Executive Assistant - Senior Leadership Team

Fireworks AI · Data AI · San Mateo, CA · G&A

Executive Assistant to support the senior leadership team at an AI company. Responsibilities include calendar management, communication, meeting support, travel coordination, confidential support, project management, and liaison role. Requires strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills, with familiarity with AI tools or workflow automation preferred.

What you'd actually do

  1. Manage complex, multi-executive schedules. Strategically prioritize and protect time in alignment with business objectives.
  2. Own the executive inbox. Triage, prioritize, and respond on their behalf — redirecting vendors and external requests with warmth and professionalism. Draft responses and correspondence as needed.
  3. Ensure executives begin each day fully prepared: briefing notes, meeting context, open action items, and anything they need to walk in sharp. Prepare agendas and follow up on action items as needed.
  4. Organize domestic and international travel end-to-end: flights, accommodation, ground transport, detailed itineraries, and expense reporting.
  5. Manage sensitive and confidential information with the utmost discretion and integrity.

Skills

Required

  • Calendar Management
  • Communication
  • Meeting Support
  • Travel Coordination
  • Confidentiality
  • Project Management
  • Liaison
  • Administrative Support
  • Discretion
  • Ownership
  • Judgment
  • Attention to Detail
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Tech Savvy

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with AI tools or workflow automation

What the JD emphasized

  • high-trust, high-autonomy role
  • operates with discretion
  • moves fast
  • takes genuine ownership
  • thoughtful partner
  • trusted confidant
  • connective tissue
  • sound judgment
  • calm, professional presence
  • support other executives as needed
  • fast-paced environment
  • finance, technology, AI, or startups preferred
  • Clear, upfront communicator
  • comfortable navigating ambiguity with confidence and composure
  • Meticulous attention to detail
  • prioritize effectively in high-pressure environments
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • professional and warm in every context
  • Strong interpersonal relationships
  • natural relationship-builder
  • earns trust quickly across all levels of an organization
  • Good judgment
  • knows when to act independently and when to loop in
  • Tech-savvy
  • comfortable with modern productivity tools
  • Familiarity with AI tools or workflow automation
  • able to help build and maintain systems that reduce manual lift