Executive Assistant - Sector Commercial President, Biopharma Services

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Waltham, Massachusetts

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Administrative Skills, Business Administration, Calendar Management, Cancer, Channel Strategies, Communication Skills, Corporate Policies, Cross-Functional, Customer Relations, Dental Insurance, Detail Oriented, Employee Benefits, Establish Priorities, Event Management, Executive Assistant Skills , Expense Management, Food Safety, Hardware Virtualization, Healthcare, High School Diploma, Incentive Programs, Interpersonal Skills, Interviewing Skills, Leadership, Life Insurance, Logistics, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Multitasking, Organizational Skills, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Project/Program Management, Reimbursement, Requirements Management, Schedule Development, Stock Purchase Plans, Team Player, Time Management, Travel Planning, Visa Applications, Vision Plan, Willing to Travel, Writing Skills
LOCATION
Waltham, Massachusetts
POSTED
30+ days ago

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

DESCRIPTION:
Join our team at Thermo Fisher Scientific as an Executive Assistant supporting the Sector Commercial President of Biopharma Services. This high-impact role requires someone who can hit the ground running in a fast-paced, ever-changing commercial environment where priorities shift quickly and customer needs drive decision-making. You'll be more than an administrative support—you'll be a trusted partner and strategic sounding board for senior leadership.

In this role, you'll serve as a key liaison between the Sector Commercial President, customers, and internal stakeholders, managing complex administrative functions while supporting commercial strategy and customer-facing activities. You'll need a strong personality, thick skin, and the ability to thrive in an intense, dynamic business setting where agility and quick thinking are essential.

As a true partner to leadership, you'll be a good listener who can bounce ideas around, anticipate needs, and offer thoughtful input. Your excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build strong connections across the organization will be critical. You'll coordinate high-stakes customer meetings, support commercial initiatives, and ensure smooth operations across multiple time zones and business units—all while maintaining the highest standards of professionalism and confidentiality.

Your excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize competing demands will be essential as you manage complex schedules, prepare executive-level communications and presentations for commercial audiences, process expenses, and complete strategic projects. Success in this role requires being customer-focused, well-connected, and able to adapt instantly to changing business needs.

REQUIREMENTS:

  • High school diploma required with minimum of five (5) years of executive administrative experience, or Bachelor's Degree plus two (2) years of executive assistant experience supporting senior leadership, preferably in a global corporate environment.
  • Preferred Fields of Study: Business Administration, Secretarial Science or related field 
  • Expert proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Teams)
  • Outstanding organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple competing priorities
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with exceptional attention to detail and professional presence
  • Demonstrated ability to handle highly confidential and sensitive information with discretion and sound judgment
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to interact effectively with all levels of the organization, including senior leadership
  • Experience managing complex calendars across multiple time zones
  • Experience coordinating complex international travel and detailed logistics, including managing visa requirements
  • Proficiency with expense management systems (e.g., Concur) and virtual meeting platforms
  • Proven ability to work independently, anticipate needs, and proactively solve problems
  • Strong project management and event planning capabilities
  • Collaborative mindset with the ability to work effectively in a global, matrixed environment and build cross-functional relationships
  • Ability to adapt quickly in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with shifting priorities
  • Flexibility to support global teams and occasionally work outside standard business hours

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus scheme, healthcare, company 401k, and a range of employee benefits! Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation. 

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform critical job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in Massachusetts is $100,000.00–$110,000.00.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

  • A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

  • Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

  • At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

  • Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

  • Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards

About the Company

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Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science. Our mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. With revenues of nearly $11 billion, we have approximately 37,000 employees and serve customers within pharmaceutical and biotech companies, hospitals and clinical diagnostic labs, universities, research institutions and government agencies, as well as in environmental and process control industries. We create value for our key stakeholders through two premier brands, Thermo Scientific and Fisher Scientific, which offer a unique combination of continuous technology development and the most convenient purchasing options. Our products and services help accelerate the pace of scientific discovery, and solve analytical challenges ranging from complex research to routine testing to field applications.

All of our employees share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement. Our ability to grow year after year is driven by our ability to attract, develop and retain world-class people who will thrive in our environment and share in our desire to improve mankind by enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

If you share in our values and if you're looking for an employer who is strongly committed to developing talent and rewarding achievement, come grow with us at Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
All
WEBSITE
https://corporate.thermofisher.com/en/home.html