Company Overview
Tango Therapeutics is a biotechnology company dedicated to discovering novel drug targets and delivering the next generation of precision medicine for the treatment of cancer.
Using an approach that starts and ends with patients, Tango leverages the genetic principle of synthetic lethality to discover and develop therapies that take aim at critical targets in cancer.
This includes expanding the universe of precision oncology targets into novel areas such as tumor suppressor gene loss and their contribution to the ability of cancer cells to evade immune cell killing.
The Tango labs and offices are located at 201 Brookline Avenue, in the Fenway area of Boston, Massachusetts
Summary
Tango has an exciting new opportunity to join our administrative team as an experienced Executive Assistant to provide support to senior members of the company. You will possess great attention to detail, organizational skills pro-active time management, and professionalism. You will thrive in a fast-paced, start-up environment, be flexible, and be able to manage competing priorities. Your Role:
- You will provide administrative support to senior members of the company, including our President, R&D, and Vice President, Program & Portfolio Management
- Proactive calendar management including:
- timely removal of conflicts
- reminders of appointments to ensure teams are prepared for upcoming meetings/teleconferences
- travel support for internal and external parties
- expense reporting and processing
- off-hours assistance as required
- Work closely and effectively with the President, R&D and VP, Program & Portfolio Management to keep them informed of upcoming commitments and responsibilities, following up as appropriate
- Assist in planning and preparation of meetings including agenda setting, slide preparation, and follow-up actions
- Exercise discretion and good judgement in handling confidential information
- You will manage 1-2 administrative specialists, and 1 office assistant
- Assist with projects as required
- Assist with the development of processes to improve organization and efficiency
- Provide superior level administrative support by anticipating and meeting the needs of leaders to maximize their ability to be effective in their roles
- Coordinate new hire onboarding for new team members for leaders you support
- Submit purchase orders and contracts
- Support your leaders and their teams with a solution-orientation, attention to detail/accuracy, and critical engagement to identify potential areas for efficiency and quality improvements
- Support leaders in ad-hoc/day-of adjustments to schedules to accommodate priorities
- Partner with the President on follow up action items and communicating updates to the team
- You will be involved in slide preparation process for Board meetings.
- Reviewing team members’ slides for proper formatting and edits before sending to President for final review
- Additional duties and responsibilities as required
What You Bring:
- At least 8 years of administrative support experience in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Biotechnology or startup experience required
- Previous experience supporting executives
- Bachelor’s degree
- 2-3 years of managerial experience
- Must be ambitious, eager, willing, and able to perform in a fast-paced and dynamic, professional environment
- Excellent organizational skills with strong attention to detail and ability to effectively multi-task
- Demonstrated flexibility and professional maturity to readily understand priorities and anticipate needs
- Have a great “can do” attitude and be a team player
- Must be able to take initiative and follow through, as well as handle confidential information
- Proficient in Microsoft Office including Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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What We Do
Tango Therapeutics is a biotechnology company discovering and developing novel medicines targeting cancer vulnerabilities to deliver transformational new therapies for patients.
Tango was launched in 2017 with a $55 million Series A investment from Third Rock Ventures. The company has established a robust product engine that leverages advances in DNA sequencing and CRISPR-based target discovery to generate breakthrough medicines that have the potential to provide deeper, more sustained benefit than today’s targeted therapies, and extend the benefit of available immuno-oncology agents.
Tango Therapeutics is focused on three areas of drug development, each in well-defined patient populations currently lacking effective treatment options, and each with hallmarks of cancer that have not been targeted yet. These include: loss of tumor suppressor gene function; multiple oncogenic drivers; and immune evasion.
What fuels each of Tango’s programs is an increasingly sophisticated ability to utilize synthetic lethality - the interaction between two genes that causes cell death when both are inactivated. In cancer cells, one of these genes is inactivated by mutation; the other will be inactivated by a drug. This approach leaves normal cells largely unaffected, with the potential to greatly enhance anti-tumor efficacy and reduce associated toxicity.
Tango’s success will be driven by its depth of understanding of the genetic subtypes of cancer, and corresponding insights into novel drug targets and combinations uniquely relevant to each subtype. By shaping discovery efforts in this way, Tango has the potential to reach the clinic quickly, and with a clear plan for identifying the patients most likely to benefit from each new treatment, an approach that could increase both speed and probability of success in translating novel target discoveries into transformational new medicines for patients.
