Executive Assistant

About us

Forus is building an AI-powered network that connects doctors, pharmacies, payers, and biopharma to accelerate new science to patients.

Our platform automates the complexity between a doctor prescribing a medicine and a patient starting treatment, including insurance coverage, financial assistance, and supply chain navigation. We provide this support free to doctors and patients, helping them get life-changing medicine faster, cheaper, and easier. The resulting network enables biopharma companies to design better research, launch new drugs more effectively, and invest in harder-to-treat conditions.

Forus has exceptional product-market fit and is growing rapidly through organic adoption:

• Accelerating scale: We already support patients across more than 85% of ZIP codes and partner with 9 of top 15 largest biopharma companies in the world.

• AI-native, durable model: Our business becomes stronger as AI improves, as every new doctor, patient, and partner makes the network more valuable.

• Backing to build for the long term: We raised $300M+ from leading investors to build an exceptional team and unlock the full scale of the opportunity.

Our number one priority is scaling to market demand. We are looking for individuals who are high horsepower, high throughput, and hyper resourceful to help us increase capacity and grow. We move fast and need to move faster.

If we succeed, science will be the only limit to medicine.

All full-time roles are in person in New York.

About the role

Forus is looking for a high-trust, high-output Executive Assistant to support our CEO and help Forus operate at maximum velocity. You will own the communication, coordination, and day-to-day execution that allow the CEO to focus on the company’s most important priorities.

You will manage the CEO’s calendar and inbox, anticipate needs, and act as a trusted right hand in internal and external settings. Working closely with our Chief of Staff, you will build the systems and operating rhythms that keep the executive function moving in sync. Your impact will be felt in better use of the CEO’s time, stronger follow-through, and fewer things that need attention twice.

This role requires exceptional judgment, communication, and organizational skill. You will develop deep context across the company and use it to make decisions, navigate competing priorities, and stay several steps ahead. We are looking for someone who takes pride in being an exceptional EA and wants to build a lasting partnership with the executive they support.

This is a demanding role, with a high level of autonomy and responsibility. You will be expected to "act like an owner" and commit yourself to Forus’s success. If you are low-ego, hungry to learn, and excited about intense, impactful work that drives company growth, we want to hear from you.

If you join, you will:

• Own the CEO’s calendar and inbox, applying speed and judgment to protect focus and keep priorities moving

• Anticipate needs, resolve conflicts, and make thoughtful tradeoffs so the CEO can operate effectively across internal and external commitments

• Partner closely with the Chief of Staff to keep priorities, information, and follow-ups aligned across the executive function

• Prepare the CEO for important conversations and meetings, ensuring the right context, materials, and coordination are in place

• Manage relationships and communication with candidates, investors, partners, and teammates with discretion and care

• Own travel, meetings, events, and other logistics, stepping in wherever needed to keep things running smoothly

• Build and improve executive support processes, using AI and automation to increase speed, reliability, and follow-through

We’ll be most excited if you have:

• 3+ years of experience as an Executive Assistant, including direct support to a CEO at a high-velocity company

• A track record of taking full ownership of executive support, building effective processes, and delivering without repeated direction

• Exceptional judgment and prioritization. You can manage a high volume of requests, make decisions with incomplete information, and know when to escalate

• Strong written and verbal communication, with the confidence to represent the CEO’s voice, navigate senior relationships, and push back when needed

• High emotional intelligence and discretion. You can be trusted with sensitive information and build strong relationships across the team

• Comfort using AI tools across your role to improve how you work, with sound judgment about accuracy and confidentiality

• A track record of moving quickly, solving problems creatively, and following through on the details

• A low-ego, hands-on approach and a desire to grow and excel as an EA over the long term

• High NPS with your former executives and teammates

This is a list of ideal qualifications for this position. If you don't meet every single one of them, you should still consider applying! We’re excited to work with people from underrepresented backgrounds, and we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

Working with us

Forus is based in New York, with our full team working out of a beautiful and spacious office in SoHo. 

We run as a high-trust environment with high autonomy, which requires that everyone is fully competent and operates in line with our principles:

• Do the math. Be rigorous, assume nothing. Break problems down and reason from the ground up. Stay open to changing your mind.

• Resourceful optimism. Assume problems are solvable. Be audacious. Resist false constraints and push beyond the obvious before deciding.

• Spit it out. Speak directly, invite critique, avoid equivocation. We want right answers, not comfortable ones. All killer, no filler.

• Raise the bar. Hold a high standard for your pace and execution, and elevate the performance of the team around you. Mamba mentality.

• Fight for users. Start with users’ realities, not ours. Resist optimizing for internal convenience over user outcomes.
  

We provide competitive compensation with meaningful equity (for full-time employees). Everyone who joins will be a major contributor to our success, and we reflect this through ownership and pay.

We also provide rich benefits to ensure you can focus on creating impact (for full-time employees):

• Fully covered medical, vision, and dental insurance.

• Memberships for One Medical, Talkspace, Teladoc, and Kindbody.

• Unlimited paid time off (PTO) and 16 weeks of parental leave.

• 401K plan setup, FSA option, commuter benefits, and DashPass.

• Lunch at the office every day and Dinner at the office after 6:30 pm.

Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our company’s size and industry, and are one part of the total compensation package that also includes equity, benefits, and other opportunities at Forus (for full-time employees). Individual pay decisions are ultimately based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, geography, and balancing internal equity.

Forus is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.