Executive Project Assistant – Trade Floor New

Trading Interview; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Susquehanna is seeking an Executive Project Assistant to support senior leadership across trading and business areas. The role is the operational backbone of a fast-paced, high-performing team.

The position is full-time, on-site at our Bala Cynwyd office, five days a week. You will manage calendars, coordinate international travel, and drive cross-desk initiatives, serving as a critical link between leadership and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of executive or administrative support experience.
• Familiarity with financial markets, trading desk operations, or brokerage environments, preferred.
• Ability to manage multi-stakeholder calendars and international travel logistics.
• Experience in roles that involve critical thinking, travel planning, coordination, and project management.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Self directed with sharp attention to detail and sound judgement under pressure.
• A bachelor's degree is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex, dynamic calendars for multiple senior leaders, including scheduling across time zones and coordinating with external counterparties.
• Arrange detailed domestic and international travel (flights, accommodations, ground transport, and itineraries) with precision and contingency planning.
• Own the end-to-end coordination of cross-desk initiatives, ensuring deadlines are clearly defined and tracked.
• Serve as a trusted point of contact between senior leadership and internal/external stakeholders, including other desks, compliance, operations, and counterparties.

Skills

Calendar management

Travel coordination

Stakeholder management

Communication

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Job Type Full-time

Job description

Overview

Susquehanna is currently looking for an Executive Project Assistant to support senior leadership across various trading and business areas. In this role you will serve as the operational backbone of a fast paced, high performing team.

This is a full-time, on-site five days a week opportunity in our Bala Cynwyd office.

In this role, you will

• Manage complex, dynamic calendars for multiple senior leaders, including scheduling across time zones and coordinating with external counterparties
• Arrange detailed domestic and international travel (flights, accommodations, ground transport, and itineraries) with precision and contingency planning
• Own the end-to-end coordination of cross-desk initiatives, ensuring deadlines are clearly defined and tracked
• Serve as a trusted point of contact between senior leadership and internal/external stakeholders, including other desks, compliance, operations, and counterparties

What we're looking for

• 5+ years of executive or administrative support experience
• Familiarity with financial markets, trading desk operations, or brokerage environments, preferred
• Ability to manage multi-stakeholder calendars and international travel logistics
• Experience in roles that involve critical thinking, travel planning, coordination, and project management
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal
• Self directed with sharp attention to detail and sound judgement under pressure
• A bachelor's degree is preferred
• Ability to work onsite five days in our Bala Cynwyd office
• Visa sponsorship for work authorization is not available for this position now or in the future.

About Susquehanna

Susquehanna is a global quantitative trading firm powered by scientific rigor, curiosity, and innovation. Our culture is intellectually driven and highly collaborative, bringing together researchers, engineers, and traders to design and deploy impactful strategies in our systematic trading environment. To meet the unique challenges of global markets, Susquehanna applies machine learning and advanced quantitative research to vast datasets in order to uncover actionable insights and build effective strategies. By uniting deep market expertise with cutting-edge technology, we excel in solving complex problems and pushing boundaries together.