Principal Business Support Specialist
Immatics
Summary
The Principal Business Support Specialist will provide high-level executive and operational support to our CPO, CFO, SVP Finance and VP, HR. This role combines the precision and discretion of an Executive Assistant with the agility and insight of a business operations coordinator. You will be instrumental in enabling leadership effectiveness, driving organizational efficiency, and ensuring seamless execution of critical business priorities across the People and Finance functions.
Job description
Role Overview
The Principal Business Support Specialist will provide high-level executive and operational support to our CPO, CFO, SVP Finance and VP, HR. This role combines the precision and discretion of an Executive Assistant with the agility and insight of a business operations coordinator. You will be instrumental in enabling leadership effectiveness, driving organizational efficiency, and ensuring seamless execution of critical business priorities across the People and Finance functions.
Executive & Administrative Efforts
- Provide multi-faceted administrative support to ensure effective use of executive time and productive interactions with staff, partners, and external stakeholders.
- Manage complex calendars and proactively coordinate schedules, meetings, and travel across multiple time zones.
- Prepare agendas, briefings, presentations, and follow-up actions for internal and external meetings.
- Handle confidential information with discretion and serve as a trusted point of contact on behalf of the HR and Finance executives.
- Conduct research and information gathering on behalf of the CPO, CFO, leadership team; draft summaries, slides, and reports as needed.
HR & Finance Business
- Coordinate cross-functional projects, track deliverables, and manage team workflows using project management tools.
- Implement and improve administrative processes to support the HR and Finance department goals.
- Contribute to planning and execution of team events, off-sites, workshops, and key HR/Finance meetings.
Organizational Relationship Management
- Serve as an internal liaison between the HR/Finance team and key functions including Operations, R&D, G&A and Admin Operations.
- Build and maintain strategic working relationships across all levels of the organization to support seamless coordination and communication.
- Represent the HR and Finance functions professionally and with a high degree of organizational knowledge.
Requirements
- HS or equivalent is required
- 5+ years of experience supporting senior executives, preferably biotech
- Prior experience supporting CPO, CFO or other CXO is strongly preferred
- Bachelor's degree is preferred
- Outlook calendaring, Concur, T&E
- Event planning
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship
Benefits
- Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
- 4 weeks vacation
- 12 paid holidays
- 7 days sick time
- Employer-paid life insurance
- Employer-paid short/long-term disability
- 401(k) with company match
- Partially paid parental leave
- Accident, hospital indemnity, critical illness insurance
- Identity theft protection
- Pet insurance
Company overview
Immatics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company and the global leader in precision targeting of PRAME (Preferentially Expressed Antigen in Melanoma), a cancer target expressed in more than 50 different cancer types. Founded in 2000 as a spin-off from the University of Tübingen's Department of Immunology, the company has grown into a publicly traded entity (NASDAQ: IMTX) with operations in Germany and the United States. Immatics specializes in developing T-cell redirecting immunotherapies, including TCR T-cell therapies and TCR bispecifics, for the treatment of solid tumors. The company's proprietary XPRESIDENT™ technology platform enables the identification of tumor-associated peptides (TUMAPs) with unprecedented sensitivity, allowing for the development of highly specific cancer immunotherapies. With a robust clinical pipeline focused on PRAME-targeting therapies, Immatics is advancing multiple programs including IMA203 (anzutresgene autoleucel) for PRAME-positive solid tumors, IMA402 PRAME bispecific, and IMA401 MAGEA4/8 bispecific. The company's innovative approach combines mass spectrometry, genomics, biochemistry, and immunology to create novel cancer treatments that address significant unmet medical needs in oncology.