Roche · 3 hours ago
Sr. Administrative Assistant
San Diego
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$66K/yr - $123K/yr
5+ years expGenentech is a leading biotechnology company focused on creating new therapies through advanced cell and gene therapy applications. The Senior Administrative Assistant will coordinate the smooth operation of a 220 person site, providing administrative support to the leadership team and managing various tasks to ensure effective site operations.
BiotechnologyHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsOncologyPharmaceuticalPrecision Medicine
Responsibilities
Support site leaders in all administrative needs including calendaring, travel, meetings, and reconciliation of business expenses
Anticipate, prepare, and distribute, in advance, documents as required for meetings
Coordinate agendas, prepare/modify presentations, and manage meeting minutes and action items for leadership meetings as requested
Takes initiative to calendar, coordinate and prepare for high level visitors from other sites, companies, and government agencies
Set up for meetings, teleconferences, and telephone calls, and act as liaison for remote access. Place and deliver meal orders for meetings
Order office supplies and coordinate shipping as needed
Manage travel arrangements, including airline reservations, ground transportation and lodging, meeting scheduling, etc., for executives, or other parties as requested
Maintain ongoing reports, databases, trackers, and organizes drives/files, etc. as needed
Interact daily with a wide variety of individuals and situations that require tact, discretion, diplomacy, sensitivity, confidentiality, creativity, and accountability
Anticipates, thinks through, and solves problems creatively
Prioritize, balance, and manage a variety of simultaneous projects effectively to successful, timely completion
Takes responsibility for other duties/special projects as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree (or equivalent work experience) and five years related administrative experience
Experience with life sciences organizations strongly preferred
Strong interest in being part of a team that focuses on positively impacting patient lives
Very high level of accuracy in all aspects of the role and associated deliverables
Advanced software and technology skills with a focus on Google Suite, and Concur
Exceptional ability to prioritize
Excellent communication (verbal and written) skills
Demonstrated ability to take initiative, anticipate needs and exercise independent, thorough, thought processes and judgment
Ability to exercise good judgment, think quickly creatively to solve problems or deal with unique or sensitive situations
Excellent interpersonal and project management skills as well as the ability to communicate clearly at all levels internal and external to the organization
Must be flexible and adaptive to a dynamic work environment
Ability to exercise discretion and independent judgment regarding highly sensitive and external communications
Benefits
A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.
Company
Roche
Roche is a pharmaceutical and diagnostics company that offers medicines and diagnostic tests for various medical conditions and diseases.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2023 (6)
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$7.79BKey Investors
SoftBankSCALE AINovartis
2021-08-04Post Ipo Equity· $5B
2020-12-07IPO
2020-05-06Post Ipo Equity· $0.5M
Leadership Team
Alan Hippe
Member of the Executive Board - Group CFO
Christine Bakan
Global Head and Group Vice President, Computational Science and Informatics R&D
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