Cepheid · 10 hours ago
Executive Assistant – Marketing/Product Management & Strategy (Onsite Sunnyvale, CA)
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$47/hr - $50/hr
5+ years expCepheid, a Danaher operating company, is dedicated to improving health care through innovative molecular diagnostic systems. The Executive Assistant will provide administrative support to the SVP of Marketing & Product Management, ensuring efficient communication and operational meetings while managing a variety of administrative tasks.
BiotechnologyGeneticsHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsMedical
Responsibilities
Understand the functional business priorities for both Marketing & Product Management. Provide support to the SVP to ensure operational meetings and interactions run efficiently across a global client group. Provide a bridge for smooth communication between direct reports across both functions, the peer L1 team, as well as HR and Finance business partners and external network
Complete a variety of administrative tasks for the SVP including managing an extremely active calendar of appointments; completing expense reports; composing and preparing correspondence that is sometimes confidential; arranging complex and detailed travel plans, itineraries, and agendas; compiling documents for travel related meetings and independently preparing expense reports and purchase orders with a solid understanding of the expense reporting, invoicing and purchase order procedures and the budget process
Manage and coordinate all aspects of executive meetings including conference room reservations, teleconference and videoconference set-up, catering, and associated meeting logistics including related social activities for both onsite and offsite events
Qualification
Required
High School Degree (or equivalent experience)
5+ years of progressive administrative experience
3+ years of project management experience in planning, managing, and coordinating all aspects of executive meetings and conferences from inception through completion
Excellent computer skills: Outlook (e-mail and calendar management), Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and other Microsoft Office products
Demonstrate resourcefulness with proven ability to anticipate needs, prioritize responsibilities, manage multiple priorities with tight timelines, take initiative, be a self-starter and solving problems calmly and professionally in a team environment
Ability to carry out all responsibilities with exemplary verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail, time management and organizational skills while producing high-quality work
Ability to travel internationally and domestically per business needs
Benefits
Paid time off
Medical/dental/vision insurance
401(k)
Company
Cepheid
Cepheid is a diagnostics company that provides molecular systems and tests for organisms and genetic-based diseases.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (92)
2024 (103)
2023 (83)
2022 (137)
2021 (96)
2020 (43)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$117.85MKey Investors
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)Wheatley PartnersInnogenetics
2021-10-22Grant· $63.8M
2021-07-29Grant· $27M
2016-09-06Acquired
Leadership Team
John L. Bishop
Chairman & CEO
Kerry Flom
Executive Vice President; Chief Regulatory Officer
Recent News
2025-11-08
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