Executive Assistant to CEO
Skills
BriefingCalendarsExecutive Administrative AssistanceLeadershipManagementRetreatsStartups
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- 7+ years supporting a CEO founder or senior executive
- Experience in a startup or high-growth environment
- Strong understanding of AI infrastructure cloud enterprise software or deep tech
- Ability to attend executive meetings and drive follow-through
- Expertise managing complex calendars travel and competing priorities
- Outstanding organisational skills with discretion and professionalism
- Highly proactive with excellent judgement and anticipation skills
- Calm under pressure in a rapidly changing environment
- Excellent written communication skills for senior leadership
- Based in the United States with Central Time availability
Nice to have
- Proactive
- Detail-oriented
- Discreet
- Calm under pressure
- Highly organised
Day to day
- Own the CEO's calendar inbox and travel with sharp prioritization and flawless execution
- Act as a trusted gatekeeper while protecting the CEO's time and keeping focus on high-value work
- Capture decisions in executive customer investor and leadership meetings then turn them into clear follow-up actions
- Coordinate offsites retreats team events and internal initiatives that strengthen connection across a distributed team