Administrative Lead

Pfizer Pfizer · Pharma · CT

Administrative Lead role at Pfizer, focusing on providing comprehensive support to leaders and colleagues. Responsibilities include calendar management, meeting support, process improvements, document organization, travel arrangements, and expense reporting. Requires strong organizational, communication, and detail-oriented skills. Bonus points for experience in the pharmaceutical industry, training others, and using AI tools like ChatGPT or Copilot for productivity.

What you'd actually do

  1. Provide comprehensive administrative support to assigned leaders and colleagues, including maintaining e-files/records, verifying data, responding to routine inquiries, and gathering/compiling information relevant to the group.
  2. Maintain complex calendars: accept/decline appointments, anticipate conflicts, prioritize requests, and resolve scheduling issues proactively using diplomacy and sound judgment.
  3. Provide end-to-end meeting support (in-person/Teams/teleconference), including agenda development and distribution, coordinating materials, capturing and distributing minutes, and driving follow-up actions to closure.
  4. Implement process improvements and anticipate/resolve a broad range of problems or conflicts (e.g., meeting conflicts, overlapping deadlines, IT issues, and team interactions), operating with integrity, discretion, and confidentiality.
  5. Organize documents and maintain inventories of files, office supplies, and equipment; initiate and track purchase orders through the ARIBA system and support ordering/inventory control as needed.

Skills

Required

  • High School Diploma or GED with at least 6 years of experience
  • Demonstrated planning and organizing skills
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially PowerPoint, Excel, and Word
  • Excellent attention to detail and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work with confidential documents and information
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills
  • Ability to carry out all office functions proficiently and complete quality work on a timely basis

Nice to have

  • Prior experience as an Administrative Assistant supporting executive leadership in a global organization
  • Knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry
  • Experience in training others and providing guidance to the team
  • Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
  • Proactive approach to work and the ability to initiate follow-up actions
  • Experience using common AI tools, including generative technologies such as ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot, to support problem solving and enhance productivity.
  • Demonstrated curiosity for exploring how these tools can improve outcomes and understanding of responsible AI practices, including risk management and ethical use.

What the JD emphasized

  • Experience using common AI tools, including generative technologies such as ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot, to support problem solving and enhance productivity.
  • Demonstrated curiosity for exploring how these tools can improve outcomes and understanding of responsible AI practices, including risk management and ethical use.