Executive Assistant to Founders
$90,000–$120,000 year
HybridNew York City, New York, United States
Job Summary
Own and manage complex calendars, meetings, and travel for founders, ruthlessly prioritizing for impact while acting as a gatekeeper for time and energy. Prepare agendas, capture and track action items, and follow up relentlessly across the leadership team and external partners. Handle personal errands and life admin to keep the founders' lives running seamlessly, while creating and refining processes for scheduling, information flow, and task tracking. Anticipate needs before they're expressed and resolve problems before they arise. Serve as the NYC office on-site point of contact for day-to-day needs, visitors, deliveries, and vendors, coordinating with building management on access, maintenance, and facilities requests. Assist with internal events, team gatherings, and all-hands meetings, maintaining NYC office supply inventory and managing reorders. Support ad hoc administrative or operational tasks as needed. This hybrid role requires 3 days in-office per week in NYC.
Required Qualifications
- Proven experience as an EA, ideally in a fast-paced startup or high-growth environment
- Exceptional organizational skills, with a bias for action and follow-through
- Strong judgment, discretion, and ability to handle sensitive information
- Clear, concise communicator - both written and verbal
- Proactive, adaptable, and unflappable when plans change (and they will)
- Comfortable balancing both personal and professional responsibilities for executives
- Resourceful
- Highly organized
- Energized by making other people's lives run better
- Hybrid role based in NYC with an in-office requirement of 3 days/week
Desired Qualifications
- Master's degree preferred
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