Executive Assistant

Department/Group: President’s Office
Location: South San Francisco, CA
Position Type: Full time

 

Job Description

Role and Responsibilities

  • Provides administrative support to Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Financial Officer (CfO) and other executives as necessary.
    • Tasks may include, but are not limited to:
    • Scheduling and coordinating meetings as requested by the CEO and CBO with internal and external team members including meetings related to business development activities
    • Collects and prepares information for use in discussions/meetings of executive staff and outside individuals, including investors and board members
    • Coordinate and schedule executive leadership team and board of director meetings and related phone or video calls
    • Preparing materials and packages for executive leadership team, board of director meetings and other important company meetings
    • Coordinate arrangements and meetings related to annual conferences such as ESMO, ASCO and AACR
    • Coordinate the review, signing and filing of various contractual agreements.
    • Coordinate arrangements and meetings related to investor relation functions including meetings and related phone or video calls with existing and potential investors
    • Support and act as backup for other administrative staff including Office Manager and Facilities Coordinator
  • Must anticipate the needs of the CEO and CFO
  • Handles details of a highly confidential and critical nature
  • Makes high-level contacts of a sensitive nature inside and outside the company
  • Represents CEO and CFO and Corvus with the highest level of professionalism
  • Exercises judgment within generally defined practices and policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions
  • Must be willing to work five days a week in Corvus’ South San Francisco Office

Qualifications and Education Requirements

  • 5+ years’ experience in similar role with comparable responsibilities
  • Bachelor’s degree a plus
  • Expert level proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite required (Outlook, Word, Excel)
  • Experience in working with senior-level executives within and outside the company, customers, vendors, and visitors
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience in working in pharmaceutical and/or biotechnology industry

Preferred Skills

  • Excellent teamwork and collaboration skills 
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office including creation of slides for technical and business presentations
  • Strong project management skills
  • Able to build effective working relationships throughout the organization internally and externally to achieve goals
  • Flexibility and willingness to solve problems that fall outside of immediate area of expertise
  • Clear and concise verbal and written communication skills and strong organizational skills, with an exceptional attention to detail
  • Work independently in an interdisciplinary, fast-paced, often changing environment
  • Committed to the values of integrity, accountability and drive

If you are interested, please submit a cover letter and your resume to careers@corvuspharma.com