Executive Assistant

Posted 9 Days Ago
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Somerville, MA
Senior level
Biotech
The Role
The Executive Assistant will support high-level executives by coordinating meetings, managing communications, organizing travel plans, and driving projects. This role requires exceptional organization, attention to detail, and strong interpersonal skills. The assistant will be proactive in managing diverse tasks and collaborating with teams in a fast-paced startup environment.
Summary Generated by Built In

Your experience includes… 

  • Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience providing support to high-level executives
  • High level of commitment- availability after hours and on weekends as needed
  • Significant responsibility working in a dynamic, demanding, and fast-paced environment
  • Exceptionally organized with keen attention to detail and the ability to shift focus and priorities when necessary, under pressure and within deadlines
  • Outstanding verbal and written communication skills; strong ability to inform and engage through written communications
  • Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills
  • Professional, positive manner, with experience in a role requiring a high degree of confidentiality
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and resourcefulness; ability to follow-through and close loops
  • Strong work ethic and an entrepreneurial spirit to accommodate high level of responsibility and multiple priorities
  • Energetic, enthusiastic, and interested in learning within a fast-paced, fast-growth organization
  • Proficient in MS Office (Word and some PowerPoint) with advanced Outlook organizational skills
  • Strong project management skills
  • It's a bonus if you have supported Executives at the “C” level suite

You are interested in… 

  • Coordination of the Leadership Team’s calendar for work related to the operational day-to-day activities of an ever changing, startup company
  • Responsibility for proactively coordinating meetings and managing internal and external communications
  • Coordinating worldwide travel plans including expense reporting and reimbursement
  • Responsibility for all aspects for supporting projects for the LT
  • Proactively collaborating with other administrative staff members in coordination of calendars, requests, and events

About you: 

As an experienced Executive Administrative Assistant with a background providing high-level support to Leadership Teams, you are seeking an exciting opportunity in a fast-paced, growing biotech startup. You are interested in leveraging a broad range of skills with a high degree of professionalism and discretion in handling a wide variety of comprehensive responsibilities. You are detail-oriented and have strong organizational skills to effectively manage administrative tasks. You have the ability to proactively build organizational knowledge and relationships and think critically and creatively to support problem-solving and ensure strong communication flow and follow-through. You are a project driver who understands the value of a fast paced environments' productivity.

Tessera employees are creative and collaborative problem solvers. They have a strong sense of integrity and unwavering commitment to excellence.


Meet your Manager:

All inquiries regarding the posted position should be directed to the Talent Partner (see below). Interested individuals must apply directly to be considered for the opening. 

Aimee Tallarico - Senior Director, Laboratory Operations 

Meet your Talent Partner:

Annie Edminster - Employee Experience and Talent Lead

Meet our Leadership Team and Board of Directors 


Tessera offers a competitive package of base and incentive compensation as well as a comprehensive benefits program designed to support the health, wellness and financial security of our employees and their families. Benefits currently include group medical, vision and dental coverage, group life and disability insurance, 401(k) with company contribution, tuition reimbursement, and much more.

Company Summary:

Tessera Therapeutics is pioneering Gene Writing™— a new biotechnology designed to offer scientists and clinicians the ability to write small and large therapeutic messages into the genome, thereby curing diseases at their source. Gene Writing holds the potential to become a new category in genetic medicine, building upon recent breakthroughs in gene therapy and gene editing while eliminating important limitations in their reach, utilization, and efficacy. Tessera Therapeutics was founded by Flagship Pioneering, a life sciences innovation enterprise that conceives, resources, and develops first-in-category companies to transform human health and sustainability.

More about Tessera Therapeutics:

Tessera is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, marital status, genetics, protected veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic identified by federal, state, or local laws where we operate. Tessera provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities. To begin an interactive dialogue with Tessera regarding a reasonable accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied, please contact the recruiter or [email protected]

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies:  Tessera Therapeutics does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Tessera Therapeutics or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Tessera Therapeutics’ internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Tessera Therapeutics, and Tessera Therapeutics will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.

Top Skills

MS Office
The Company
HQ: Cambridge, MA
262 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

Our mission is to cure disease by writing the code of life

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