Location: Seattle, WA
Cap-Exempt H-1B Position — No lottery required
***Executive Assistant – Allen Institute*** The mission of the **Allen Institute** is to unlock the complexities of bioscience and advance our knowledge to improve human health. Using an open science, multi-scale, team-oriented approach, the Allen Institute focuses on accelerating foundational research, developing standards and models, and cultivating new ideas to make a broad, transformational impact on science. The **Allen Institute** is launching a new initiative on human brain health and disease. This initiative aims to dramatically accelerate our understanding of human brain structure and function, identify the molecular, cellular and circuit basis of disease progression, and pioneer new therapeutic strategies targeting vulnerable and affected cell types. Our mission focuses on taking a human-centric approach to understanding and treating disease, combining a large-scale open science discovery approach across multiple diseases, AI-based disease modeling, and translational programs in specific diseases to move from discovery to clinical application. We aim to make transformational change in understanding and treating brain disorders, the biggest health challenge of our time. We are seeking an **Executive Assistant** to provide a range of administrative, planning, and support services of a complex and confidential nature to several senior scientific leaders of this new initiative. An essential member of the team and reporting to the Executive Director of Scientific Operations, the Executive Assistant will anticipate needs, clear obstacles, and identify opportunities to take ownership of tasks and projects. All duties are expected to be done with rigor and accuracy to ensure action items are assigned and in progress and serve colleagues with confidence across the Allen Institute through exceptional interpersonal skills and relationship management. This individual will often represent leadership and serve as the first point of contact with the Allen Institute, requ