Business Support Coordinator – Cell Therapy Discovery

Some roles keep a team organised. This role helps a team move forward.

Business Support Coordinator – Cell Therapy Discovery

Location: Amsterdam

Fulltime | Hybrid | 3 days in the office

As Business Support Coordinator (internal Administrative Coordinator) for our Cell Therapy Discovery team, you will support three senior leaders and their teams with the day to day coordination that keeps a complex, international environment running smoothly. At the same time, you will take ownership of several recurring operational processes that are essential to how the global Cell Therapy Discovery team works.

This is a role for someone who enjoys bringing clarity, structure and follow through. Someone who is comfortable managing detail, but also likes to step back, identify what could work better and help make it happen.

You will join a highly collaborative international setting and work across teams in the Netherlands, Belgium, United Kingdom and your colleagues in the US. The scope is broad, the work is varied, and there is real room to shape how support and coordination are delivered.

What you will be doing

You will provide high quality administrative and operational support to leaders and teams across Cell Therapy Discovery. The role combines traditional coordination and responsibilities with broader ownership of several recurring team processes.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing complex calendars across multiples stakeholders, locations and time zones.

• Organising meetings including scheduling, logistics, room bookings, virtual set-up and recordings.

• Coordinating travel arrangements, reimbursement and even support.

• Supporting senior leaders with their day-to-day administrative follow up and helping bring structure to priorities and actions.

• Maintaining organisational charts, distribution lists and other key team information.

• Acting as a reliable point of coordination for practical team support across different functions and locations.

In addition, you will take ownership of several recuring operational activities including travel & CO2 tracking, recruitment tracking & reporting, team process coordination and process improvement.

What you bring

We are looking for someone who combines strong organisation with sound judgment, professionalism and a natural way of working with others.

In addition:

• Strong experience in an administrative, coordination or team support role in a fast-moving international environment (at least 3 years)

• The ability to manage multiples priorities with care, accuracy and consistency.

• Experience with complex diary management, travel coordination and meeting logistics.

• Strong written and spoken English.

• Confidence working with tools such as Outlook, Teams, and Excel in a professional setting.

• A proactive and practical mindset: you take initiative, solve problems and keep things moving.

• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively across teams, functions and cultures.

• The confidence to be helpful and collaborative, while also setting sensible boundaries and making clear priorities.

• Interest in improving processes and making work more efficient.

• Familiarity with AI tools, or a genuine interest in applying AI in practical day to day work.

• You are currently living within commuting distance to our offices in Amsterdam.

Why this role

It offers the core of a strong administrative position: coordination, organisation, practical support while also giving you ownership of operational processes that matter to the wider team. You will not only help things run smoothly, but you will also help improve how they run.

The role offers variety (mix of administrative, coordination and operational responsibilities), ownership, visibility (close collaboration with leaders and teams across the organisation), international exposure, development, connection (the opportunity to build a strong network with a wider administrative community and across Cell Therapy Discovery)

Your effort is rewardedAs an Administrative Coordinator, you can expect much in return for your dedication. In addition to a competitive salary, you will enjoy:

• An attractive bonus scheme and a 13th-month salary on top of your monthly pay.

• Access to internal training and development programs.

• 27 vacation days, plus additional leave (such as your birthday, Good Friday, and the period between Christmas and New Year’s Eve).

• Flexible and progressive employment benefits allowing you to tailor them to your needs (e.g., a wellness budget and the choice of a holiday calendar based on different religious beliefs).

• A pension plan.

• Share plan: Opportunity to participate in our stock program with contributions from AstraZeneca

Making a difference together with AstraZenecaAre you driven by innovation in cancer treatment and eager to make a real impact? At AstraZeneca’s Cell Therapy facility in Amsterdam, we are developing next-generation TCR therapies targeting neoantigens in solid tumors. With a team of approximately 75 scientists, we are advancing shared neoantigen-targeting treatments to transform patient outcomes.

We recently moved into One Helix, our brand-new, high-tech research facility in Amsterdam Zuid, located near the Amsterdam UMC. This state-of-the-art space is designed to accelerate breakthroughs in cell therapy. Join our team and help shape the future of cancer treatment.

Ready to grow your career in a driven, innovative environment? Apply now!If you have any questions about this vacancy, our Recruitment Team, Karin Raadschelders / Caroline van Oppen is happy to answer your questions.

Contact: info@werkenbijastrazeneca.nl or by phone on +31(0)85 - 047 0244.

We don’t work with a fixed closing date; the vacancy will close as soon once we’ve found the right candidates. Feel free to apply right away – we will start the selection process immediately.

Date Posted

29-Jun-2026

Closing Date

02-Jul-2026

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.