Title: Executive Assistant – Technical Operations

Manager: Vice President, Technical Operations

Organization: Technical Operations

Location: Brisbane

Sangamo Therapeutics is a genomic medicine company building value with cutting-edge work across four distinct but complementary technology platforms – gene therapy, cell therapy, in vivo genome editing, and in vivo genome regulation. Using its deep scientific expertise and proprietary zinc finger genome engineering technology, Sangamo is working to create genomic cures for patients suffering from severe genetic diseases for which today’s medicines can only treat symptoms. At Sangamo, we are passionate about transforming lives by building a robust, sustainable, differentiated, innovative, and high value genomic medicine pipeline that addresses patients with life-limiting conditions. Sangamo takes pride in being the first to edit endogenous human genes, first to treat patients with gene edited T cells, and first to treat patients with in vivo genome editing. Our top priority is to meet the needs of patients with commitment and compassion. Along with our commitment to science and to our patients, we also endeavor to create an inclusive environment that promotes and values diversity. Sangamo is a company where individuals can flourish, grow and develop their expertise.

• Complete a broad variety of administrative tasks for the Head of Technical Operations, and as needed for his senior staff, as appropriate, including but not limited to travel support, itinerary creation, presentation coordination, expense reimbursement and invoice processing.
• Manage his calendar and assist in prioritization, time management and maintaining deadlines while providing “gatekeeper” and “gateway” duties in order to create win-win situations for access to the Head of Technical Operations. This will include managing the scheduling and rescheduling of meetings with both internal and external parties, managing recurring meetings, along with ad hoc and/or urgent meetings.
• Support the Technical Operations leadership team in planning, coordinating, and organizing meetings and events.
• Prepare slide decks for internal meetings and external conferences.
• Support with the preparation and handling of documents when required by the organization.
• Process and monitor purchase orders and contracts for the Technical Operations organization.
• Other duties and projects as needed.

• 8 years’ experience supporting C-Level Executives in the biotech or pharmaceutical industries.
• BA/BS degree preferred or equivalent on the job experience
• Strong organizational skills that reflect ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks seamlessly with excellent attention to detail.
• Advance calendaring experience using MS Outlook and comfortable managing multiple leaders’ calendars.
• Demonstrated proactive approaches to problem-solving with strong decision-making capability and demonstrated effective people skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proven ability to handle confidential information with discretion, be adaptable to various competing demands, and demonstrate the highest level of customer/client service and response.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve high performance goals and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to take initiative and work with minimal supervision.
• Experience with MS Office: Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel…Ability to schedule and run virtual meetings via Zoom.
• This position will be located in our Brisbane office. There may be the need to be onsite at our Point Richmond facility along with flexibility to occasionally work remotely.