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Gilead Sciences is continuing to hire for all open roles. Our interview process may be conducted virtually and some roles will be asked to temporarily work from home. Over the coming weeks and months, we will be implementing a phased approach to bringing employees back to site to ensure the health and safety of our teams.

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Job Description

• We are seeking an experienced, highly organized, and proactive senior administrative professional to provide administrative support to the Oncology Therapeutics Senior Leadership team. The position will be based in Foster City, CA and will have a high level of visibility in the organization.

  Key Responsibilities:

  • Perform a wide variety of activities including handling complex projects/events requiring the gathering, reviewing, and analysis of data impacting a major portion of the organization

  • Serve as a primary resource for data and information to the department

  • Recommend, interpret, and/or implement company and internal administrative policies and procedures

  • Serve as a Lead Administrative Coordinator in the department and coaches/guides/advises other administrative professionals

  • Interfaces with senior level external parties to provide information and answer queries

  • Interfaces with a very broad range of internal management and staff in the course of meeting a wide range of administrative needs

  • Attend meetings and accurately takes minutes, capturing the essence of the discussion and notes actions items for follow-up

  • Perform routine activities such as word processing, answering calls, creating PowerPoint presentations, and assembling reports

  • May design/revise processes to enhance workflow, which includes the use of software to generate reports, statistics, timelines, correspondence and presentations

  • Prioritize workload involving multiple large projects/timelines. Such projects may include coordinating or leading the implementation of new and/or revised software applications/databases including interfacing with vendors, ensuring user training, etc. with minimal guidance.

  • Schedule candidate interviews and arrange hotel and travel accommodations ensuring a positive candidate experience in partnership with Talent Acquisition

  • Anticipate and successfully arranges for needed resources in order to meet timelines

  • Use advanced level software programs such as MS Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint to create graphs, charts, spreadsheets, and presentations

  • Under manager’s direction, creates draft reports, documents, presentations and templates using raw data

  • Understand the goals and objectives of the entire department and contributes to the attainment of those G&O's. Keeps the bigger picture in mind and influences workflows accordingly

  • Coordinate large events which includes the planning, organizing and implementation of a number of event activities

  • Liaise with guests and speakers to assess needs and coordinates, as needed, such activities as travel, hotel, expense reports and tools and materials for presentations

  • May coordinate the preparation of annual budget, reviews monthly budget, reviews and researches variances

  • May coordinate group lease cars requirements and activities (at International Locations)

  • Assist with facilities space planning or office set-up. May screen and prioritize manager’s mail and email

  • Assist in the orientation and onboarding of new administrative assistants and other staff

  • Ongoing, acts as a resource to other administrative assistants and is cross-trained to cover for another administrative assistant if he/she is out of the office for an extended period of time

  Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Demonstrated effective verbal, written, and interpersonal skills

  • Strong attention to detail and highly organized

  • High level of integrity and confidentiality with sensitive information

  • Proven knowledge and understanding of administrative and office policies and procedures

  • Must possess good proofreading and editing skills of technical documents

  • Ability to review the work of lower level administrative assistants

  • Demonstrated high level of proficiency with MS Office Suite, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel

  • Works under minimal supervision; proactive and anticipates future department needs and prepares accordingly

  Specific Education and Experience Requirements:

  • Requires a minimum of a high school diploma plus 3+ years senior administrative experience supporting executive(s)

  • Associates Degree or higher preferred

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