Associate, Office Manager (8 month-contract)

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Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid
In-Office
Mid level
Biotech
The Role
The Associate, Office Manager oversees office management and facilities operations, including budget control, supplier management, health and safety coordination, and employee benefits administration.
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About this role

The Associate, Office Manager is responsible for creating and maintaining an optimal office environment that promotes organization, efficiency, sustainability, and safety.
This position oversees all office management and facilities operations from both financial and organizational perspectives, while managing mobility and car fleet programs, and coordinating employee social benefits.
The role acts as a key point of contact for internal teams and external vendors, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations and a workplace that reflects the company’s culture and values.

What you’ll do

  • Oversee office facilities management, including maintenance, supplies, equipment, contracts, and budget control.

  • Manage suppliers, invoices, and service providers, ensuring quality, cost efficiency, and compliance.

  • Act as Health & Safety coordinator, maintaining updated emergency plans and ensuring alignment with internal policies.

  • Support onboarding and offboarding processes for employees in Spain, ensuring a seamless employee experience.

  • Lead mobility strategy and car fleet management, including vendor negotiations, daily fleet oversight, and employee support.

  • Administer social benefits programs (life insurance, health insurance, meal vouchers, transport cards, flexible compensation), ensuring accurate and timely updates to HR and payroll.

  • Continuously identify improvement opportunities in the workplace to promote well-being, sustainability, and operational excellence.

Who you are

You are a proactive and hands-on professional who takes ownership of creating an organized, welcoming, and efficient office environment.
You have strong interpersonal and organizational skills, thrive on multitasking, and enjoy finding smart solutions to operational challenges.
You are known for your customer focus, positive attitude, and ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues, vendors, and partners.

Required skills

  • Bachelor’s degree (additional qualification as an Administrative Assistant is a plus).

  • Proven and solid experience as Office Manager, Executive Assistant, or Facilities Coordinator.

  • Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Excel).

  • Good level of English (both written and spoken).

  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.

  • Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.

  • Customer-focused, ethical, and transparent, with a high sense of responsibility and discretion.

  • Proactive, motivated, and capable of working autonomously in a fast-paced environment.


 

Job Level: Professional

Why Biogen?

We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.

At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about our DE&I efforts.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.

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The Company
HQ: Cambridge, MA
9,575 Employees

What We Do

Through cutting-edge science and medicine, Biogen discovers, develops and delivers innovative therapies worldwide for people living with serious neurological and neurodegenerative diseases.

Founded in 1978, Biogen is a pioneer in biotechnology and today the Company has the leading portfolio of medicines to treat multiple sclerosis, has introduced the first and only approved treatment for spinal muscular atrophy, and is at the forefront of neurology research for conditions including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Biogen also manufactures and commercializes biosimilars of advanced biologics.

With approximately 7000 people worldwide, we are truly a global organization, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is also home to our research operations. Our international headquarters are based in Zug, Switzerland and we have world-class manufacturing facilities in North Carolina and Denmark. We offer therapies globally through direct affiliate presence in 30 countries and a network of distribution partners in over 50 additional countries.

For more information, please visit www.biogen.com. Follow us on social media – Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube.

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