Administrative Assistant - Research (Faculty & Operations)

Exciting Opportunity at MSK! Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is seeking a highly experienced Administrative Assistant to support faculty, laboratories, and research operations across the enterprise.

In this role, you will serve as a trusted partner to senior research leaders and their teams, ensuring seamless operations in a complex, fastpaced environment. You'll work across multiple stakeholders, balancing competing priorities while supporting critical research activities that advance MSK's mission.

This opportunity is ideal for a proactive, highly organized professional who excels in supporting senior leaders and navigating sophisticated administrative and operational workflows.

Role Overview:

• Serve as a strategic administrative partner to faculty, principal investigators, and/or research operations leadership

• Manage highly complex, fastchanging calendars across multiple stakeholders

• Coordinate highvolume meetings with internal and external partners

• Plan and execute domestic and international travel, including detailed itineraries and expense reconciliation

• Support laboratory and research operations, including onboarding, purchasing, and coordination of activities

• Manage administrative documentation (CVs, biosketches, letters of recommendation, academic materials)

• Support payroll, timekeeping, and workforce processes (e.g., Workday or similar systems)

• Coordinate procurement and financial workflows for research activities (e.g., Coupa or similar tools)

• Serve as a key point of coordination across faculty, lab teams, research cores, and institutional stakeholders

• Proactively identify and resolve complex administrative challenges with minimal oversight

• Handle highly sensitive and confidential information with sound judgment and discretion

Key Qualifications:

• Significant administrative experience supporting senior leaders in a complex organization (research, academic, healthcare, or similar environment strongly preferred)

• Demonstrated success managing competing priorities and multiple stakeholders simultaneously

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word)

• Experience working with enterprise systems (e.g., Workday, Coupa, BioMED, or similar platforms)

• Proven ability to operate independently, anticipate needs, and problemsolve proactively

Core Skills:

• Executive-level communication and professionalism

• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail

• Strong stakeholder management and partnership mindset

• Ability to thrive in a fastpaced, highaccountability environment

• Sound judgment and discretion with sensitive information

• Proactive, solutionsoriented approach with strong followthrough

Additional Information:

• Schedule: Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

• Work Arrangement: Hybrid after an initial onsite onboarding period (3 months for MSK employees; 6 months for external hires)

• Location: 417 East 68th Street, New York, NY

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