Executive Business Partner

Location: Onsite – Brisbane, California, United States

Salary: $163,700–$180,538 per year

Company

Clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing targeted protein degradation medicines for cancer and inflammatory diseases through an AI-integrated discovery platform.

What you will do

• Own and prioritize the Chief Scientific Officer’s calendar, meetings, appointments, travel, and competing deadlines.
• Act as the primary communication point for internal and external stakeholders; draft correspondence and presentations.
• Use AI-assisted summarization and triage to turn high-volume email and document flow into prioritized, decision-ready information.
• Lead or co-lead cross-functional projects such as strategy offsites, advisory board content, and organizational initiatives.
• Represent the CSO’s priorities in selected internal meetings, capture decisions, and drive follow-through.
• Manage and mentor one administrative direct report while establishing shared standards, coverage, and processes across the Research administrative team.

Requirements

• Associate’s degree required; bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 8+ years of executive administrative or business partner experience, including 3+ years supporting a C-level or functional-head role in pharmaceutical, healthcare, or scientific environments.
• Experience managing or mentoring administrative staff and setting consistent team standards.
• Proven ability to exercise independent judgment, represent executive priorities, manage complex calendars, and lead cross-functional projects.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft 365, including Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, OneNote, SharePoint, and To Do, plus Navan and Expensify.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, adapt to changing priorities, communicate effectively, and solve problems independently.

Nice to have

• Comfort using AI assistants such as Claude or Copilot to draft, summarize, and triage communications and documents.
• Ability to learn scientific vocabulary related to drug discovery and clinical development.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, strongly team-oriented environment.
• Solutions- and results-oriented approach.
• Hands-on, resourceful working style with openness to diverse points of view.
• On-site work supporting R&D events, advisory boards, offsites, conferences, and seminars.