Executive Assistant to the Co-founder, Legal, People (Contract)
Executive Assistant to the Co-founder, Legal, People (Contract)
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$ 50 - 60
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Job Description
Biotechnology is rewriting life as we know it from the medicines we take to the crops we grow the materials we wear and the household goods that we rely on every day. But moving at the new speed of science requires better technology.
Benchlings mission is to unlock the power of biotechnology. The worlds most innovative biotech companies use Benchlings R&D Cloud to power the development of breakthrough products and accelerate time to milestone and market.
Come help us bring modern software to modern science.
ROLE OVERVIEW
Were looking for a highly motivated and mission-driven Executive Assistant to support three senior leaders: our Chief People Officer General Counsel and President & Co-Founder. This is a high-trust fast-moving role that blends strategic partnership with day-to-day operational excellence. Youll play a key role in keeping our leadership aligned efficient and focused on scaling Benchlings impact.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage and prioritize dynamic calendars across time zones for three senior executives.
- Coordinate high-stakes meetings offsites legal and people operations events and board prep sessions.
- Draft edit and review internal and external communications ensuring clarity and tone alignment.
- Handle logistics and planning for leadership offsites team events and executive travel.
- Track key action items projects and follow-ups ensuring nothing falls through the cracks.
- Operate as a trusted partner balancing discretion urgency and judgment at every turn.
QUALIFICATIONS
- 35 years of experience supporting VP or C-level leaders; strong preference for experience in tech legal or people organizations.
- Proven ability to support multiple executives with competing priorities.
- Polished communicator with high emotional intelligence and discretion.
- Highly organized proactive and capable of managing ambiguity and change.
- Comfortable with productivity and collaboration tools like Google Workspace Slack Zoom and Navan.
- Passionate about biotech innovation and working with purpose-driven teams.
HOW WE WORK
Flexible Hybrid Work: We offer a flexible hybrid work arrangement that prioritizes in-office collaboration. Employees are expected to be on-site 3 days per week (Monday Tuesday and Thursday).
SALARY RANGE
Benchling takes a market-based approach to pay. The candidates starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills experience qualifications interview performance and work location. For this role the hourly rate is $50 - $60. In office perks in include a wide variety of snacks and catered lunch.
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Benchling welcomes everyone.
We believe diversity enriches our team so we hire people with a wide range of identities backgrounds and experiences.
We are an equal opportunity employer. That means we dont discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with applicable federal state and local law including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Please be aware that Benchling will never request personal information payment or sensitive details outside of Greenhouse or via email. All official communications will come from an @ email address or from an approved vendor alias. If you are contacted by someone claiming to represent Benchling and are unsure of their legitimacy please reach out to us at to verify the communication.
Required Experience:
Founder
Employment Type
Contract
