Executive Assistant

Corvus Pharmaceutical; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Corvus Pharmaceuticals is seeking an Executive Administrative Assistant to provide executive-level support to the CEO, CFO, and other leaders in our South San Francisco office. This role requires handling confidential information with discretion while coordinating complex schedules and meetings.

Key duties include preparing materials for board discussions, coordinating investor relations activities, and ensuring smooth operations across the executive team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a similar role handling executive-level support.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience working with senior-level executives, investors, and board members.

Responsibilities

• Schedule and coordinate meetings for the CEO and CFO, including investor and board interactions.
• Prepare materials for executive meetings and board meetings.
• Coordinate arrangements for annual conferences and investor relations activities.
• Manage confidential information and represent the executives professionally.
• Support and back up other administrative staff as needed.

Skills

Executive support experience

MS Office proficiency

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Discretion and confidentiality

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)

PowerPoint

Job description

Corvus is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies with the potential to significantly improve the treatment of immune diseases and cancer. Our lead program, soquelitinib, is a first-in-class, oral therapy that selectively inhibits ITK to modulate and control parallel signaling pathways in theimmune system.

We are seeking an Executive Administrative Assistantto provide administrative support to Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and other executives as necessary.

Role and Responsibilities

Tasks may include, but are not limited to:

• Scheduling and coordinating meetings as requested by the CEO and CBO with internal and external team members including meetings related to business development activities
• Collects and prepares information for use in discussions/meetings of executive staff and outside individuals, including investors and board members
• Coordinate and schedule executive leadership team and board of director meetings and related phone or video calls
• Preparing materials and packages for executive leadership team, board of director meetings and other important company meetings
• Coordinate arrangements and meetings related to annual conferences such as ESMO, ASCO and AACR
• Coordinate the review, signing and filing of various contractual agreements.
• Coordinate arrangements and meetings related to investor relation functions including meetings and related phone or video calls with existing and potential investors
• Support and act as backup for other administrative staff including Office Manager and Facilities Coordinator
• Must anticipate the needs of the CEO and CFO
• Handles details of a highly confidential and critical nature
• Makes high-level contacts of a sensitive nature inside and outside the company
• Represents CEO and CFO and Corvus with the highest level of professionalism
• Exercises judgment within generally defined practices and policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions
• Must be willing to work five days a week in Corvus’ South San Francisco Office

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• 5+ years’ experience in similar role with comparable responsibilities
• Bachelor’s degree a plus
• Expert level proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite required (Outlook, Word, Excel)
• Experience in working with senior-level executives within and outside the company, customers, vendors, and visitors
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience in working in pharmaceutical and/or biotechnology industry

Preferred Skills

• Excellent teamwork and collaboration skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Office including creation of slides for technical and business presentations
• Strong project management skills
• Able to build effective working relationships throughout the organization internally and externally to achieve goals
• Flexibility and willingness to solve problems that fall outside of immediate area of expertise
• Clear and concise verbal and written communication skills and strong organizational skills,with an exceptional attention to detail
• Work independently in an interdisciplinary, fast-paced, often changing environment
• Committed to the values of integrity, accountability and drive

Salary

• Salary Range 140k – 170k