Senior Executive Assistant
Good storytelling starts with great listening. At Audible, that means each role and every project has our audience in mind.
Because the same people who design, develop, and deploy our products also happen to use them. To us, that speaks volumes.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Senior Executive Assistant (EA) to the Global Head of Service (GHoS) is an exciting opportunity to work closely with the senior leadership of one of the world’s fastest growing media, content and tech companies.
The EA will instrumental in enhancing GHoS’s effectiveness and its senior team. The EA is responsible for building strong trust and confidence within the Service organization, with the CEO’s Directs, and the Audible EA community.
They are relied upon for timely support and, thus, possesses a deep understanding of the organization’s vision, goals, priorities and who’s who, and the necessary context to guide decisions around prioritization of the GHoS’s time.
The EA will also act as a consultant and trusted partner to the GHoS, supporting the leader with tracking strategic plans, helping drive complex decisions, expediting execution of tactical day to day tasks, and helping with preparation of presentations and documents.
ABOUT YOU
You are innovative, curious, self-starting, and extremely focused. You are extremely detail-oriented and organized, have the confidence to proactively own tasks, and possess the foresight, nimbleness, and ear to the ground to understand intra-day issues that may be disruptive to GHoS’s schedule.
You operate with considerable autonomy and superior judgement once objectives are agreed upon. You have the ability to adhere to strict confidentiality standards and assert high levels of integrity and discretion.
You have a proven ability to influence others and drive accountability and outcomes.
You are a creative problem-solver, able to deal with ambiguity, and have superior time management skills. You are an agile individual, motivated by a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment, with the ability to accommodate working irregular hours, reacting with appropriate urgency to situations that require quick turnaround.
You are a trusted partner, a truth teller, and representative of leadership, assisting GHoS foster a cohesive team culture.
You’re seen as approachable, collaborative, and non-political by your stakeholders and peers. You are highly resourceful in building relationships.
As a Senior Executive Assistant, you will...
- Proactively manage complex calendar schedules of multiple leaders (multiple locations in multiple time zones)
- Assure key information and appropriate materials gets to the GHoS in an optimal format at the right time to prep for internal and external meetings and presentations
- Organize and orchestrate GHoS meetings with agendas, assuring the right people are in the room
- Organize large-scale GHoS org meetings (staff meetings, off-sites, all-hands, business reviews)
- Act as a consultant and key project coordinator to the GHoS to support their highest priority workstreams
- Take minutes at meetings for GHoS, tracks and drive completion of key deliverables with follow ups
- Maintain an awareness and understanding of the priorities, work, and progress within each functional team under the GHoS to draw attention to emerging opportunities
- Manage global travel arrangements, lodging, meals, etc. for multiple leaders, adhering to company policies
- Prepare and submit expense reports as needed in a timely fashion via Workday for multiple leaders
- Support team activities (e.g., outings, holiday parties), as needed, to help advance team culture
- Manage employee recognition and coordinate informal employee meetings for GHoS
ABOUT AUDIBLE
At Audible, we innovate and inspire through the power of voice. We're changing the narrative on storytelling. As a leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, we've redefined the ways people access, discover, and share stories.
The stories we tell have the ability to transport and transform everyday moments into meaningful experiences and it's our people who make Audible's service possible.
We're listeners, storytellers, and problem-solvers. Our perspectives and experiences power our ideas and come together in our mission to unleash the power of the spoken word.
Audible offers a Hub+Home hybrid workplace model that gives employees flexibility between gathering in an Audible workspace (work from hub) and remote work (work from home).
For more information, please visit adbl.co / hybrid.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- 7+ years of work experience either supporting a senior leader or administratively running a business
- Experience working with Executive leaders
- Experience running projects with diverse stakeholders
- Experience with Microsoft Office Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Quip, etc.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral) with proven ability to express thoughts logically and succinctly
- Strong project management skills, preferably with a Project Management Certification
- Experience with reporting dashboards and data analysis
Audible is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Audible is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
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