Senior Executive Assistant is responsible for providing critical support for both the Group Diagnostics Executive, operating at the highest level of confidentiality and autonomy. This is a high-impact role requiring understanding of corporate structures, business operations, and strategic planning, enabling autonomous decision-making.
This position reports to the Group Diagnostics Executive and is part of Danaher Diagnostics Organization located onsite in Sunnyvale, CA.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
- Serve as a trusted liaison to the Group Diagnostics Executive by driving operational excellence, facilitating effective communication, and supporting business priorities across the organization.
- Manage complex executive calendars, global travel, meetings, expense reports, purchase orders, budgets, and administrative processes while independently resolving issues and prioritizing urgent matters.
- Plan and execute onsite and offsite events, including venue selection, logistics, catering, audiovisual support, security coordination, VIP guest management, and presentation development.
- Monitor, filter, and prioritize high-volume incoming communications, emails, and phone calls, drafting initial responses and flagging urgent operational issues.
- Identify, monitor, and escalate risks while maintaining action logs, coordinating follow-up activities, and supporting the successful execution of priorities and organizational initiatives.
The essential requirements of the job include:
- High school diploma or equivalent with 8+ years of administrative support experience supporting C-suite or executive-level leaders in a corporate environment.
- 3+ years of experience managing executive calendars, domestic and international travel arrangements, expense reporting, and meeting coordination.
- 3+ years of experience coordinating projects, including managing timelines, tracking deliverables, maintaining project documentation, and monitoring milestones.
- 8+ years of experience planning and executing executive meetings, conferences, and corporate events from inception through completion.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, including calendar management, document creation, presentation development, and spreadsheet reporting.
Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:
- Ability to travel internationally and domestically per business needs.
Danaher Diagnostics, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.
The salary range for this role is $80,00-$120,000 annually. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.
This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.
We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.
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