Senior Executive Assistant, Commercial
About The Position
Kura Oncology is seeking a Senior Executive Assistant, Commercial to provide exceptional support to the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and the broader Commercial Leadership Team. This role is crucial in maximizing leadership effectiveness through organization, judgment, discretion, and proactive coordination. The ideal candidate will anticipate needs, manage competing priorities, facilitate communication, and leverage technology, including AI, to enhance productivity. This position requires a proactive, resourceful, and detail-oriented individual committed to excellence, with the ability to work flexibly across time zones and changing priorities. The Senior Executive Assistant will play a key role in ensuring leaders remain focused on high-impact business priorities and will support selected Commercial projects and initiatives.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- 8+ years of executive administrative experience, including experience supporting senior executives.
- Ability to be onsite in the San Diego office 2-3 times per week.
- Exceptional organizational, project management, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated ability to anticipate needs, manage multiple priorities, and operate independently in a fast-paced, changing environment.
- Excellent judgment, discretion, emotional intelligence, professionalism, and relationship-building skills.
- Strong technological fluency with demonstrated curiosity and aptitude for adopting AI and emerging productivity tools.
- Resourceful, proactive, detail-oriented, and committed to delivering with excellence.
- Ability to work flexibly across time zones and changing priorities.
Nice To Haves
- Biotech/pharmaceutical industry experience strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide high-level executive support to the Chief Commercial Officer and administrative and coordination support to members of the Commercial Leadership Team.
- Strategically manage the CCO's complex and dynamic calendar, anticipating priorities, conflicts, preparation needs, and follow-up.
- Coordinate calendars and scheduling across Commercial leadership to facilitate effective decision-making, collaboration, and execution.
- Coordinate complex domestic and international travel, itineraries, logistics, and expenses for the CCO and Commercial leaders as needed.
- Plan and coordinate Commercial Leadership Team meetings, offsites, conferences, team meetings, and key Commercial events.
- Prepare meeting agendas, briefing materials, presentations, and other communications; ensure decisions, commitments, and action items are captured and tracked to completion.
- Help establish and maintain effective operating rhythms across the Commercial Leadership Team, including recurring meetings, planning activities, and key milestones.
- Identify and adopt technology, including appropriate AI-enabled tools and automation, to improve executive and Commercial team efficiency.
- Proactively identify scheduling conflicts, competing priorities, and potential obstacles and take appropriate action to resolve them.
- Support selected Commercial projects and initiatives, coordinating stakeholders, timelines, logistics, and deliverables as appropriate.
- Coordinate contracts, purchase orders, expenses, and other administrative processes in partnership with internal functions.
- Manage sensitive and confidential business and personnel information with exceptional discretion and sound judgment.
- Build strong relationships across Commercial, other functions, and the administrative team to enable effective collaboration and execution.
Benefits
- Career advancement/ development opportunities
- Competitive comp package
- Bonus
- 401K + Employer contributions
- Generous stock options
- ESPP Plan
- 20 days of PTO to start
- 18 Holidays (Including Summer & Winter Break)
- Generous Benefits Package with a variety of plans available with a substantial employer match
- Paid Paternity/Maternity Leave
- In-Office Catered lunches
- Home Office Setup
- Lifestyle Spending Stipend
- Commuter Stipend (Boston Office)
- Regular employee social activities, including happy hours, monthly birthday celebrations, Kura Koffee Talks, and much more!
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
