Job Summary:
A leader's best hours are often lost to scheduling and email, and an experienced Executive Assistant will give those hours back to our founder and fast-moving leadership team. You will take charge of calendars, inboxes, follow-ups, and task tracking so that nothing slips through the cracks. An organized, proactive professional who is comfortable communicating directly with senior leadership is the right fit.
Key Responsibilities:
- - Keep the executive's calendar in order, booking meetings and resolving scheduling conflicts
- - Watch, sort, and reply to emails on the executive's behalf
- - Check in with team members and external contacts so projects and deadlines stay on track
- - Update the task tracker in Google Sheets, including status updates on active proposals and RFPs
- - Coordinate key meetings, prepare agendas, and record action items
- - Keep documents, files, and shared folders organized and easy to find
- - Alert the executive to priorities, risks, and overdue items before they become problems
- - Take on ad hoc administrative requests and support asynchronous tasks on your own
- - Create routines and simple processes that lighten the executive's workload over time
Mandatory Skills:
- - Proven experience as an Executive Assistant or in a similar role supporting senior leaders
- - Strong calendar and email management skills (Google Workspace: Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Sheets)
- - Excellent organizational skills and the ability to keep track of many tasks and deadlines
- - Comfortable following up persistently and professionally with internal and external contacts
- - Excellent spoken and written English, with confidence on direct calls with leadership
- - Accountable for deadlines, vigilant about errors, and capable of staying on task without a manager looking over your shoulder
- - Strong communication skills
Preferred Skills:
- - Experience supporting a founder or executive at a startup or fast-growing company
- - Familiarity with RFP, proposal, or bid coordination
- - Experience with task management tools such as Asana, ClickUp, Notion, or Trello
- - Adept at keeping several projects in motion together, using a simple system to track each and surface problems early
- - Prior experience working asynchronously with a US-based team
- - A proactive mindset that anticipates needs instead of waiting for instructions
Why Join Us:
Here is a high-trust role alongside company leadership at an exciting stage of growth. You will be a key part of a small, driven team, with room to widen your responsibilities as the company grows. If you enjoy keeping things organized and making a real difference behind the scenes, we would love to meet you.