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Personal Assistant, Early ID

AstraZeneca Plc
  • Gaithersburg, MD
  • $69,700–$104,550 Per Year
5 days ago

Job Description

Personal Assistant, Early ID

Location: Gaithersburg/Kendall Square

Here at AstraZeneca you'll have the opportunity to make a difference in people's lives every day. As one of the world's premier biotechnology companies, our mission is centered on delivering life-changing products that advance world health and help fight and cure disease. As a Business Support Coordinator in Early Infectios Disease, you'll play an important role in executing our scientific strategy to make a positive impact on changing patients' lives.

The Early Infectioud Disease group at AstraZeneca is constantly pushing the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines to patients, with a passion for discovery and a pipeline to show for it. We're utilizing our expertise in microbiology and vaccines to enable novel approaches to prevent and treat infectious disease. We're industry-leading in immunology, protein engineering and translational science. We offer a unique and strong collaborative network as part of the AstraZeneca family, as together we explore synergies between small and large molecules and novel biologics platforms.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

As a Business Support Coordinator, you will provide support to Early Infectious Disease leaders. This includes exercising judgment in determining priorities related to handling calendars, meeting and travel schedules, routine reporting, projects and correspondence. This position may also provide assistance to members of the Infectious Disease Therapies unit including recruitment and onboarding of new staff, tracking of projects, budgets, timelines, and metrics, generating reports and correspondence as assigned as well as support for project governance activities.

Responsibilities/Duties:

  • Manage complex calendars for our Early Infectious Disease VP to schedule meetings, interviews, conference calls, video conferences and special events; prioritize calendar conflicts
  • Handle multi-location domestic and international travel arrangements as well as live and virtual meetings/conferences
  • Lead departmental seminars and external subject matter visits and seminars
  • File expense reports and supply orders with accuracy and efficiency for team members, including follow-through to ensure that appropriate and timely actions are taken
  • Track and support assigned internal projects and processes, such as employee recognition program and recruitment tracking; generate reports from various internal systems under tight time constraints
  • Track FTE hiring / departure, temp hiring / departure against approved budget targets
  • Manage team meeting logistics (e.g. team calendars, scheduling, room bookings, logistics, slide sharing etc.)
  • Produce accurate and properly formatted documents using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Provide support and administration to cross-functional teams
  • Lead and coordinate logistics relating to face-to-face/virtual meetings
  • Manage information (e.g. SharePoint management, storing of documents, presentations etc.) according to best practices as defined by specific teams
  • Create and maintain department distribution lists and organizational charts
  • Support and contribute to creating a high performing team, facilitating good cross-team collaboration
  • Manage team website to update content on a regular basis
  • Manage & track PO submissions
  • Effectively lead special projects and other duties as assigned

Essential Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED required, Bachelor's Degree preferred
  • 5+ years of experience in a senior administrative role supporting complex projects
  • Prior experience supporting multiple functional leaders

Desirable Requirements

  • Experience managing executive calendars, travel, and teams
  • Relevant training, multitasking, certifications in software, and/or time management
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite including Microsoft Teams and SharePoint
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to interact confidently with executives and employees at all levels
  • Ability to prioritize time critical assignments
  • Experience working in a fast-paced global environment balancing competing priorities
  • Experience providing high quality, professional support service, working proactively and independently without day to day direction.
  • Ability to format documents for consistent, professional appearance and experience handling sensitive information in a confidential and discrete manner.
  • Excellent organization skills and the ability to manage multiple projects or tasks simultaneously and efficiently, identifying high priority and urgent tasks for immediate action so that all activities are completed accurately and on time
  • Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability to meet changing business demands.
  • Demonstrated proficiency with a variety of virtual meeting technologies, information management software, and Microsoft products

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca we're dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and spark your entrepreneurial spirit. There's no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. We're on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.

The annual base pay for this position ranges from $69,700.00 to $ 104,550.00. Our positions offer eligibility for various incentives-an opportunity to receive short-term incentive bonuses, equity-based awards for salaried roles and commissions for sales roles. Benefits offered include qualified retirement programs, paid time off (i.e., vacation, holiday, and leaves), as well as health, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans.

Date Posted

19-oct-2026

Closing Date

25-oct-2026

Our mission is to build an inclusive environment where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees. In furtherance of that mission, we welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their protected characteristics. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please complete the corresponding section in the application form.

Numbers & Facts

LocationGaithersburg, MD
IndustryBiotechnology/Pharmaceuticals
Salary$69,700–$104,550 Per Year
Company Size10,000 employees or more
Websitehttps://www.astrazeneca.com/

About Company

AstraZeneca is one of the world’s most exciting bio-pharmaceutical companies. From scientists to sales, lab techs to legal, we’re on a mission to turn ideas into life-changing medicines that improve patients’ lives and benefit society. We need great people who share our passion for science and have the drive and determination to meet the unmet needs of patients around the world.

Skills

  • Administrative Skillsunmatched
  • Best Practicesunmatched
  • Biologyunmatched
  • Biotech and Pharmaceuticalunmatched
  • Budgetingunmatched
  • Business Supportunmatched
  • Calendar Managementunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Conferencesunmatched
  • Cross-Functionalunmatched
  • Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
  • Diseaseunmatched
  • Document Managementunmatched
  • Documentation Formatunmatched
  • Entrepreneurshipunmatched
  • Establish Prioritiesunmatched
  • Expense Reportsunmatched
  • Follow Throughunmatched
  • Healthcareunmatched
  • High School Diplomaunmatched
  • Immunologyunmatched
  • Infectious Diseasesunmatched
  • Information Technology Softwareunmatched
  • Logisticsunmatched
  • Logistics Managementunmatched
  • Medical Productsunmatched
  • Medicineunmatched
  • Metricsunmatched
  • Microbiologyunmatched
  • Microsoft Excelunmatched
  • Microsoft Officeunmatched
  • Microsoft PowerPointunmatched
  • Microsoft Product Familyunmatched
  • Microsoft SharePointunmatched
  • Microsoft Wordunmatched
  • Multitaskingunmatched
  • Onboardingunmatched
  • Organizational Skillsunmatched
  • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
  • Project Trackingunmatched
  • Project/Program Managementunmatched
  • Purchase Ordersunmatched
  • Reporting Skillsunmatched
  • Seminarsunmatched
  • Small Moleculesunmatched
  • Team Lead/Managerunmatched
  • Team Playerunmatched
  • Technical Leadershipunmatched
  • Time Managementunmatched
  • Time Management Softwareunmatched
  • Translational Researchunmatched
  • Travel Planningunmatched
  • Vaccinationunmatched
  • Website Managementunmatched
  • Willing to Travelunmatched
  • Writing Skillsunmatched

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