Sr. Executive Assistant to Private Principal, $175,000–$200,000

Alan J. Blair Personnel Services, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Alan J. Blair Personnel Services, Inc. seeks a top-tier Senior Executive Assistant to support a private principal from a San Francisco private home office.

The role demands managing demanding schedules, anticipating needs, and delivering exceptional organization across professional and personal life. This highly visible position offers a long-term partnership with a principal who values discretion, initiative, and thoughtful executive support.

Qualifications

• Extensive executive assistant experience supporting high-net-worth individuals or senior executives.
• Exceptional calendar management and scheduling abilities.
• Excellent discretion, professionalism, and judgment in sensitive matters.

Responsibilities

• Manage demanding calendars with balance of professional and personal commitments.
• Coordinate complex travel arrangements and itineraries.
• Travel with principal approximately 20% of the time.
• Anticipate needs, resolve conflicts, and manage priorities.
• Partner with the Personal Assistant handling estate and household operations.
• Serve as a trusted point of contact ensuring clear communication.

Skills

Executive support

Calendar management

Travel coordination

Discretion

Emotional intelligence

Private household collaboration

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Senior Executive Assistant to Private Principal, $175,000–$200,000

We are seeking a top-tier Executive Assistant for an exceptional opportunity to support a distinguished high-net-worth individual from their private San Francisco home office. One who thrives on managing demanding schedules, anticipating needs, and bringing exceptional organization to a dynamic professional and personal life.

This highly visible role offers the opportunity to build a trusted, long-term partnership with a principal who values initiative, collaboration, discretion, and a thoughtful, empathetic approach to executive support.

Responsibilities in this important role include:

• Manage a demanding, ever-changing calendar with an empathetic, thoughtful approach, balancing professional obligations, personal commitments, and family priorities.
• Coordinate complex travel arrangements, itineraries, and logistics.
• Travel with the principal approximately 20% of the time.
• Proactively anticipate needs, resolve scheduling conflicts, and manage competing priorities.
• Partner closely with the Personal Assistant responsible for estate and household operations.
• Serve as a trusted point of contact, ensuring seamless communication and follow-through.

Requirements:

• Extensive Executive Assistant experience supporting a high-net-worth individual, private principal, or senior executive.
• Exceptional calendar management, scheduling, and organizational skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Outlook.
• Outstanding emotional intelligence and an empathetic approach to scheduling, with the ability to understand the principal's priorities and thoughtfully manage competing demands.
• Exceptional discretion, professionalism, and sound judgment.
• Proactive, resourceful, adaptable, and genuinely enjoys making a difference.
• Comfortable working closely with a principal in a private home office.
• Flexibility to travel approximately 20% of the time.
• Location: San Francisco, private home office
• Position: Full-time, direct hire
• Travel: Approximately 20%

An exceptional opportunity for an accomplished Executive Assistant who takes pride in being an indispensable partner and building a lasting professional relationship.