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Executive Assistant to the CEO

Key Facts

Remote From: 
Full time
Expert & Leadership (>10 years)
English

Other Skills

  • Calmness Under Pressure
  • Non-Verbal Communication
  • Time Management
  • Trustworthiness
  • Proactivity
  • Detail Oriented
  • Social Skills
  • Problem Solving

Job description

About the Role

We're looking for an exceptional Executive Assistant to serve as the right hand to our CEO. This isn't a traditional admin role — it's a high-trust, high-impact position at the center of a fast-moving organization operating across government, defense, and enterprise technology sectors.

The person who thrives here is someone who has followed a senior leader through multiple jobs, knows how to manage complexity and confidentiality with ease, and takes genuine pride in making a high-performance executive more effective. You'll own the CEO's calendar, coordinate domestic and international travel, and serve as the operational backbone that keeps everything running — even when (especially when) everything is moving at once.


Core Responsibilities

Calendar & Schedule Ownership

  • Serve as the sole owner of the CEO's calendar — nothing gets on it without going through you

  • Proactively manage scheduling conflicts, protect deep-work time, and ensure every meeting has a clear purpose

  • Coordinate across internal leaders and external stakeholders to make scheduling a seamless, positive experience for all parties

  • Travel Coordination

  • Plan and manage complex, multi-stop domestic and international travel itineraries

  • Anticipate trip objectives and proactively fill travel windows with productive meetings, site visits, or engagements — getting maximum value from every trip

  • Monitor and adapt logistics in real time when plans change (and they will)

  • Communications & Correspondence

  • Maintain broad visibility into the CEO's email and communications to ensure nothing critical falls through the cracks

  • Draft and manage correspondence on behalf of the CEO with appropriate discretion and voice

  • Act as a warm, professional point of contact for government officials, partners, board members, and external stakeholders

  • Operational Support

  • Coordinate meetings across the leadership team by managing calendars as a soft-power resource — a key tool for organizational prioritization

  • Support planning for company-wide and off-site events

  • Maintain awareness of ongoing projects, NDAs, and sensitive initiatives

  • Occasionally assist with personal scheduling needs, including family travel coordination


  • Who You Are
  • Experienced: You've supported a senior executive — ideally a C-level leader — for an extended period, following them through high-pressure environments and multiple roles or organizations

  • Discreet: You understand that the work you do is sometimes inherently confidential and you treat it that way, always

  • Proactive: You anticipate needs before they're expressed. You're two steps ahead.

  • Adaptable: You thrive in ambiguity and flux. No two weeks look the same, and that energizes rather than frustrates you

  • Relationship-forward: Stakeholders - both internal and external - enjoy working with you. You understand that being liked and trusted is how you get things done

  • Composed during travel: When the C-suite executives are on the road, you're in operational mode — monitoring, adjusting, and problem-solving in real time


  • Qualifications
  • 7+ years of experience supporting a C-level or senior executive, with demonstrated longevity in those roles

  • Background in a high-tempo environment: defense, government, consulting, financial services, or enterprise technology preferred

  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

  • Strong command of productivity and calendar tools (Google Workspace, or equivalent)

  • Proven ability to handle sensitive information with complete discretion

  • Comfortable operating remotely and independently without close supervision

  • East Coast or Central U.S. time zone required

  • Highly Preferred

  • A “tech forward” approach to operating.  Understanding and leveraging AI tools to automate tasks and build efficiencies in your role.


  • Why This Role

    This is a rare opportunity to work closely with a nationally recognized leader at the intersection of technology, defense, and public-sector innovation. You'll have a front-row seat to high-stakes decisions, international engagements, and a mission-driven organization that is genuinely doing important work.

    The right person in this role will find it deeply rewarding — and will be valued accordingly.

     

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