Principal Administrative Business Partner - Life Sciences/Pharma

Dawar Consulting; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Paid sick leave

401K

Job summary

Dawar Consulting seeks a Principal Administrative Business Partner for a life sciences/pharma client in South San Francisco, CA. This long-term contract role offers hourly pay with W2 DOE and requires coordinating complex calendars and global leadership events.

You will support senior executives, draft communications, and streamline processes while handling confidential information with discretion. Strong MS Office and Google Workspace skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 5–7+ years of administrative, executive support, operations, or project management experience.
• Experience supporting senior executives.
• Roche/Genentech experience strongly preferred; biotech/pharma industry experience a plus.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Workspace/cSuite tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage calendars, executive scheduling, and meetings across multiple time zones and senior stakeholders.
• Plan and execute leadership meetings, global summits, department offsites, town halls, and conferences.
• Coordinate meeting agendas, presentations, communications, venues, speakers, vendors, contracts, and payments.
• Draft executive communications and support departmental newsletters, websites, and employee engagement initiatives.
• Manage interview scheduling, onboarding logistics, relocation coordination, and 30-day onboarding.
• Lead departmental space planning, process improvements, and administrative projects.
• Train team members on company systems, tools, and administrative processes.

Skills

Executive scheduling

Calendar management

Stakeholder coordination

Meeting planning

Cross-time-zone coordination

Tools

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Google Workspace

Trello

Google Meet

Zoom

Job description

Principal Administrative Business Partner - Life Sciences/Pharma

South San Francisco, United States | Posted on 10/16/2026

Our client, a world leader in biotechnology and life sciences, islooking for aPrincipal Administrative Business Partner based in SSF,CA.

Job Duration:Long Term Contract(Possibility of Extension)

Pay Rate: $60/hr - $80/hr on W2 DOE

Company Benefits:

Medical, Paid Sick leave,401K

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage complexcalendars, executive scheduling, and meetings across multiple time zonesand senior-level stakeholders.
• Plan and executeleadership meetings, global summits, department offsites, town halls, andconference events.
• Coordinate meetingagendas, presentations, communications, venues, speakers, vendors,contracts, and payments.
• Draft executivecommunications and support departmental newsletters, websites, andemployee engagement initiatives.
• Manage interviewscheduling, onboarding logistics, relocation coordination, and the first30-day onboarding process.
• Lead departmentalspace planning, process improvements, and administrative projects.
• Train team memberson company systems, tools, and administrative processes.
• Handle sensitiveand confidential information with discretion and professionalism.

Required Qualifications:

• 5–7+ years ofadministrative, executive support, operations, or project managementexperience, supporting senior executives.
• PreviousRoche/Genentech experience strongly preferred; biotech/pharmaceuticalindustry experience is a plus.
• Advancedproficiency in Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word) and GoogleWorkspace/cSuite tools (Gmail, Calendar, Sheets, Slides, Trello, GoogleMeet, and Zoom).