Senior Executive Assistant

Title: Senior Executive Assistant

Location: Brisbane, CA

About Us:

Vera Therapeutics (Nasdaq: VERA), is a late-stage biotechnology company focused on developing treatments for serious immunological diseases. Vera’s mission is to advance treatments that target the source of immunologic diseases in order to change the standard of care for patients. Vera’s lead product candidate is atacicept, a fusion protein self-administered as a subcutaneous injection once weekly that blocks both B lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS) and a proliferation inducing ligand (APRIL), which stimulate B cells and plasma cells to produce autoantibodies contributing to certain autoimmune diseases, including IgA nephropathy (IgAN), also known as Berger’s disease and lupus nephritis. In addition, Vera is evaluating additional diseases where the reduction of autoantibodies by atacicept may prove medically useful. Vera is also developing MAU868, a monoclonal antibody designed to neutralize infection with BK Virus, a polyomavirus that can have devastating consequences in certain settings such as kidney transplant. For more information please visit: www.veratx.com.

Our values are the cornerstone of our culture. Our values inspire us every day and guide everything we do—from how we hire great people, to advancing our mission together, to achieving our ultimate goal to improve medical treatment for patients suffering from immunological diseases.

Position Summary:

Vera Therapeutics Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing innovative biologic therapeutics with transformative clinical potential. As the Senior Executive Assistant, you will utilize your exceptional organizational and communication skills to provide strategic support to our Chief Development Officer (CDO), Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and other executives as identified. Responsibilities include scheduling meetings across complex calendars, coordinating travel, strategic operations, contact management, meeting minutes and action items as needed, and various projects as needed. The ideal candidate is an adaptable team player who can manage several tasks and projects independently while partnering with executives, Human Resources and admin team to ensure smooth executive operations. The ideal candidate has an innate passion for providing exceptional executive support, is trustworthy, embraces a growth mindset, and excels at being mindful of details in a high performance-oriented, fast-paced, and ever-changing environment.

Responsibilities:

• Expertly manage and prioritize the CDO, CMO’s (and other identified leaders) calendars, focusing on productivity, urgency, and stakeholder needs
• Arrange comprehensive travel plans and coordinate high-profile events and meetings for CDO, CMO and other executives
• Act as gatekeeper by screening and prioritizing communications and managing access to the CDO and CMO
• Effectively communicate and partner with various internal and external stakeholders, ensuring smooth collaboration and coordination
• Assist in development and organization of support materials for meetings and conferences (e.g. slide decks, presentations, meeting materials, etc.)
• Prepare and submit expense reports and manage purchase requisitions according to company policies and procedures
• Design and implement office policies and procedures as needed
• Analyze and monitor internal processes and suggest/implement procedural and policy changes to improve operational efficiency
• Partner with Human Resources with various employee experience projects and programs
• Assist with special projects and ad-hoc assignments and programs as requested

Qualifications:

• 7-10 years of EA experience; 3+ years of experience supporting C-Level Executives strongly preferred
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Calendar management, meeting organization and heavy travel coordination experience
• Proficiency with MS Office (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), Adobe Acrobat, DocuSign, Zoom, and Slack
• Excellent at prioritizing and executing multiple projects/tasks with tight deadlines while being solution oriented
• Proven expertise in written and verbal communication, demonstrating strategic, professional, creative and succinct communication
• Pro-active self-starter able to work independently, effectively problem solve and prioritize work, anticipating needs of senior leadership
• Highly collaborative and able to work effectively with multiple stakeholders
• High level of maturity, and ability to exercise good judgement, discretion and confidentiality in all tasks
• Able to remain organized and focused in a fast-paced, high performance startup environment
• Biotech experience preferred

Vera Therapeutics Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

Vera Therapeutics is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices, and we strive to provide employees with total compensation packages that are market competitive. For this role, the anticipated base pay range is $145,000 - $170,000.The exact base pay offered for this role will depend on various factors, including but not limited to the candidate’s geography, qualifications, skills, and experience.

At Vera, base pay is only one part of your total compensation package. The successful candidate will be eligible for an annual performance incentive bonus, new hire equity, and ongoing performance-based equity. Vera Therapeutics also offers various benefits offerings, including, but not limited to, medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401k match, flexible time off, and a number of paid holidays.

COVID-19 Policy

Vera’s top priority is the health and safety of our employees, their families and the communities where they live and work. As part of our commitment to health and safety, we require all U.S. employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. If your role at Vera requires you to work or otherwise be on Vera’s premises, full or part-time, we require our employees to comply with Vera’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy (currently requiring full vaccination). Anyone unable to be vaccinated, either because of a sincerely held religious belief or a medical condition or disability that prevents them from being vaccinated, may request a reasonable accommodation with Human Resources. Your employment is also subject to ongoing compliance with the mandatory vaccination policy and all other Vera policies, as they may be modified from time to time, at the sole discretion of Vera.

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