Executive Assistant

Truex Métier; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Truex Métier is seeking an Executive Assistant to serve as a trusted partner to a senior principal in Austin. This role requires a polished, proactive, and highly organized professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment with a strong sense of ownership.

Responsibilities include managing priorities, calendar and travel, drafting communications, preparing briefing materials, tracking action items, coordinating with internal teams and external partners, and representing the principal with

Qualifications

• 6+ years of progressive executive support experience, including at least 2 years supporting a C-suite executive, founder, principal, or family office executive.
• Exceptional ability to anticipate needs, prioritize effectively, and determine what requires escalation versus independent action.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail and excellent follow-through.
• Comfortable managing shifting priorities and time-sensitive demands in a high-paced environment.
• Proven ability to handle sensitive personal, financial, and business information with complete confidentiality.
• Experience supporting a leader with a multi-entity, multi-location, or international portfolio is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Executive Support: Serve as a trusted partner to the principal, managing priorities, communications, commitments, and day-to-day logistics.
• Calendar & Travel Management: Manage a complex, multi-time-zone calendar and coordinate comprehensive domestic and international travel, adapting quickly as plans shift.
• Communications: Manage and triage the principal’s inbox, draft correspondence, coordinate follow-up, and determine what requires the principal’s attention.
• Executive Preparation: Prepare briefing materials, agendas, talking points, meeting notes, and background research for meetings, board engagements, and leadership reviews.
• Follow-Through: Track commitments, decisions, and action items to ensure timely follow-up and closure.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Serve as a key point of contact between the principal, internal teams, business leaders, advisors, and external partners.
• External Representation: Represent the principal with professionalism and discretion across written and verbal communications.

Skills

Executive support experience

Judgment

Organization

Composure

Discretion

Global experience

Job description

We are recruiting on behalf of a high-profile, privately held organization seeking a polished, proactive, and highly organized Executive Assistant to serve as a trusted partner to a senior principal based in Austin. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced EA who thrives in a complex, fast-paced environment and is comfortable operating with a high degree of ownership. The ideal candidate will bring exceptional judgment, discretion, adaptability, and the ability to anticipate needs before they arise.

Key Responsibilities

• Executive Support: Serve as a trusted partner to the principal, managing priorities, communications, commitments, and day-to-day logistics.
• Calendar & Travel Management: Manage a complex, multi-time-zone calendar and coordinate comprehensive domestic and international travel, adapting quickly as plans shift.
• Communications: Manage and triage the principal’s inbox, draft correspondence, coordinate follow-up, and determine what requires the principal’s attention.
• Executive Preparation: Prepare briefing materials, agendas, talking points, meeting notes, and background research for meetings, board engagements, and leadership reviews.
• Follow-Through: Track commitments, decisions, and action items to ensure timely follow-up and closure.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Serve as a key point of contact between the principal, internal teams, business leaders, advisors, and external partners.
• External Representation: Represent the principal with professionalism and discretion across written and verbal communications.

What We Are Looking For

• Experience: 6+ years of progressive executive support experience, including at least 2 years supporting a C-suite executive, founder, principal, or family office executive.
• Judgment: Exceptional ability to anticipate needs, prioritize effectively, and determine what requires escalation versus independent action.
• Organization: Highly organized with strong attention to detail and excellent follow-through.
• Composure: Comfortable managing shifting priorities and time-sensitive demands in a high-paced environment.
• Discretion: Proven ability to handle sensitive personal, financial, and business information with complete confidentiality.
• Global Experience: Experience supporting a leader with a multi-entity, multi-location, or international portfolio is strongly preferred.

What Sets You Apart

• Anticipates needs rather than waiting to be asked.
• Takes genuine pride in making a senior executive more effective.
• Moves quickly without sacrificing accuracy.
• Remains calm and resourceful when priorities change.
• Builds trust quickly and takes ownership from start to finish.
• Has a strong eye for the details that keep a complex day running smoothly.

Location & Culture

• Location: Austin, Texas
• Work Structure: This is a high-touch executive support role requiring flexibility to meet the needs of the principal.
• Environment: Fast-paced and sophisticated, with exposure to a diverse portfolio of businesses, investments, and senior-level stakeholders.

This is an exceptional opportunity for an experienced Executive Assistant looking to become a high-impact partner to a senior principal, with the opportunity to take on increasing responsibility over time.