POSITION SUMMARY

The Executive Assistant is responsible for providing comprehensive administrative and organizational support to the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and the Technical Operations (TechOps) Leadership Team. This position will also be a key partner to the Senior Vice President (SVP)-General Manager (GM) Site Head of Colorado, and will assist the SVP-GM in providing overall site support for 60+ Umoja employees located at The CLIMB, our new cell/gene therapy manufacturing facility in Louisville, Colorado. With exemplary organizational skills and a knack for precision and detail, this person is vital to the Office of the CTO and the facility’s daily operations.

CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES

Specific responsibilities include:

• Incredible organization: we need someone to bring extreme organization to our processes.
• Integrity: we are looking for someone with unquestionable integrity and someone who can handle confidential information.
• Initiative: we need someone who will take it upon themselves to make the office a great place to work for everyone.
• Proactively streamline and facilitate work demands of the CTO and the SVP-GM, by providing very complex administrative support within a broad scope of discretion and a high level of confidentiality, accuracy, and timeliness.
• Assist the SVP-GM to provide overall site support for 60+ Umoja employees
• Consistently represent the Office of the CTO and The CLIMB facility in a professional manner.
• Regularly partner cross functionally with leaders and staff at all levels of the organization to ensure the needs of the executives they support are delivered seamlessly.
• Plan and coordinate Board of Directors Colorado site visits.
• Coordinate efforts across multiple time zones.
• Manage complex schedules and corporate calendars by coordinating and arranging appointments, onsite and offsite meetings, meeting space and services (food, beverage, and audio/visual), hosting visitors.
• Coordinate and execute site celebrations and TechOps & Colorado All-Staff meetings.
• Efficiently and accurately process expense reports, contracts, check requests and other accounting forms in accordance with company policy and to ensure timely disbursement or reimbursement through appropriate follow-up.
• Attention to detail, excellent organization, prioritization, business writing and proofreading skills.
• Actively lead the internal support team for all administrative staff to ensure alignment of information and processes and cross functional collaboration.
• Interact and coordinate regularly with other Executive Team members and their staff in the execution of daily responsibilities.
• Provide general office support, including screening and directing phone calls, reading, and routing mail, developing, and maintaining complex filing systems, photocopying, scanning, and faxing documents as needed.
• Ability to be self-directed and proactively assess problems and identify solutions.

The successful candidate will have:

• 5+ years of experience as an Executive Assistant supporting C-Level executives.
• Strong proficiency in a wide variety of computer software including but not limited to Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Zoom, MS Teams, and SharePoint.
• Exceptional judgment and initiative in resolving problems and making recommendations.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously and follow through on issues in a timely manner with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work regularly under pressure to meet tight deadlines, highly complex and often sensitive situations, and coordinate the input of others in these circumstances.
• Expertise in coordinating site events, offsites, and group activities.
• Experience working at a startup or have genuine interest in working at a startup.
• You have generosity of spirit and a great sense of humor.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5 years of experience being an office manager with experience managing an office/facility
• Experience working within the biotech/pharmaceutical industry is highly preferred.
• Experience preparing and maintaining budget for office expenditures.
• Experience supporting, diverse and multi-function leadership teams.
• Exceptional judgment and initiative in resolving problems and making recommendations.

Physical Requirements:

• Position may require long periods of sitting or standing in one place

Salary Range: $85,850 - $111,100