Executive Assistant - Mergers and Acquisitions

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Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Cytiva, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. 

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.

At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career.

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The Executive Assistant - Mergers and Acquisitions is responsible for administrative planning and support for market assessment, deal sourcing and commercial diligence activities aligned with the company’s strategic planning process.

This position reports to the Vice President of Business Development and is part of the Strategic and Business Development team located in Marlborough, MA and will be an onsite role.

What you will do:

• Serve as the primary point of contact between the Vice President of Strategy and Business Development and key internal and external stakeholders, including executives, partners, clients, and investors.

• Provide comprehensive administrative support, including proactive calendar management, travel arrangements, expense reporting, and logistics for internal and external engagements. This will also include providing occasional logistical support for visiting executives, partners, or global team members attending key project meetings or business development activities onsite.

• Support strategic projects by assisting with research coordination, compiling briefing materials, tracking action items and deliverables, and preparing summary reports or presentation decks. This will include administering the M&A target tracking database ensuring updated information is used in funnel reviews and cultivation memos for executive meetings.

• Coordinate complex meetings, working sessions, and events related to strategic planning, M&A due diligence, BD pipeline reviews, executive meetings, and cross-functional initiatives. This could also include the use of proprietary market research data and AI to develop industry insights into key markets of interest.

• Help manage communication platforms for the Strategy and Business Development function, including intranet updates, key announcements, meeting summaries, and town hall coordination. In addition, you will liaise with internal departments (e.g. Finance, Legal, Regulatory, Marketing) to ensure seamless communication and alignment on strategic initiatives and partnership activities.

• Collaborate with other executive assistants to ensure cross-functional coordination and continuity of administrative support during absences or periods of high activity.

Who you are:

• Experienced administrative professional with a strong background in supporting senior executives in Strategy, Business Development, or Corporate Development roles. This will require someone with exceptional organizational skills, the ability to manage competing priorities, anticipate needs, and operate effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

• Comfortable handling sensitive information with discretion and professionalism, especially in the context of confidential strategy discussions and M&A-related activity.

• Advanced proficiency with MS Office (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word), experience with collaboration tools such as Teams, and SharePoint along with knowledge of ChatGPT, prompt engineering know-how, and basic scripting not required though advantageous.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with an ability to synthesize information and support the creation of professional presentations and briefing materials. Further ability to build effective relationships across all levels of the organization and demonstrate cultural awareness in a global environment.

• Resourceful, solution-oriented, proactive, ambitious mindset with a high level of initiative, attention to detail, and follow-through.

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Cytiva, a Danaher operating company, 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 $75,000 to $90,000. 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.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life. 

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