- Arrange travel plans, coordinate “offsite” team meetings and events.
- Keep internal filing system/folders organized and updated.
- Organize team meetings including reserving meeting space, hotel, and other logistics.
- Prepare and submit expense reports for executives according to company policies and procedures.
- Ensure seamless coordination and follow-up throughout the vendor/consultant contract process, including overseeing the timely routing of documents for signatures, tracking each document to ensure prompt return, verifying the accuracy of all returned documents, and saving them in their designated storage locations.
- Maintain confidentiality and discretion in handling sensitive information and communications.
- Assist in the development and organization of support materials for meetings and conferences (e.g. slide decks, presentations, meeting materials, etc.).
- Assist with the coordination and execution of special projects and initiatives as directed by our senior leaders.
- Assist with the purchase order process including submission and ensuring appropriate approvals are secured.
- Lead onboarding process for new hires.
- Understanding and educating team members on company policies.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree.
- 5-7 years of Executive Assistant experience.
- Calendar management, meeting organization and heavy travel coordination experience.
- Proficiency with MS Teams & MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), Adobe Acrobat, and DocuSign.
- Excellent at prioritizing and executing multiple projects/tasks with tight deadlines.
- Proven expertise in written and verbal communication, demonstrating strategic, professional, creative, and succinct communication.
- Pro-active self-starter able to work independently, effectively problem-solve and prioritize work.
- Highly collaborative and able to work effectively with multiple stakeholders.
- High level of maturity, ability to exercise good judgement, discretion and confidentiality.
Preferred:
- 3+ years of experience supporting executive or senior management.
- Start-up, early-stage company/environment experience.
- Biotech/Pharma experience.
- Experience utilizing AI to streamline select projects as appropriate.