Executive Assistant - Commercial

Company Overview
ImmunityBio, Inc. (NASDAQ: IBRX) is a commercial-stage biotechnology company developing cell and immunotherapy products that are designed to help strengthen each patient’s natural immune system, potentially enabling it to outsmart the disease and eliminate cancerous or infected cells. We envision a day when we no longer fear cancer, but can conquer it, thanks to the biological wonder that is the human immune system. Our scientists are working to develop novel therapies that harness that inherent power by amplifying both branches of the immune system, attacking cancerous or infected cells today while building immunological memory for tomorrow. The goal: to reprogram the patient’s immune system and treat the host rather than just the disease.
Why ImmunityBio?
• ImmunityBio is developing cutting-edge technology with the goal to transform the lives of patients with cancer and develop next-generation therapies and vaccines that complement, harness and amplify the immune system to defeat cancers and infectious diseases.
• Opportunity to join a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company with headquarters in Southern California.
• Work with a collaborative team with the ability to work across different areas of the company.
• Ability to join a growing company with professional development opportunities.

Position Summary

The Executive Assistant will support the Commercial Leadership team and report to the Senior Vice President, Commercial Urology by performing high-level administrative work.  The role will navigate executive calendars to support prioritization of business needs and travel planning; and will serve as a liaison with internal and external stakeholders while maintaining confidentiality. 

Essential Functions

• Coordinate a variety of travel, meetings, and other calendar appointments, requiring interaction with both internal and external contacts.
• Anticipate the executive’s needs and prepare required materials for conferences, meetings, calls, and various appointments.
• Process all invoices to ensure timely and accurate payments.  Tracks contracts through negotiation, approval, distribution, and execution process including the required follow-ups with legal, finance, and supply chain as needed.
• Assist in managing calendar in Outlook, manage contacts lists and send invitations.
• Screen and draft internal and external correspondence, emails, memos, and reports.
• Prepare and submit expense reports and reimbursements.
• Support the creation of executive authored presentations, communications and other documents by researching, compiling and organizing relevant data and information on a variety of business and technical topics.
• Process and maintain tracking for any required commercial team training requirements, conference registrations, memberships, and other affiliated deadlines.
• Represent the executive and exchange sensitive information with key company contacts including advisory boards, clients and other external business constituents.
• Maintain and track the department budgets.
• Create and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all processes.
• Performs ad-hoc and cross-functional duties and/or projects as assigned to support business needs and provide developmental opportunities.

Education & Experience

• High School diploma required, Bachelor’s degree in business administration or related field preferred
• 8+ years’ professional experience as an Executive Assistant required
• Prior experience working with confidential or sensitive information, preferably in the medical or pharmaceutical industry, is required.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Able to demonstrate considerable judgement and initiative to resolve problems and manage calendars.
• Ability to maintain proprietary, trade secret and confidential information.
• Strong organization and planning skills.
• Strong knowledge of standard productivity software tools (e.g. MS Office suite, especially Excel & PowerPoint).
• Budgeting and basic finance knowledge.
• Supreme communication (verbal & written) skills.
• Positive attitude.
• Proactive, resourceful, efficient, energetic, and a genuine desire to work well with people.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and multi-task under limited direction, and ability to shift priorities quickly while working under tight timelines

Working Environment / Physical Environment

• This position works on site in El Segundo, CA
• Regular work schedule is Monday – Friday, within standard business hours.  Flexibility is available with manager approval.
• This is primarily a position that works at a computer most of the time

This position is eligible for a discretionary bonus and equity award. The hourly base pay range for this position is below. The specific rate will depend on the successful candidate’s qualifications, prior experience as well as geographic location.

$51.50 (entry-level qualifications) to $56.65 (highly experienced) per hour

ImmunityBio employees are as valuable as the people we serve. We have built a resource of robust benefit offerings to best support the total wellbeing of our team members and their families. Our competitive total rewards benefits package, for eligible employees, include: Medical, Dental and Vision Plan Options • Health and Financial Wellness Programs • Employer Assistance Program (EAP) • Company Paid and Voluntary Life/AD&D, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability • Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts • 401(k) Retirement Plan with Company Match • 529 Education Savings Program • Voluntary Legal Services, Identity Theft Protection, Pet Insurance and Employee Discounts, Rewards and Perks • Paid Time Off (PTO) includes: 11 Holidays • Exempt Employees are eligible for Unlimited PTO • Non-Exempt Employees are eligible for 10 Vacation Days, 56 Hours of Health Pay, 2 Personal Days and 1 Cultural Day •  We are committed to providing you with the tools and resources you need to optimize your Health and Wellness.

At ImmunityBio, we are an equal opportunity employer dedicated to diversity in the workplace. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, gender, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity and/or expression, or other status protected by law.