Senior Executive Assistant – Executive Operations

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About the role

  • Senior Executive Assistant supporting Ergomed Group’s CEO and executive leadership. Managing calendars, Board governance, presentations, travel and operational follow-through for a global pharmaceutical services company.

Responsibilities

  • Provide proactive, high-impact support to the CEO and Executive Leadership Team
  • Prioritise competing demands and protect executive focus on critical business matters
  • Act as a trusted liaison between executives and internal and external stakeholders
  • Manage the CEO’s complex calendar and ELT calendars across time zones
  • Coordinate meeting agendas, briefing materials, pre-reads and follow-ups
  • Own and maintain the annual and rolling ELT plan
  • Track leadership actions, decisions and deliverables through completion
  • Coordinate cross-functional inputs, deadlines and risk escalation
  • Maintain CEO office processes, templates, document control and SharePoint/Teams sites
  • Coordinate ELT meetings, offsites and leadership forums
  • Manage the Board and Committee meeting cycle, including calendars, agendas, papers, Board packs and logistics
  • Support Board and Committee meetings, capture actions and track completion
  • Draft, build and refine PowerPoint presentations and executive briefing materials
  • Prepare speaking notes and rehearsal materials
  • Manage end-to-end business travel, itineraries, visas, documentation and disruption handling
  • Process executive travel and expense claims
  • Support leadership offsites and internal events
  • Handle highly sensitive business and people information with discretion

Requirements

  • Proven experience managing complex executive calendars and international travel
  • Significant experience supporting C-suite executives in a global organisation
  • Strong organisational and prioritisation skills in a fast-paced environment
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • High level of discretion and professionalism
  • Ability to manage complexity, ambiguity, and competing priorities
  • Experience working with a highly analytical, data-driven senior leader, with strong attention to detail and accuracy
  • Experience supporting Board and/or ELT meeting cycles, including agenda setting, paper preparation and follow-up
  • Advanced PowerPoint skills with proven ability to draft executive-level presentations and briefing materials
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint)
  • Experience in pharma, CRO, or life sciences preferred
  • Exposure to executive operations, Chief of Staff, PMO or business operations roles preferred
  • Experience supporting multiple executives or an ELT preferred
  • Familiarity with global organisations and remote collaboration preferred
  • Comfort using data and AI-enabled tools to improve the efficiency and quality of executive support preferred
  • Must handle sensitive information in line with GDPR, data protection law, and sponsor and client confidentiality obligations

Benefits

  • Remote work
  • Collaborative team environment
  • Opportunity to contribute to pharmaceutical treatments benefiting patients
  • Work with global teams across countries, cultures and time zones
  • Professional growth and meaningful career impact
  • Exposure to clinical research, pharmacovigilance and quality consulting
  • Leadership offsites and internal events

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

RemoteWorldwide

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