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Danaher Corporation · 2 hours ago

Executive Assistant – Marketing/Product Management & Strategy (Onsite Sunnyvale, CA)

San Jose, California, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$47/hr - $50/hr

5+ years exp

Cepheid, a Danaher Corporation company, is committed to improving health care through innovative diagnostic solutions. The Executive Assistant will provide essential administrative support to the SVP of Marketing & Product Management, ensuring efficient operations and communication across teams.

BiotechnologyHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsLife ScienceMedical

Responsibilities

Understand the functional business priorities for both Marketing & Product Management. Provide support to the SVP to ensure operational meetings and interactions run efficiently across a global client group. Provide a bridge for smooth communication between direct reports across both functions, the peer L1 team, as well as HR and Finance business partners and external network

Complete a variety of administrative tasks for the SVP including managing an extremely active calendar of appointments; completing expense reports; composing and preparing correspondence that is sometimes confidential; arranging complex and detailed travel plans, itineraries, and agendas; compiling documents for travel related meetings and independently preparing expense reports and purchase orders with a solid understanding of the expense reporting, invoicing and purchase order procedures and the budget process

Manage and coordinate all aspects of executive meetings including conference room reservations, teleconference and videoconference set-up, catering, and associated meeting logistics including related social activities for both onsite and offsite events

Qualification

Microsoft Office SuiteProject managementCalendar managementExpense reportingVerbal communicationWritten communicationOrganizational skillsTime management

Required

High School Degree (or equivalent experience)

5+ years of progressive administrative experience

3+ years of project management experience in planning, managing, and coordinating all aspects of executive meetings and conferences from inception through completion

Excellent computer skills: Outlook (e-mail and calendar management), Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and other Microsoft Office products

Demonstrate resourcefulness with proven ability to anticipate needs, prioritize responsibilities, manage multiple priorities with tight timelines, take initiative, be a self-starter and solving problems calmly and professionally in a team environment

Ability to carry out all responsibilities with exemplary verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail, time management and organizational skills while producing high-quality work

Ability to travel internationally and domestically per business needs

Benefits

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Company

Danaher Corporation

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Danaher is a leading global life sciences and diagnostics innovator, committed to accelerating the power of science and technology to improve human health.

Founded in 1969

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

10001+ employees