Executive Assistant to Founder - $200k base + package

The British Connection Staffing; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Office space available

Hybrid work

Job summary

The British Connection Staffing is seeking an executive assistant to a high-profile founder in New York City. This role demands strategic thinking, exceptional organization, and the ability to manage a fast-paced, globally connected schedule.

Based in New York, you will coordinate complex travel, handle sensitive information with discretion, and continuously improve systems to keep the founderCalm, focused and effective. Hybrid work with in-person collaboration expected.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting a founder or principal as a primary role.
• Based in New York City with ability to work with international partners.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage a fluid schedule, including last-minute travel and same-day changes.
• Ensure follow-through on live projects and commitments with nothing falling through the cracks.
• Coordinate with US and international advisers, banks, legal counsel, and counterparties on corporate and investment matters.
• Handle personal administration alongside professional duties, including residency matters and family-office tasks.
• Design and continuously improve systems and operating rhythm to maximize founder performance.

Skills

Proactive thinking

Exceptional organizational skills

Judgement and decision making

Discretion and confidentiality

Communication and relationship skills

Travel coordination

Technology and AI fluency

Tools

Calendar management

Task and project tracking

Email and scheduling tools

Job description

New York City | $200,000 Base + Health Benefits

This is a rare one.

Our client is one of the youngest founders we have ever represented.

He has already built an impressive business and earned a remarkable reputation at a young age. This search isn't about finding someone to "get there." It's about finding the operational partner who will help him build on what has already been achieved.

He has built and is running a private financial platform operating at the intersection of banking infrastructure, private markets and financial technology. The business spans sophisticated financial products, private company transactions and strategic relationships with founders, investors and institutions across multiple jurisdictions. This is not consumer fintech. It is complex financial infrastructure operating quietly behind the scenes - the kind most people never see, but on which sophisticated transactions depend.

Having grown up in Silicon Valley, he is now firmly based in New York, where he has deliberately chosen to build both his company and the next chapter of his career.

His achievements are impressive. His character is what convinced us to represent him. We accepted this assignment without hesitation.

He is intellectually fearless, deeply curious and unusually self-aware. He has an innate sense of justice and has already built a reputation for standing behind his convictions - even when doing so carries personal or commercial risk. He listens carefully, thinks independently and has the confidence to seek expertise he doesn't possess, without ego. He values people who challenge his thinking and deliberately surrounds himself with experts whose knowledge exceeds his own in their respective fields. Exceptional people do not intimidate him - they are exactly who he wants beside him.

Strategic support has, until now, been handled within the family. With that person relocating abroad, the time has come to build dedicated Executive Assistant support around him for the first time.

He moves quickly, thinks strategically and is looking to build a genuine long-term partnership with the right Executive Assistant.

He does not have the time, nor should he have, to teach someone the fundamentals of exceptional Executive Assistant support. You arrive already knowing what world-class looks like.

Your greatest contribution won't be managing his calendar. It'll be building the operational rhythm that allows him to perform at his very best.

You bring structure he doesn't yet know he needs.

THE RIGHT CANDIDATE

This role will suit someone at the very top of their profession - not because of a title, but because of how they think.

• You are naturally several steps ahead. You anticipate rather than react. You notice patterns. You remove friction before anyone else realises it exists.
• You combine exceptional organisational skills with sound judgement. You know when to move quickly, when to pause and when to challenge an idea because there is a better way.
• You are equally comfortable coordinating complex international travel, managing competing priorities and handling the countless moving parts that come with supporting a busy founder. At the same time, you enjoy researching a problem, presenting thoughtful options and helping someone make well-informed decisions.
• You are highly organised without being rigid. Calm without being passive. Confident without needing to be the loudest voice in the room.
• You embrace technology and are excited by the opportunities AI creates to work more intelligently. You are constantly looking for better systems, better processes and better ways of working.
• You enjoy working alongside people who think differently from you. You don't need to be the smartest person in the room. You value curiosity over ego and collaboration over hierarchy.

Above all, you derive genuine satisfaction from making someone else's world calmer, clearer and more effective. Not because you seek recognition, but because that's simply how you're wired.

WHAT YOU WILL OWN

This is not a role where tasks are handed to you.

You will build, organise and quietly run the operational infrastructure around a founder whose world moves quickly and changes constantly.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Full command of an exceptionally fluid schedule - last-minute travel, same-day changes and the judgement to know what genuinely requires his attention.
• Absolute follow-through across live projects, conversations and commitments. Nothing falls through the cracks. No promised response goes unanswered. Every detail reaches the finish line.
• Coordination with US and international advisers, banks, legal counsel and counterparties across recurring corporate, financial and investment matters.
• Personal administration alongside the professional - including residency matters, trust structures and family office-related responsibilities as they arise.
• Designing and continuously improving the systems, processes and operating rhythm that allow him to work at his very best.

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE

To ensure the right fit for both parties, applications that do not meet all of the following criteria will not be considered.

• You have held the title of Executive Assistant or Chief of Staff as your primary role. Supporting a principal must have been your primary responsibility, not one element of a broader position.
• You have worked directly for a Founder. You understand the difference between supporting an executive within an established organisation and supporting the individual responsible for building it.
• You supported a Founder during the first five years of building a successful venture.
• You understand the pace, ambiguity and constant evolution that come with building something from the ground up.
• You are based in New York City and have built your Executive Assistant or Chief of Staff career there. This search is not open to relocation candidates.
• Your resume reflects long-term, trusted partnerships with your principals. You have chosen to build lasting relationships rather than a succession of short appointments.

WHO YOU ARE

• You are energised by working alongside ambitious founders and excited by the opportunity to help build something exceptional.
• You instinctively turn conversations into action. You don't wait to be reminded.
• You are recognised for your judgement as much as your execution. People rely on you to think, anticipate and quietly solve problems before they become distractions.
• You are responsive, decisive and easy to reach. Momentum matters to you.
• Discretion is second nature to you. Trust is earned through sound judgement, consistency and absolute confidentiality.
• You are intellectually curious and continually look for better ways of working. You embrace technology and AI as tools that enhance your effectiveness, never replace your judgement.
• Your principals trust you with the matters that matter most. They value your judgement, your dependability and your ability to remain calm under pressure.
• Spanish language skills would be welcomed but are not essential.
• Mostly WFH with 1 day a week face-to-face with Founder in the office. Office space available if prefered.

COMPENSATION

$200,000 base salary plus health benefits.