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At Cepheid, we are passionate about improving health care through fast, accurate diagnostic testing. Our mission drives us, every moment of every day, as we develop scalable, groundbreaking solutions to solve the world’s most complex health challenges. Our associates are involved in every stage of molecular diagnostics, from ideation to development and delivery of testing advancements that improve patient outcomes across a range of settings. As a member of our team, you can make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale, within an environment that fosters career growth and development.

Cepheid is proud to work alongside a community of six fellow Danaher Diagnostics companies. Together, we’re working at the pace of change on diagnostic tools that address the world’s biggest health challenges, driven by knowing that behind every test there is a patient waiting.

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The Executive Assistant is responsible for the support and right hand to the Global Product Management and Strategy leaders to provide all executive administration support and lead or support selected projects and activities for those organizations. The role will support the both executives including calendar management/ownership, travel arrangements, expense reporting, correspondence, document management services, records management, budget monitoring, office supply orders, targeted projects, capturing meeting actions and follow ups and arranging special events.

This position is part of the Product Management and Strategy teams and will be located in Sunnyvale, CA. At Cepheid, our vision is to be the leading provider of seamlessly connected diagnostic solutions.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Daily administrative support including, but not limited to management of extremely active calendars; operating as a first point of phone contact and managing that experience; completing expense reports; composing and preparing correspondence that is at times confidential; arranging travel plans, itineraries, and agendas; and compiling documents for travel-related meetings.

• Responsible for all logistics of meetings for executives supported, and direct reports as needed, including conference room reservations, teleconference, videoconference, food ordering and associated meeting logistics.

• Work with outside vendors as needed to ensure that invoices are being processed and paid on a timely basis and work with SAP system to track purchase orders and invoices in the system.

  The essential requirements of the job include:

• High school degree (or equivalent experience) with 5+ years administrative experience supporting at the C-level.

• Excellent computer skills: Outlook (e-mail and calendar management), Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and other Microsoft Office products.

• Maintain highly sensitive information that may involve financial data, personnel discussions, and/or business strategy of a highly confidential manner.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• BA degree is a plus

• Processing SOWs

• Demonstrated ability to respond with professionalism in verbal and written communications at all levels of the organization

Cepheid, a Danaher 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 danaherbenefitsinfo.com .

The hourly range for this role is $48-50/hr. 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. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. 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.

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Danaher Corporation and all Danaher Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

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We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at applyassistance@danaher.com to request accommodation.

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