Executive Assistant to the CEO

The role

The Executive Assistant will support the CEO by managing calendar, travel, and day-to-day administrative operations. This role involves protecting the CEO's time and handling logistics for meetings, travel, and correspondence.

What you will do

• Manage a complex, fast-changing calendar.
• Coordinate all domestic and international travel, including flights, hotels, ground transportation, and visas.
• Plan logistics for meetings, leadership offsites, investor conferences and industry congresses.
• Triage and manage correspondence and inbound requests.
• Prepare, format, and proofread materials for meetings, Board sessions, and leadership communications.
• Process expense reports and manage administrative budgets related to the CEO's office.
• Serve as a trusted point of contact for senior leadership and external stakeholders.
• Coordinate site visits and town halls across locations.
• Anticipate and independently resolve day-to-day administrative needs.
• Maintain strict confidentiality on sensitive business, personnel, and governance matters.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years supporting a C-suite executive, ideally in a public company, biotech/pharma, or other fast-paced, high-governance environment.
• Exceptional organizational skills and follow-through.
• Sound judgment and absolute discretion with confidential and sensitive information.
• Strong written communication skills.
• Proficiency with calendar, travel, and expense management tools (e.g., Outlook, Concur or similar).
• Calm, resourceful, and solutions-oriented under pressure.
• AI Literacy: Possesses a working knowledge of AI technologies and approved AI tools, applies them responsibly to enhance productivity and decision-making, exercises appropriate human oversight of AI-g

Nice to have

• Bachelor's degree

Before you apply

• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.
• Employment eligibility will be verified through E-Verify.

About the company

Legend Biotech is a global biotechnology company dedicated to treating and, one day, curing life-threatening diseases. Headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey, the company is advancing the next generation of cell therapy.