Medical Administrative Assistant

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Job Description
We are looking for a Medical Administrative Assistant, Medical Affairs. Essential Duties and Job Functions: A key contact regarding administrative and organizational tasks for the Medical Affairs department.

• Provide high quality administrative and organizational support to the Medical team
• Work autonomously within established guidelines, standard operating procedures, and defined processes
• Support to determine the appropriate approach for new assignments
• Maintain and update the Medical Affairs team’s agendas
• Organize the filing of correspondence and documentation
• Take care of business travel arrangements
• Provide support in vendor’s management (contract management with procurement and vendor, invoice management)
• Coordinate on-going projects and priorities in regard to the Medical Affairs department
• Prepare and execute POs for the department
• Knowledge of databases and programs used by the department (e.g. Veeva, Concur, SAP, Oracle)
• Initiate and post-process Veeva processes acting as creator, as appropriate
• Be present at larger meetings to coordinate activities and support overall logistic in giving optimal service to customer, as required
• Support in preparing slide presentations
• Maintains up to date GxP knowledge by following internal and external trainings
• Works directly with internal stakeholders, staff, and external vendors to ensure logistical aspects of meetings meet expectations

Knowledge, Experience and Skills

• Typically requires a University degree and relevant experience in the pharmaceutical or event planning industry
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in similar functions

• Must have strong experience in events management/planning and familiarity with service contracts and terms related to vendor contracts
• Must have good Executive presence
• Must have strong project management skills
• Must have strong customer service skills
• Must have strong communication skills
• Must have strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
• Must have good problem-solving skills
• Must be able to work independently
• Must be fluent in writing and speaking English

Behaviours

• Resilient profile with the ability to deliver challenging environment
• Ability to engage and manage multiple stakeholders to achieve the objective
• Curious with learning agility
• Operationally excellent
• Organised with systematic approach to prioritisation
• Process orientated to achieve the business objective

Gilead Core Values

• Integrity (always doing the right thing)
• Teamwork (collaborating in good faith)
• Excellence (working at a high level of commitment and capability)
• Accountability (taking personal responsibility)

If this is not the right move for you now but remain interested in a career at Gilead Sciences please connect with us via our talent community: https://gilead.avature.net/Gilead

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For Current Gilead Employees and Contractors: Please log onto your Internal Career Site to apply for this job.