Contract Executive Assistant

Executive Assistant

Benchling is looking for a highly experienced, energetic, and self-motivated Executive Assistant to provide strategic and operational support to senior leaders. In this role, you'll handle a wide range of complex and highly confidential responsibilities that go far beyond traditional admin work operating as a key partner in driving leadership efficiency, clarity, and focus. You'll be the point of delegation for high-priority tasks, from managing executive time to crafting sensitive communications, preparing presentations, compiling reports, and ensuring seamless execution of critical initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Perform extensive calendar management and prioritization across multiple time zones for senior executives.

• Prepare domestic and international travel arrangements, itineraries, and timely expense filings.

• Manage all forms of daily correspondence, ensuring timely, professional, and accurate responses with a high degree of confidentiality.

• Collaborate on and manage key projects and priorities across multiple functions.

• Lead planning and coordination for presentations, meetings, and dissemination of strategic information.

• Plan and execute high-profile events, off-sites, and special functions with precision and creativity.

• Attend key meetings, help develop and communicate agendas, take notes, and track action items through to completion.

• Partner closely with Workplace, Events, and IT teams to provide on-the-ground logistics support.

• Build strong relationships across the organization, establishing yourself as a trusted, proactive connector.

• Serve as a senior member of the EA team, providing strategic thought partnership and mentorship to peers.

• Support ad-hoc projects and initiatives as needed.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience supporting VP or C-level leaders, ideally in enterprise SaaS marketing or tech organizations.

• Proven success managing multiple executives with competing, high-stakes priorities.

• Exceptional organizational skills and a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset.

• Polished communicator with high emotional intelligence and impeccable discretion.

• Adept with productivity and collaboration tools including Google Workspace, Slack, Zoom, and Navan.

• Thrives in a fast-paced, evolving environment while maintaining a calm, steady presence.

• Passionate about biotech, innovation, and working with purpose-driven teams.

How We Work

We offer a flexible hybrid work arrangement that prioritizes in-office collaboration. Employees are expected to be on-site 3 days per week (Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday).

Benchling welcomes everyone. We believe diversity enriches our team so we hire people with a wide range of identities, backgrounds, and experiences. We are an equal opportunity employer. That means we don't discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.