Executive Business Partner to the CEO

Our successfully growing organization has been recognized repeatedly as a state and national Best Places to Work! 

ABG offers competitive benefits, flexible work model, paid time off, a collaborative team environment, and advanced training and development.

This position is based on the north side of Indianapolis, Indiana and requires work on-site 4-5 days a week. 

Executive Business Partner to the CEO Job summary

The Executive Business Partner to the CEO is a senior, in-person individual contributor who serves as a strategic and execution partner to the CEO of our national benefits advisory consulting organization.

The roles exists to maximize the CEO’s effectiveness by enabling the CEO’s focus on client acquisition, key client relationships, industry leadership, and by owning executive operations and enforcing priorities for the CEO.

This position blends commercial growth and thought leadership enablement with elite executive support, chief of staff-level prioritization and accountability. The successful candidate will be trusted to navigate independently, manage complexity, exercise judgment, and operate with a zero-tolerance-for-error mindset – while also contributing to revenue-related preparation and market-facing initiatives.

Summary of essential job functions/responsibilities

Revenue & Growth Enablement

• Support the CEO’s new client acquisition efforts by:
  • Researching target organizations, market context and key stakeholders
  • Helping prepare for prospective client and client meetings
  • Ensuring follow-up actions from sales-related meetings are tracked and executed
  • Ensuring the client relationship management (CRM) database is updated
• Maintain visibility into the CEO’s active prospective client and relationship pipeline to help prioritize time and preparation
• Coordinate internally to ensure smooth execution following CEO-led sales and client activities

Thought Leadership & Executive Presence

• Partner with the CEO to support thought leadership and industry visibility efforts
• Assist with planning and preparation for speaking engagements, industry events, and board, community and external leadership commitments
• Support content development and scheduling for social media and external communications, ensuring alignment with brand and growth objectives

Executive Leverage & Priority Management

• Serve as the primary partner responsible for managing the CEO’s time, focus and daily execution
• Own and optimize the CEO’s calendar, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and growth objectives
• Act as a gatekeeper to the CEO’s time, filtering and sequencing requests based on value and urgency
• Hold the CEO accountable to agreed-upon priorities, meeting preparation, and follow-up commitments
• Ensure all meetings are purposeful, well-prepared and outcome-oriented

Executive Operations & Logistics

• Manage all business travel and logistics for the CEO with precision and foresight
• Coordinate occasional personal travel and other support needs for the CEO as required
• Draft, review, and manage executive correspondence and communications
• Anticipate needs and proactively resolve scheduling, logistical or operational issues

Support for the President & Chief Operating Officer (COO)

• Provide limited (10-15%) administrative support to the President/COO of Apex Benefits Group
• Ensure effective coordination and information flow between the CEO and President/COO as appropriate

Minimum requirements

• 8+ years of experience preferred in roles such as:
  • Business-to-Business (B2B) sales and/or business development
  • Chief of Staff
  • Executive Business Partner
  • Senior Executive Assistant with expanded sales and strategic responsibilities
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required
• Direct experience partnering with C-suite executives, preferably founders or CEOs
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• High emotional intelligence and confidence to act as a trusted partner and gatekeeper
• Exceptional attention to detail and follow-through
• Must be proficient in Word and PowerPoint; able to prepare documents and presentations from concept to completion with limited assistance
• Must be proficient in Excel; able to organize and analyze data with confidence
• Experience with a customer relationship management platform (e.g., Microsoft Dynamics, Sales Force, etc.) and with ZoomInfo, LinkedIn, Sales Navigator, and other sales enablement platforms
• Comfort operating in a fast-paced, high-accountability, in-person environment

Physical Demands and Work Environment 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

• Must be able to read and edit spreadsheets, email and other related tools related to the role
• Must be able to communicate extensively and effectively with staff and vendors via telephone/TDD, one-on-one conversations, face-to-face, public presentations, and written correspondence
• Requires extensive use of keyboards, calculators, and other administrative equipment.
• Must be able to process and maintain large volumes of documentation
• Must be able to sit or stand for extensive periods of time and navigate through the office
• Must be able to function within a moderate noise level office environment
• Ability to travel to and work in the corporate office located in Indianapolis, Indiana is required, in addition to client locations.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

Additional Information

Apex Benefits Group, Inc believes in equal opportunity employment and does not discriminate based on age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

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