Contract Executive Assistant

San Francisco, United StatesHybrid

Responsibilities

- Collaborate on and manage key projects and priorities across multiple functions.
- Lead planning and coordination for presentations, meetings, and dissemination of strategic information.
- Plan and execute high-profile events, off-sites, and special functions with precision and creativity.
- Build strong relationships across the organization, establishing yourself as a trusted, proactive connector.
- Support ad-hoc projects and initiatives as needed.

We are rebuilding biotech for the AI era.
AI has the potential to change this, compressing decades of R&D work into years.
But that only happens when clean, structured scientific data and AI are built into how science gets done.
Benchling is the AI platform for biotech R&D.
Scientists use Benchling to design experiments, capture structured data, and run AI agents and models directly in their workflows.
We’re building an AI scientist for our customers.
AI fluency is the foundation we build on; it's core to how we work, and we're committed to helping every new hire integrate it into their day-to-day.
As part of our interview process, you'll complete a brief AI-focused exercise or discussion so we can understand how you think about and use AI to drive impact in your role.
- Manage all forms of daily correspondence, ensuring timely, professional, and accurate responses with a high degree of confidentiality.
experience supporting VP or C-level leaders, ideally in enterprise SaaS marketing or tech organizations.

Getting a molecule from discovery to patients, or a crop from lab to field, involves thousands of slow, manual, disconnected steps.
Over 200,000 scientists around the world trust Benchling to power their most important work, from academic labs to Sanofi, Moderna, and more than half of the world's top 50 biopharma.
We can’t do that if we haven’t built the muscle ourselves.
Feel free to reference any tools, platforms, or workflows you use today.
ROLE OVERVIEW This is a 6 month contract in-office role with a required hybrid schedule — a minimum of three days per week (Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday) at our San Francisco HQ.
The Benchling Executive Admins are strategic partners who deliver best-in-class support to our executives and their functions.
We are a team built on trust, transparency, and mutual accountability — challenging and supporting each other to continually raise the bar.
We are inclusive and welcoming with everyone at Benchling, which shows up in our processes, events, and everyday work.
We set the tone for the company culture, making ourselves and our executives accessible and approachable to all.
At our core, we are hardworking, collaborative individuals who create a safe environment to share ideas, have a voice, make mistakes, and learn from our collective experiences.