Corporate Title: Executive Assistant

Start Date: ASAP

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly organized and proactive Executive Assistant to support and work directly with our CEO and other executive staff members as required. This role requires exceptional organizational skills, discretion, and the ability to anticipate needs in a very fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will have significant experience supporting C-level executives and will thrive in a role that demands precision, adaptability, and confidentiality.

Essential Duties:

• The ideal candidate will be organized, detail-oriented, capable of managing multiple priorities, and effective at building relationships across all levels of the organization. They will work collaboratively and perform a full range of diverse, complex, and highly sensitive mission-critical administrative functions:
• Address incoming requests and efficiently coordinate and prioritize appointments and meetings for the CEO, while accommodating last minute changes and urgent matters. Support the executive staff members’ complex and confidential calendars and business needs with authority to commit executives’ time in alignment with current corporate priorities and knowledge of executive staff members’ activities.
• Act as the primary point of contact for the CEO, liaising between internal teams and external stakeholders. Independently or with brief verbal directions, assist the CEO with internal and external meetings by developing agendas, and providing information for meetings and visits.
• Organize and execute event logistics as needed including Board of Directors meetings, executive staff meetings, executive visits, executive events.
• Coordinating domestic and international travel arrangements, including detailed itineraries, transportation, accommodations and logistics for assigned executive staff members.
• Assess, respond to, or follow up on e-mail and phone messages, as well as initiate and respond independently or utilizing brief verbal instructions.
• Prepare correspondence and other documents with a high level of accuracy.
• Handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
• Anticipate needs and issues that may arise, demonstrating a high level of initiative and follow through to resolve complex problems.
• Assist other members of the executive team and senior management with administrative tasks as required, including calendar management and travel arrangements.
• Manage and execute projects or initiatives in support of Executive suite functions.
• Oversee operation of the executive suite and executive conference room.
• Collaborate with the Administrative Assistant, providing leadership and guidance as and when required.
• Assist CEO in constructing PowerPoint slides as needed.
• Assist in other assignments as needed.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or demonstrated competence through a combination of experience, education, and/or training.
• 5 years’ experience as an executive assistant supporting C-suite executives.
• Demonstrated and exceptional organizational ability to coordinate many complex assignments for multiple people, coordinate large and/or high-stakes meetings and events, establish priorities and complete tasks in a timely manner and work independently and discretely, when necessary.
• Demonstrated experience working successfully in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with multiple and complex tasks, often with conflicting deadlines and frequently changing priorities.
• Excellent attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy in all work.
• Effective written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills. Must be able to communicate effectively with Pure Lithium executives, staff, external stakeholders, and customers.
• Must have prior experience with arranging complex executive travel and completing travel reports.
• Ability to work in a position that requires a high level of judgment, tact, and diplomacy.
• Experience in implementing advanced efficient office practices is desirable.
• Proactive attitude with a willingness to take initiative and learn. Knowledge of Pure Lithium’s mission and research programs, or the curiosity to learn about them, is desired.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and related collaboration software.
• Highly reliable, professional, and detail oriented.
• Basic financial knowledge is desirable.

Don’t meet every requirement? Apply anyway! Studies show some people hesitate to apply unless they meet every qualification. At Pure Lithium, we value diversity, inclusivity, and authenticity, so if you're excited about this role, don't let a few unmet qualifications hold you back. Your unique skillset might be exactly what we need. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, communities, and industries.

About Pure Lithium:

A fast-paced Boston-based start-up, Pure Lithium provides the foundation for lithium metal to supplant lithium-ion as the predominant battery technology. Our mission is to enable the mass adoption of lithium metal batteries by getting lithium from the ground into the battery as quickly, sustainably, and inexpensively as possible. Our integrated supply chain development approach solves many pain points for the battery industry. Pure Lithium is led by a world-class team of executives and scientists with extensive experience inventing and commercializing battery and energy technologies. It established its laboratory in Charlestown, Massachusetts, in January 2021, where it produces lithium metal, polymer electrolytes, and batteries daily.

Benefits:

• Fully covered health and dental
• Generous vacation time
• Weekly company Grubhub allowance
• MBTA pre-tax commuter benefit
• Growth potential
• Vibrant and supportive team
• Exciting and challenging work environment

How to Apply:

If you are a driven and organized professional ready to take on a challenging role in a fast-paced startup environment, we want to hear from you. Please submit your resume, along with a brief cover letter highlighting your relevant experience and explaining why you are the ideal candidate for this position. Interested candidates should apply via LinkedIn. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Pure Lithium is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to unlocking innovation and achieving its mission with diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. Pure Lithium does not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, training or promoting, on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, medical condition, age, U.S. military or protected veteran status, union membership, or political affiliation. We maintain a drug-free workplace.

Please see our website, www.pureithium.io, for more information.