Executive Assistant

What if… you could join an organization that creates, resources, and builds life sciences companies that invent breakthrough technologies to transform human health and sustainability?

Company Summary:

Quotient Therapeutics, Inc. is a privately held, early-stage company developing a novel genomics platform and therapeutics for diseases with a large unmet need.

Quotient Therapeutics, Inc. was founded by Flagship Pioneering, an innovative enterprise that conceives, creates, resources, and grows first-in-category life sciences companies. Flagship Pioneering has created over 100 groundbreaking companies over the past twenty years, all of which are pioneering novel and proprietary biological, industrial, and engineering approaches to solve major needs in human health and sustainability. These companies include Moderna (MRNA) Generate Biomedicines, Sana Biotechnology (SANA), Tessera Therapeutics, Evelo Biosciences (EVLO), Indigo Agriculture, Seres Therapeutics (MCRB), and Syros Pharmaceuticals (SYRS). To date, Flagship has deployed over $2.5 billion in capital toward the founding and growth of its pioneering companies alongside more than $19 billion of follow-on investments from other institutions. In 2021, Flagship Pioneering was ranked 12th globally on Fortune’s “Change the World” list, an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies.

Position:

The ideal candidate is organized, solutions-oriented, self-directed, flexible and demonstrates leadership and initiative, while also being a committed and contributing team player with a strong desire to help steward deep relationships with internal stakeholders. This position reports to our Human Resources Manager and is responsible for ensuring the productivity of the Chief Scientific Officer, optimizing their schedule, and ensuring that the teams operate at their highest efficiency. Their daily tasks carefully balance long-term strategic objectives with immediate, time-sensitive details. This role offers a unique opportunity for individuals passionate about looking to be part of a dynamic and entrepreneurial environment.

Key Responsibilities will include, but not limited to the following:

• Primary day to day will center around calendaring and administrative functions
• Drive overall management of executive calendars to ensure it maximizes productivity and effectiveness. This also includes an ability to proactively “connect the dots” to identify where issues and conflicts might arise
• Provide a critical role in driving the cadence of updates and follow-up actions related to senior leadership initiatives
• Lead and contribute to special projects as assigned by the executives and/or senior leadership
• Design and implement processes to improve executive decision-making, monitor progress, communication and execution. Maintain order in a fast-paced environment
• Create, edit and project manage presentation materials (external and internal)
• Assist in Board, and investor meeting preparations, including pitch decks
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders on effective organizational structures and practices, looking for opportunities to improve inefficiencies within the organization
• Own and create appropriate levels of governance to ensure alignment and clear objectives
• Keeps track of lessons learned and shares those lessons with team members

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• A minimum of 3+ years of experience in the biopharmaceutical/pharmaceutical industry in an administrative or project coordinator function
• A minimum of 2+ years of experience in roles working with executives
• Knowledge of biotechnology/pharmaceutical research and development processes

Additional Qualifications

• Extremely organized with administrative and project management experience, and the ability to ruthlessly prioritize
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment with a focus on results
• Analytical and strategic thinker who is able to align detailed work to the big picture objectives
• Reputation of bias for action and can be trusted to always execute and never drop the ball
• Personal integrity, with the demonstrated ability to handle sensitive and confidential information. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Thrives in ever-changing environments and is excited by ambiguity
• Startup experience preferred

About Flagship:

Flagship Pioneering has conceived of and created companies such as Moderna Therapeutics (NASDAQ: MRNA), Editas Medicine (NASDAQ: EDIT), Omega Therapeutics (NASDAQ: OMGA), Seres Therapeutics (NASDAQ: MCRB), and Indigo Agriculture. Since its launch in 2000, Flagship has applied its unique hypothesis-driven innovation process to originate and foster more than 100 scientific ventures. In 2021, Flagship Pioneering was ranked 12th globally on Fortune’s “Change the World” list, an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies.

Flagship Pioneering and our ecosystem companies are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. 

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Flagship Pioneering and its affiliated Flagship Lab companies (collectively, “FSP”) do not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to FSP or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Flagship Pioneering’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of FSP, and FSP will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.

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