
Senior Executive Assistant – Product & Design
DoorDash
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $112,200 - $165,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Manage complex calendars for two VP-level leaders.
- Run cross-functional programs end-to-end.
- Proactively identify and close operational gaps between the two VP teams.
- Plan and run leadership offsites, recurring forums, and org initiatives with senior stakeholders.
- Draft and coordinate executive communications and prepare concise briefings.
- Use AI-enabled and automation tools to enhance productivity.
- Make timely operational decisions and represent the leaders with professional judgment.
- Recommend and implement tools, templates, or processes that measurably reduce operational overhead.
Requirements
- 8+ years supporting senior leaders or equivalent experience in fast-moving organizations.
- Proven track record of independent ownership, proactive problem-solving, and closing operational gaps across multiple stakeholders.
- Demonstrated experience supporting VP-level leaders (supporting two or more senior leaders preferred).
- Strong project and stakeholder management — able to work across teams and manage ambiguity.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Demonstrated ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
- Advanced technical proficiency with enterprise calendaring and collaboration systems (Google Workspace, Slack, Zoom, travel/expense and scheduling/automation tools).
- Hands-on experience designing complex scheduling strategies and automations, managing delegated access and multi-timezone coordination, and optimizing executive tooling at scale.
- AI-minded and solutions-oriented: practical experience applying AI or automation tools (e.g., generative assistants, scheduling automations, RPA) to streamline executive workflows; comfortable with prompt design, integrating AI into tooling, and assessing privacy/security tradeoffs.
- Willingness to travel regularly for offsites, leadership events, and in-person collaboration.
- Ability to work occasional global hours as needed to support leaders and cross-regional events.
Benefits
- 401(k) plan with employer matching
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave
- Wellness benefits
- Commuter benefits match
- Paid time off and paid sick leave
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- 11 paid holidays
- Disability and basic life insurance
- Family-forming assistance
- Mental health program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
calendar managementproject managementstakeholder managementproblem-solvingautomationscheduling strategiesexecutive communicationconfidential information handlingmulti-timezone coordinationAI integration
Soft Skills
proactivediscretioncommunicationorganizationaljudgmentindependent ownershipambiguity managementsolutions-orientedcollaborationadaptability