CTO's Right-Hand Executive Assistant - AI Startup

BURKE+CO; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

BURKE CO. is seeking an exceptional Executive Assistant to support the CTO in San Francisco. This true right-hand role will sit alongside the CTO, attend meetings, track decisions, manage time, and help turn ideas into action.

You will build systems and processes around a senior executive, offering significant visibility into the business and opportunities to shape infrastructure, communications, and strategy.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience supporting a founder/C-level executive in a startup or high-growth tech environment.
• Experience supporting a CTO or engineering team is a major plus.
• Highly tech-savvy with common productivity tools and AI applications.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with discretion.

Responsibilities

• Attend meetings with the CTO and capture decisions and action items.
• Coordinate schedules across time zones and triage meeting requests.
• Manage CTO inbox, draft replies, and flag important items.
• Create concise meeting briefs with context and stakeholders.
• Turn notes and discussions into polished drafts for technical/strategic communications.
• Build operating systems through processes and systems to keep commitments.
• Handle confidential information with exceptional discretion.
• Lead special projects and proactively remove friction from the CTO’s day.

Skills

Executive support

C-suite support

Tech-savvy

Time management

Communication

Discretion

Travel coordination

Tools

Google Workspace

Slack

Notion

Linear

Claude AI

Job description

BURKE CO. is seeking an exceptional Executive Assistant to support the CTO in San Francisco. This true right-hand role will sit alongside the CTO, attend meetings, track decisions, manage time, and help turn ideas into action.

You will build systems and processes around a senior executive, offering significant visibility into the business and opportunities to shape infrastructure, communications, and strategy.