Executive Assistant to the CEO

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  • San Francisco, California
  • 3 days ago

    Highlights

    This role goes beyond traditional executive support: you'll act as a trusted partner who anticipates needs, removes friction, and helps ensure the CEO's time is focused on the highest-impact priorities. The ideal candidate is highly organized, resourceful, discreet, and proactive , with experience supporting founders or senior executives in a fast-moving startup environment.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationSan Francisco, California

    Description

    Location: San Francisco / SF

    Employment: Full-time
    Experience: 3–7+ years
    Compensation: $90.000 - $115.000

    About the Role

    We're looking for an exceptional Executive Assistant to the CEO to help a fast-growing startup operate with greater focus, speed, and efficiency.

    You'll work closely with the CEO across scheduling, communication, travel, meetings, priorities, and day-to-day operations. This role goes beyond traditional executive support: you'll act as a trusted partner who anticipates needs, removes friction, and helps ensure the CEO's time is focused on the highest-impact priorities.

    The ideal candidate is highly organized, resourceful, discreet, and proactive, with experience supporting founders or senior executives in a fast-moving startup environment.

    What You'll Do

    • Own complex calendar management, scheduling, and prioritization.
    • Coordinate domestic and international travel, itineraries, and logistics.
    • Manage meeting preparation, agendas, notes, and follow-ups.
    • Help prioritize inbound requests and protect the CEO's time.
    • Draft and coordinate communications with employees, investors, customers, candidates, and external partners.
    • Track important decisions, commitments, and action items to ensure follow-through.
    • Organize leadership meetings, company events, offsites, and other executive activities.
    • Handle confidential and sensitive information with excellent judgment.
    • Take ownership of special projects and operational tasks as needed.
    • Anticipate problems before they arise and proactively find solutions.

    What We're Looking For

    • 3–7+ years of experience supporting a CEO, founder, or senior executive, ideally at a startup or high-growth company.
    • Exceptional organizational and time-management skills.
    • Strong written and verbal communication.
    • Excellent judgment, discretion, and attention to detail.
    • Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-changing environment.
    • Highly proactive—you identify what needs to happen without waiting to be asked.
    • Comfortable interacting with executives, investors, customers, candidates, and other senior stakeholders.
    • Strong proficiency with modern productivity and collaboration tools.
    • Willingness to operate beyond a traditional EA job description when the business needs it.

    Strong Plus

    • Experience supporting a founder at an early-stage or venture-backed startup.
    • Experience during periods of rapid company growth.
    • Recruiting, people operations, event planning, or business operations exposure.
    • Experience coordinating board or investor meetings.
    • Familiarity with AI and automation tools for executive productivity.
    • Experience building systems and processes rather than simply maintaining them.

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