Chief of Staff to CEO #3941
- Employer
- GRAIL Inc
- Location
- Menlo Park, CA
- Start date
- Sep 12, 2024
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- Discipline
- Administration, Finance, Manufacturing & Production, Operations, Science/R&D, Biotechnology, Management
- Required Education
- Masters Degree/MBA
- Position Type
- Full time
- Hotbed
- Bio NC, Best Places to Work
Job Details
We are a healthcare company, pioneering new technologies to advance early cancer detection. We have built a multi-disciplinary organization of scientists, engineers, and physicians and we are using the power of next-generation sequencing (NGS), population-scale clinical studies, and state-of-the-art computer science and data science to overcome one of medicine’s greatest challenges.
GRAIL is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom. It is supported by leading global investors and pharmaceutical, technology, and healthcare companies.
For more information, please visit grail.com.
This pivotal role serves as the Chief of Staff to GRAIL’s CEO, working in close collaboration with the company’s leadership team to drive strategic initiatives and ensure seamless executive operations.
This hybrid position requires an onsite presence in Menlo Park, CA, three days a week, with Tuesdays and Thursdays required, offering the opportunity to be deeply integrated into GRAIL’s dynamic and innovative environment.
Responsibilities
- Act as a trusted advisor to the CEO, providing strategic counsel and support on critical business decisions
- Manage the CEO's office, including prioritizing topics, preparing briefing materials, and coordinating high-level meetings
- Manage weekly executive staff meetings including, but not limited to, setting the agenda, providing insights and analysis to inform strategic conversations and tracking follow through to increase accountability
- Support key strategic initiatives including board materials, investor presentations, capital fundraising, town hall presentations, leadership retreats, and annual planning
- Drive best practices, communication, and coordination between our executives to enable effective collaboration across the organization
- Work cross-functionally with departmental leaders and stakeholders to kick-off, actionize, and provide support across key company initiatives
- Oversee our goal-setting process, working with our management team to set, align and track company goals
- Onboard key company hires (e.g., new VPs), ensuring that they have the context and support needed to successfully ramp up and perform their duties
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous experience in Chief of Staff or roles working closely with senior management
- Advanced degree (MBA, PhD, or equivalent)
- 15+ years experience in consulting, strategic finance, business operations, or other rigorous roles requiring a blend of analytical and strategic skills
- 10+ years of progressive experience in biotechnology, healthcare, or related industries
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and comfortable interacting with senior leaders, external partners, and staff at all levels
- Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills
- Demonstrated ability to lead a large portfolio of strategic initiatives and projects in a cross-functional environment on tight deadlines
- Thrives in ambiguous situations and has a bias for action, high emotional intelligence
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality and exercise sound judgment
The expected, full-time, annual base pay scale for this position is $239K-$319K. Actual base pay will consider skills, experience, and location.
Based on the role, colleagues may be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan tied to company and individual performance, or an incentive plan. We also offer a long-term incentive plan to align company and colleague success over time.
In addition, GRAIL offers a progressive benefit package, including flexible time-off, a 401k with a company match, and alongside our medical, dental, vision plans, carefully selected mindfulness offerings.
GRAIL is an Equal Employment Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We will reasonably accommodate all individuals with disabilities so that they can participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. GRAIL maintains a drug-free workplace.
Company
GRAIL is a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured. GRAIL is focused on alleviating the global burden of cancer by developing pioneering technology to detect and identify multiple deadly cancer types early. The company is using the power of next-generation sequencing, population-scale clinical studies, and state-of-the-art computer science and data science to enhance the scientific understanding of cancer biology, and to develop its multi-cancer early detection blood test. GRAIL is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA with locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom. It is supported by leading global investors and pharmaceutical, technology, and healthcare companies. For more information, please visit www.grail.com.
LEADERSHIP:
CEO: Bob Ragusa
Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
Stock Symbol: GRAL
- Website
- https://grail.com/
- Phone
- 833-694-2553
- Location
-
1525 O'Brien Drive
Menlo Park
California
94025
United States
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