Office Manager

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee Daily Office Operations: Ensure Korro Bio’s office environment is productive, organized, and well-maintained. This includes managing office supplies, equipment, mailing services, and office maintenance.
• Support Onboarding: Partner with HR, Finance, and IT to ensure smooth onboarding of new hires, including setting up workstations, managing commuting benefits, and processing new hire forms.
• Seating Philosophy & Planning: Engage in office seating planning to ensure optimal space utilization and an organized work environment.
• Calendar Management: Oversee and manage calendars for mandatory company-wide meetings. Partner with Executive Assistants (EAs) to ensure meetings and company events run efficiently and smoothly.
• Support Administrative Team: Assist the Admin team with ad hoc tasks and projects as needed, providing administrative support across departments.
• Manage Key Dates Calendar: Track and manage critical dates for the office, ensuring important deadlines and events are clearly communicated.
• Vendor & Supplier Management: Manage and maintain strong relationships with office and lab-related vendors and suppliers, partnering with key stakeholders like Associate Director, Facilities and Associate Director, Lab Management.
• Catering Budget Management: Oversee the office catering budget to ensure efficient use of resources and coordination of catering services for meetings and events.
• Internal Communication: Effectively communicate relevant office-wide updates and information to ensure employees are informed and aligned with office policies and events.
• Safety & Compliance Policies: Partner with IT and Facilities teams to develop new office policies and practices to maintain safety and compliance guidelines, keeping the office up to standard.
• Meeting & Event Coordination: Coordinate all internal meetings and events, ensuring seamless logistics and execution.
• Shipping Coordination: Partner with Facilities to coordinate external shipping needs, particularly from an R&D perspective, ensuring timely and accurate deliveries.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience as an Office Manager or in a similar role, ideally within the biotech or life sciences industry.
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams and departments.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and familiarity with office management software.
• Experience working with vendors and managing budgets.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, maintaining flexibility and adaptability.