Executive Assistant

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The Future of Advisory Starts Here

At APCO, we create un/common ground where business, policy, and society converge to shape the future. The traditional consultancy model is evolving at an unprecedented pace—leaders need more than insights. They need integrated advisory to navigate complexity, protect their license to operate, drive growth, and make a lasting impact.

Our Singapore hub sits at the center of this transformation, helping organizations adapt to geopolitical shifts, the integration of AI in consulting, and rapidly changing market forces.

We are looking for an Executive Assistant—a structured, highly organized, and execution-focused professional who can manage internal coordination, track key priorities, and ensure seamless execution across multiple business functions.

This is not just an executive support role. It is a high-impact, operational role that requires proactive problem-solving, strong internal diplomacy, and the ability to bring structure to fast-moving priorities. The ideal candidate is someone who thrives in high-intensity environments, excels at managing workflows, and serves as the central knowledge hub for a high-performance leadership team.

If you want a front-row seat to strategic decision-making, exposure to high-level business challenges, and the opportunity to work at the center of a global advisory firm, this role is for you.

What We’re Looking For

• Execution-driven – Keeps workflows moving and ensures nothing falls through the cracks.
• Meticulously organized – Manages schedules, key priorities, and follow-ups with precision.
• Strategic communicator & internal diplomat – Manages relationships across teams and functions.
• Discreet and professional – Handles sensitive matters with judgment and confidentiality.
• Problem-solver – Anticipates challenges, fixes inefficiencies, and ensures follow-through.
• A knowledge hub – Compiles, organizes, and maintains critical information, ensuring accessibility.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Senior Director in managing and prioritizing strategic initiatives and high-priority projects.
• Draft meeting agendas and prepare materials for key meetings.
• Assist in business development efforts, including tracking opportunities and preparing presentation slide drafts.
• Act as an early warning system by flagging potential risks and operational bottlenecks.
• Coordinate responses to urgent issues, ensuring timely and effective resolution.
• Identify inefficiencies in workflows and propose process improvements.
• Develop and implement systems to enhance productivity and execution speed.
• Maintain key documents, reports, and background materials, ensuring easy access to critical information.
• Track meeting outcomes, deadlines, and follow-ups, ensuring strategic priorities stay on track.
• Act as the internal point of contact, ensuring smooth communication across teams.
• Own and manage the Global Senior Director’s calendar—optimizing time and balancing priorities.
• Coordinate complex scheduling, travel, and stakeholder meetings with efficiency.
• Ensure the Senior Director is always briefed, prepared, and focused on the right priorities.

What You Will Gain

• Develop elite operational and execution skills—learning to manage high-level workflows.
• Gain firsthand exposure to business strategy, global trends, and leadership decision-making.
• Build internal influence and stakeholder management expertise—becoming a trusted go-to person.
• Operate at the core of a high-performance advisory firm, gaining insight into how integrated consulting functions.
• This is a career-accelerating role for someone who thrives in structured, high-intensity environments and wants to grow into senior operations, business strategy, or chief of staff roles.

Qualifications & Experience

• 3-6 years of experience in executive support, operations, or internal coordination.
• Strong calendar management, scheduling, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication—able to manage priorities and align teams.
• Experience in consulting, corporate operations, or professional services is a plus.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Google Suite, and task management tools.

Careers at APCO

Through our recruitment, hiring and retention efforts, APCO is committed to building teams to bring the best possible expertise and robust perspectives to our clients. We embrace differences in experience, viewpoint and ideas, starting with our values and extending to our behaviors, policies and practices. We aim to create a positive work experience and welcoming environment where everyone feels they belong and can thrive.

About APCO

APCO is a global advisory and advocacy firm helping leading corporations, foundations and governments navigate a complex world and create lasting impact.

Founded in 1984, with one woman’s vision and bold action, APCO has grown into an independent, majority women-owned firm of more than 1,200 employees with work spanning 80 markets around the world.

Headquartered in Washington, D.C., APCO is comprised of strategic advisers, consultants and creators, working together across borders and functions, to provide services and expertise on financial, competitive, political and societal issues.

APCO is a trusted partner to bold purpose-led leaders, lawmakers, government officials, NGOs, the media and other stakeholders in the health, energy, technology, transportation & infrastructure and food & consumer products sectors. For 40 years, the firm has provided public affairs, crisis & reputation, impact, corporate reputation and global solutions services.

By bringing diverse people and ideas together, and working beyond traditional boundaries, APCO builds the un/common ground upon which progress is made.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Administrative

Industries

Public Relations and Communications Services and Business Consulting and Services