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Senior Administrative Business Partner

South San Francisco, CA 94080

Posted: 03/10/2026 Employment Type: Contract Industry: Administration Job Number: 12573 Pay Rate: $21.00 - $35.00 Remote Friendly: Hybrid

Job Description

Our client is a leading biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes medicines to treat patients with serious or life-threatening medical conditions. They are among the world's leading biotech companies, with multiple products on the market and a promising development pipeline.

The Opportunity:
  • Proactively manage and maintain business partners complex calendars and meetings
  • Coordinate and manage complex travel needs and logistics
  • Plan large mid-level, internal meetings (e.g. department meeting, large team/committee)
  • Possess advanced knowledge of our client's IT systems (ex: cSuite, virtual collaboration tools, etc.)
  • Manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders, often with a high level of confidentiality required
  • Create contracts/purchase orders, and process payment and expense reports.
  • Help coordinate candidate/interview process
  • Manage and plan team building events & workshops ( depending on role and level)
  • Independently lead the planning & execution of complex team offsites (involving multiple locations, days, activities, and/or travel needs)
  • Draft email communications on behalf of manager, team, department, leader, etc
  • Manage departmental gSites, Slack, websites, newsletters, etc. (collect content, distribute information, oversee maintenance)
  • Project Management support: Quality Compliance & Clinical Capabilities (QC3) projects & initiatives
  • Additional responsibilities assigned (based on business need)

Job Requirements

Who You Are:
  • Ability to multitask, prioritize and execute tasks independently. May assist in the coordination of work flow among team members
  • Collaborative, initiates and facilitates team development, ensures all relevant or useful information within the team is shared, works with different functions to achieve the best overall outcome
  • Ability to handle and exercise judgment and discretion concerning sensitive, confidential and proprietary information
  • Demonstrates accuracy and attention to detail of own and other's work, communicates and ensures standards for accuracy and detail within the team
  • Based on breadth of experience, skill and strategic context, makes decisions independently and with minimal need of external input/validation
  • Experience working with senior leaders/management
  • In depth knowledge of Microsoft Office (Power Point, Excel and Word), cSuite Tools (including gMail, gCal, gSheets, gSlides, Trello, Jamboard, gMeet, ZOOM) and able to provide instruction or training to others as needed
  • An average of 5-7 years related administrative, operations or project management experience (experience gained in pharmaceutical / biotechnology industry is preferred.)
  • BS/BA degree or equivalent industry experience

Meet Your Recruiter

Lexie Pierce
Senior Recruiter

As a Compass recruiter, Lexie brings in 15 years of experience in leadership and employee growth and development. She's incredibly passionate about helping candidates find and accept new opportunities, ultimately leading her to start her recruiting career in the life science industry. Her favorite part about connecting with Compass candidates and clients is witnessing the excitement the candidates exude and making an impact on their lives.

 

Outside of the office, Lexie enjoys going to the farmers' market on Saturdays with her son so she can find the best produce to use in her family dinners. She enjoys cooking, reading, knitting, restoring furniture, and spending time with her family and friends. Lexie is also passionate about supporting organizations that are looking to educate the community about Congenital Heart Defects (CHD).

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