Executive Business Partner

DeepMind; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI research organization in the UK is seeking an Executive Business Partner to support their VP. The role involves managing complex schedules, building relationships, and ensuring seamless execution of key tasks. Strong organizational and problem-solving skills are essential for thriving in a fast-paced environment. Candidates should have experience with Google Suite and a track record of supporting senior leaders.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in juggling multiple tasks and prioritizing effectively.
• Experience supporting senior leaders in global organizations.
• Ability to adapt to change and thrive under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Manage a complex and evolving schedule of meetings and events.
• Support key meetings and ensure actions are complete.
• Undertake financial and legal administration.

Skills

Highly organized

Excellent diary management

Stakeholder management

Proactive problem-solving

Excellent communication

Tools

Google Suite

Job description

Snapshot

We are seeking a proactive detail-oriented Executive Business Partner to support our VP Responsibility. Youll manage their complex schedule build strong relationships anticipate needs and ensure seamless execution of key tasks. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced dynamic environment demonstrating exceptional problem-solving skills anticipating needs exercising sound judgement and maintaining meticulous attention to detail. The ability to stay one step ahead and adapt quickly is essential.

About Us

Artificial Intelligence could be one of humanitys most useful inventions. At Google DeepMind were a team of scientists engineers machine learning experts and more working together to advance the state of the art in artificial intelligence. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery and collaborate with others on critical challenges ensuring safety and ethics are the highest priority.

The Role

We are seeking an exceptionally capable Executive Business Partner to support our VP Responsibility. Paramount to this role will be ensuring their time is optimised and they can lead effectively within the GDM. Youll work closely with partners to ensure seamless coordination and execution of their strategic focus this capacity you will need to build relationships across multiple teams fostering a culture of collaboration and incorporating the views of internal experts as needed.

Key responsibilities

• Strategically manage a complex and constantly evolving schedule of meetings and events seamlessly coordinating across numerous time zones and a variety of stakeholders.
• Gather and synthesise information proactively connect the dots and serve as the Leaders eyes and ears on the ground to ensure informed decision-making.
• Manage & support your Leaders priorities; anticipating challenges before they arise and using your initiative to problem solve.
• Build and maintain a trusted 1 : 1 working relationship with your Leader alongside building effective relationships with their team.
• Support key meetings; circulating agendas capturing notes and ensuring actions are complete.
• Prepare and design presentations for internal meetings and talks and review and refine internal comms on behalf of your Lead.
• Support operational tasks and processes; suggesting ideas for continuous improvement and performing meeting analysis to ensure your Leaders time is being used effectively.
• Organise team-wide offsites events and socials (virtual or in person).
• Arrange frequent and complex travel for meetings conferences and international visits which will involve frequent travel with the Leader throughout the year.
• Undertake financial and legal administration (e.g. expenses purchase orders signature requests contracts and SOWs).
• Partner on key strategic projects with the Responsibility senior leadership team and wider stakeholders adding value and maximising impact

About You

• You are highly organised with a proven track record in juggling multiple tasks prioritising effectively and with impeccable attention to detail. You adapt quickly to change and thrive under pressure.
• You are comfortable with ambiguity and you anticipate problems with care. By being proactive exercising good judgement and discretion you are able to determine appropriate next steps and problem solve.
• You are a great teammate a solid communicator and active listener and most of all passionate about supporting and enabling your Leader.
• You have excellent diary management experience and know how to make the most of every day staying flexible and unflappable when priorities shift and change.
• You have extensive experience in using the Google Suite and other productivity enhancing methods.
• You instinctively act with total discretion and diplomacy and remain calm even in stressful situations.
• You are naturally curious; you ask questions to build knowledge and in order to think multiple steps ahead - no job is too big or small for you to get stuck in.
• You expertly manage stakeholder relationships by adapting your communication style and content to align with varying audience priorities and contexts.
• You drive cross functional collaboration and understand different contexts audience and stakeholder needs
• You have previous experience working with senior leaders in global organisations

At Google DeepMind we value diversity of experience knowledge backgrounds and perspectives and harness these qualities to create extraordinary impact. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of sex race religion or belief ethnic or national origin disability age citizenship marital domestic or civil partnership status sexual orientation gender identity pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis as protected by applicable law. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation please do not hesitate to let us know.

Key Skills

• Marketing & Sales
• Business Administration
• Bid
• Instrumentation & Control
• HACCP

Employment Type

Full Time

Experience

years

Vacancy

1