Executive Assistant to the CEO and CFO

Job Summary

Vectura has a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Executive Assistant to join our team based in London and support Vectura’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

What you get

In return for your skills and expertise, we offer a competitive base salary, annual bonus, and generous benefits package including a pension plan, life assurance, private health, dental plan, share save/incentive plans, and cycle to work scheme.

What we are looking for

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, your responsibilities as Executive Assistant will include delivery of high standards of support to the Executive Leadership Team. Your responsibilities will include comprehensive and insightful management of complex diaries, coordination and facilitation of meetings, management of travel and accommodation, and expense claims. Your skills will enable you to design, produce and collate quality documentation for key meetings. You’re excellent organisational skills will facilitate effective management of multiple email inboxes and other forms of correspondence.

You will be responsible for providing leadership to one Administrator/Receptionists, to ensure business demands are met, while encouraging a positive experience for internal customers and clients.

What you need

It is essential you have prior experience as an Executive Assistant working with Executive level stakeholders, ideally within a professional services environment. You’ll be highly literate and articulate, with excellent communication skills and proven ability to adapt communication style for all stakeholders, including Board members. With excellent attention to detail and a drive for continuous improvements, you’ll be proactive, self-motivated with the proven ability to work autonomously in delivering an excellent customer service.

You’ll be accustomed to being discreet, diplomatic and able to handle sensitive information in complete confidence. You’ll possess demonstrable organisational skills for self and others, with the ability to multi-task and work to multiple deadlines. You’ll have proven skills in prioritising and scheduling effectively, planning and organising executive arrangements and take pride in accurate and well-presented documentation. Expertise in using MS Office applications is essential.

You will possess positive attitude with a high degree of flexibility, highly adaptable and responsive to change. Experience of pharmaceutical industry would be beneficial and a knowledge of London facilities such as restaurants and hotels highly advantageous.

About Vectura

It’s an exciting time to join Vectura, as we execute our strategy to build a leading inhaled CDMO business.

We are a provider of innovative inhaled drug delivery solutions that enable partners to bring their medicines to patients. With differentiated proprietary technology and pharmaceutical development expertise, Vectura is one of the few companies globally with the device, formulation and development capabilities to deliver a broad range of complex inhaled therapies. 

We have ten key inhaled and eleven non-inhaled products marketed by partners with global royalty streams, and a diverse partnered portfolio of drugs in clinical development. Our partners include Hikma, Novartis, Sandoz (a division of Novartis AG), Mundipharma, Kyorin, GSK, Bayer, Chiesi, Almirall, and Tianjin KingYork.

Our defined culture has been created through the participation of our colleagues - a culture that encourages a diverse and inclusive workforce. We offer flexible working opportunities that promote a healthy work life balance. We nurture our people through vocational development, mentoring programmes and career development. You’ll this is an ideal place to develop a stimulating and rewarding career.

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