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Novavax, Inc (Nasdaq:NVAX) is a biotechnology company that creates transformational vaccines that address some of the world’s most pressing infectious diseases. We have more than a decade of experience contending with some of the world’s most devastating diseases, including COVID-19, seasonal influenza, RSV, Ebola, MERS, and SARS. Hard-won lessons and significant advances illustrate that our proven technology has tremendous potential to make a substantial contribution to public health worldwide.

Our scientists are committed to developing vaccine candidates for some of the world’s toughest viral threats by utilizing the power of our innovative recombinant nanoparticle vaccine platform. Our vaccine technology combines the power and speed of genetic engineering with the immunogenicity enhancing properties of our Matrix-M™ adjuvant to efficiently produce highly immunogenic particles targeting some of the most pressing viral infectious diseases.

Novavax, Inc. is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland with additional facilities in Uppsala, Sweden and Bohumil, Czech Republic.

Summary of the Position :

We are seeking an Executive Assistant to provide executive level administrative support to the Vice President of US Customer Engagement and his team consisting of 2 Sr. Directors and their direct reports.

The position will report directly to the Vice President of US Customer Engagement.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to :

• Maintaining executive schedules and calendars, including scheduling across multiple time zones for VP as well as East/West commercial leaders
• Capacity/desire to format weekly performance dashboards and reports
• Establishing and maintaining an accurate and organized file system on SharePoint
• Preparing communications (letters, email, presentations)
• Meeting planning support for VP and East/West commercial leaders’ team events
• Coordinating and tracking constantly changing travel schedules for executives and staff members for domestic and international travel
• Developing and maintaining expense reports
• Ability to effectively communicate and liaise with global stakeholders
• Preparing purchase orders, assistance with invoicing/budgeting and working with the finance department to resolve issues
• Assisting with special projects and research as needed
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Requirements :

• Minimum of 15 years' experience with 5 years supporting senior management
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with anticipative nature. Capacity to identify opportunity to bring innovative value to the team and offer new ideas.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Team player and collaborative personality
• Highly flexible and able to work with ambiguous requirements
• Highly competent, outstanding organizational skills, detail oriented and thorough follow through with capacity to review and prepare light analytic reports
• Must be proactive and experienced in helping manage the business
• Must have advanced knowledge of MS Office and advanced expertise with Word and PowerPoint
• Experience working with sales executives is highly desirable

Novavax offers a base salary, annual bonus, equity grants, professional career development/growth opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, Rx, STD, LTD, Life, Optional Life, 401(k) plan.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Novavax is an equal employment opportunity employer. Employment and advancement opportunities are available to all individuals on an at-will basis, regardless of their race, color, national origin, religion, ancestry, citizenship status, military or veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, disability, genetic information, protective hairstyle, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Except where prohibited by applicable state law, this position requires that you be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless you need a reasonable accommodation or qualify for an exemption.

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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)