
Executive Assistant
phData
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- Support phData’s executive leadership team, managing complex calendars and orchestrating leadership rhythms.
- Coordinate large-scale meetings and serve as a first point of contact for inbound requests to executives.
- Prepare materials in partnership with the Chief of Staff and executive team, ensuring clarity and polish.
- Build strong relationships across teams, anticipating executive needs and proposing solutions.
- Help build processes for the executive office and support team culture initiatives.
Requirements
- 4+ years of Executive Assistant experience supporting C-level or VP-level leaders, ideally in a high-growth startup, consulting firm, or technology company.
- Demonstrated track record managing complex, multi-leader calendars and coordinating executive-level meetings and events.
- Experience working in a distributed or remote-first environment with stakeholders across time zones.
- Advanced proficiency with Google Workspace (Calendar, Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides) or equivalent productivity tools.
- Strong experience with calendar management, including color-coding, time blocking, holds, travel buffers, and scenario planning when priorities shift.
- Comfortable using collaboration tools such as Slack, Zoom, and enterprise systems (e.g., Salesforce, expense systems, travel tools) or able to learn them quickly.
- Excellent document and deck hygiene (consistent formatting, clear structure, and high attention to detail).
- Appetite to learn: from AI to new systems and tools. We are a company that prides itself in curiosity.
- Ability to quickly understand the context behind meetings (purpose, stakeholders, decisions) and reflect that in invites, agendas, and prep materials.
- Strong judgment on what deserves executive time vs. what can be delegated, declined, or handled asynchronously.
- Comfort working with confidential information, board-level materials, and sensitive personnel topics with discretion.
- Exceptional communication skills: clear, concise, and professional in both writing and on calls; able to draft emails, summaries, and follow-ups on behalf of executives.
- Highly organized and reliable, with strong systems for tracking open items, deadlines, and dependencies across multiple executives.
- Demonstrated adaptability in environments where roles, processes, and priorities evolve quickly; able to re-plan calmly when things change.
- A proactive, ownership-driven mindset: you don’t just execute requests, you anticipate needs and propose solutions.
- Bachelor’s degree preferred but not required. Equivalent professional experience in high-impact executive support roles is valued.
Benefits
- Remote-first work environment with flexibility and trust in how you manage your day.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family.
- 401(k) plan with company match.
- Home office equipment stipend to support an effective remote setup.
- Annual learning and development stipend for courses, conferences, books, and certifications.
- Competitive compensation, excellent benefits, and generous PTO plus company holidays.
- Additional perks such as wellness initiatives, team events, and opportunities to engage in internal communities (ERGs, working groups, and interest-based groups).
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
calendar managementdocument hygieneevent coordinationtime blockingscenario planningtravel planningstakeholder managementexecutive supportmulti-leader coordinationattention to detail
Soft Skills
communicationorganizationadaptabilityproactivityjudgmentrelationship buildinganticipation of needsdiscretionownership mindsetcuriosity