Cytokinetics is a specialty cardiovascular biopharmaceutical company, building on its over 25 years of pioneering scientific innovations in muscle biology, and advancing a pipeline of potential new medicines for patients suffering from diseases of cardiac muscle dysfunction.
We view our employees as the unequivocal ingredients to success. Each and every employee is an integral member of the Cytokinetics team, contributing to our shared goal of improving lives. While expectations of our employees are high, there is an equal commitment to ensuring that contributions are recognized and rewarded. We seek exceptional individuals to join us in our mission to develop potential medicines to improve the health span of people with cardiovascular and neuromuscular diseases of impaired muscle function.
The Executive Assistant will provide day-to-day administrative support to the SVP Global Supply Chain and Technical Operations and lead or contribute to projects for the broader Global Supply Chain and Technical Operations team.
Responsibilities
management including the ability to determine priorities when scheduling internal and external meetings and proactively address conflicts in scheduling.
Proactively manage global travel for the SVP Global Supply Chain and Technical Operations including flights, hotels, and meeting commitments.
and manage meeting logistics (e.g. room preparation, catering, check-in, etc.)
support with various Supply Chain activities to include managing calendar invites and logistics for travel to external sites and events.
and helps prepare meeting materials, including meeting agenda preparation/distribution, collecting/printing meeting pre-reads, minute or note-taking, and assembling/editing PowerPoint presentations
confidential administrative functions where reports could have an effect on cost.
proofing and assembling reports or proposals for customers or outside agencies and taking, transcribing and distributing minutes for important meetings.
Proactively and independently manage expense reports.
details of highly confidential and sensitive nature internally and externally.
Qualifications
A minimum of 10+ years’ administrative experience with at least 3 years spent supporting an executive and global leadership team
degree of personal integrity, discretion, and confidentiality
verbal and written communication skills required with a customer service mindset.
organizational skills and prioritization skills and demonstrated ability to multi-task with keen attention to quality and accuracy.
to work under tight and changing timelines
Proven experience working within a growing global organization
work ethic and high degree of self-motivation
experience successfully planning and coordinating events
Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook skills; power users preferred; experienced with video conferencing technology (e.g. Zoom, Teams, etc.)
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Pay Range:
In the U.S., the hiring pay range for fully qualified candidates is $117,000-$136,500 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors.Our employees come from different backgrounds, and we celebrate those differences. We are looking for the best candidates for our open roles, but do not expect applicants to meet every qualification in order to be considered. If you are excited about what you could accomplish at Cytokinetics and believe you can add value to our team, we would love to hear from you.
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Our passion is anchored in robust scientific thinking, grounded in integrity and critical thinking. We keep the patient front and center in all we do – all actions and decisions are in service of the patient and their caregivers. We champion integrity, ethics, doing the right thing, and being our best selves.
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Cytokinetics is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Skills Required
- Minimum of 10+ years administrative experience with at least 3 years supporting an executive and global leadership team
- High degree of personal integrity, discretion, and confidentiality
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with a customer service mindset
- Organizational and prioritization skills; ability to multi-task with attention to quality and accuracy
- Ability to work under tight and changing timelines
- Proven experience working within a growing global organization
- Strong work ethic and self-motivation
- Experience planning and coordinating events
- Proficiency with Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook
- Power user level of Office applications
- Experience with video conferencing technology (e.g., Zoom, Teams)
- Proactive and independent management of expense reports
What We Do
Cytokinetics is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing first-in-class muscle activators and next-in-class muscle inhibitors as potential treatments for debilitating diseases in which muscle performance is compromised and/or declining. As a leader in muscle biology and the mechanics of muscle performance, we are developing small molecule drug candidates specifically engineered to impact muscle function and contractility. Proud to be a San Francisco Business Times Best Place to Work in 2021 and 2022, a Great Place to Work-Certified company in 2022 and a part of Fortune's Best Workplaces in the Bay Area in 2022 and Fortune's Best Workplaces in BioPharma in 2022.
