Executive Assistant and Sustainability Project Manager

At first glance, you’ll see Danaher’s scale. Our 65,000+ associates work across the globe at more than 15 unique operating companies within three platforms—life sciences, diagnostics, and biotechnology.

Look again and you’ll see the opportunity to build a meaningful career, be creative, and take risks with the support you need to be successful. You’ll find associates who are as certain about their impact as they are about where they’re headed next.

You’ll find the Danaher Business System, which makes everything possible. You’ll also see a company that investors trust—our culture of continuous improvement has helped us outperform the S&P 500 by more than 5,000% over the past 25 years.

In this role, you will be responsible for the following: 

EA-related responsibilities:

• Meeting scheduling and calendar management
• Preparing effective Powerpoint presentations and Excel spreadsheets
• Making travel arrangements as required
• Assisting with logistics for meetings
• Supporting budget management
• Day-to-day office requests
• Providing back-up support to other corporate legal Executive Assistants, and working collaboratively with assistants throughout other departments and outside of Danaher

Sustainability project management responsibilities:

• Supporting preparation of sustainability materials for Board and executive leadership
• Managing Sustainability Council logistics (maintaining calendar, scheduling meetings, collection and distribution of meeting materials, documenting meeting actions, etc.)
• Managing logistical aspects of sustainability events such as kaizens/workshops
• Maintaining sustainability benchmarking data on prescribed cadence
• Supporting logistics relating to materiality assessment stakeholder outreach
• Supporting project management tasks related to sustainability-related investor relations tool (i.e., pulling reports, compilation of quarterly data into historical archive, etc.)
• Supporting maintenance/updating of sustainability standard work on Danaher intranet
• Project management support relating to specific regulatory requirements (e.g., CSRD, CSDD, etc.)

The requirements of this role are:

• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience; HS diploma required
• 5+ years of successful experience as an Administrative Assistant/Executive Assistant, including substantive project management experience
• Ability to maintain complete confidentiality regarding sensitive information 
• Tech savvy and highly proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint); excellent PowerPoint graphics/presentation skills are a must
• Proven track record of proactivity and the ability to get things done
• Demonstrated ability to engage and communicate comfortably and effectively with individuals in a wide range of functions, and at a wide range of levels, throughout the organization
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and prioritize

At Danaher we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Danaher can provide.

The hourly range for this role is $35.44-$39.00. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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At Danaher we bring together science, technology and operational capabilities to accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life. Our global teams are pioneering what’s next across Life Sciences, Diagnostics, Biotechnology and beyond. For more information, visit www.danaher.com.

Danaher Corporation and all Danaher Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

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We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at [email protected] to request accommodation.