Remote Executive Assistant to Founder & CEO (EST)

EMCD; Alaska; Remote; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Direct collaboration with Founder

Strategic exposure

Autonomy

Fully remote EST

Paid time off

Service Agreement

Job summary

EMCD seeks an Executive Assistant to the Founder & CEO to manage priorities, coordinate key initiatives, and ensure execution of important decisions. You will work closely with the Founder across business, strategy, operations, and special projects, bringing structure to information and aligning stakeholders.

The role requires strong judgment, ownership, and the ability to move unstructured tasks forward, while communicating effectively in English and Russian.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in executive support or similar roles.
• Experience working directly with a Founder or senior executive.
• Strong written and verbal communication in English and Russian.
• Excellent research, analytical, and information-structuring skills.
• Ability to turn incomplete requests into a clear plan and follow through.
• High level of discretion handling confidential information.
• Comfortable in a fast-changing environment.
• Availability to work primarily within the Founder's EST time zone.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate key initiatives across the business, teams, and senior stakeholders.
• Track priorities, decisions, commitments, deadlines, and follow-up actions.
• Follow up with executives and teams on behalf of the Founder and maintain visibility over progress.
• Prepare the Founder for important meetings by gathering context, structuring information, and highlighting key decisions.
• Prepare agendas, briefs, reports, presentations, and summaries for strategic and board-level discussions.
• Conduct research on companies, markets, competitors, partners, investments, and new business opportunities.
• Turn complex information into concise, decision-ready materials.
• Coordinate communication with internal leaders, external partners, advisors, and other stakeholders.
• Support evaluation of new initiatives by collecting data and consolidating input from relevant teams.
• Identify blockers, missing information, and execution risks across priority projects.
• Bring structure to new initiatives by defining next steps, owners, and required inputs.
• Support preparation and follow-up for board meetings, strategic sessions, partnerships, and other high-impact discussions.

Skills

Bilingual English-Russian

Job description

EMCD seeks an Executive Assistant to the Founder & CEO to manage priorities, coordinate key initiatives, and ensure execution of important decisions. You will work closely with the Founder across business, strategy, operations, and special projects, bringing structure to information and aligning stakeholders.

The role requires strong judgment, ownership, and the ability to move unstructured tasks forward, while communicating effectively in English and Russian.