Executive Assistant to CEO

About Our Client

A San Francisco-based, remote-first startup is revolutionizing assurance and audit processes in cybersecurity, privacy, and ESG, fostering trust in global commerce and capital markets. Backed by leading investors like Bessemer Venture Partners and Y Combinator, the company develops software to streamline workloads and enhance work-life balance for audit practitioners.

Diversity and inclusion are central to its culture, with a focus on collaboration, humility, and mutual growth. As an early-stage company, it offers opportunities to shape the future of business trust while building innovative products in a supportive and driven environment.

About the Role

Our client is in search of a highly organized and proactive Executive Assistant to support the CEO. This role involves ensuring the CEO remains focused on key priorities by managing schedules, streamlining operations, and anticipating needs in a fast-paced atmosphere. The Executive Assistant will collaborate closely with the CEO and Executive Leadership Team (ELT) to coordinate key initiatives and manage high-impact responsibilities that drive the company’s success. This presents a unique opportunity to play a crucial support role within a high-growth SaaS startup revolutionizing the audit & advisory sector, providing exposure to strategic decision-making and operational execution.

What You’ll Do

- Manage the CEO’s calendar with foresight, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities.

- Coordinate the CEO’s travel for customer visits, events, and conferences, including booking flights, hotels, and ground transportation.

- Prioritize and prepare the CEO for meetings, such as preparing materials for customer engagement, board discussions, and speaking opportunities.

- Own logistics and coordination for all ELT meetings and offsites, including scheduling, agendas, and follow-ups.

- Collaborate with the Chief of Staff to ensure seamless planning for ELT events and operational needs.

- Support logistics for company-wide events and offsites as part of the planning team, focusing on ELT requirements.

- Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including board members, investors, and external partners.

- Coordinate schedules with the board for quarterly and ad hoc meetings.

- Handle office management tasks, ensuring an efficient and professional workplace environment.

- Coordinate company-wide meetings, such as All Hands, including scheduling and logistics.

About You

- 10 years of experience supporting a CEO or equivalent in a high-growth or fast-paced environment, ideally within SaaS or technology startups.

- Located in the San Francisco Bay Area.

- A detail-oriented individual capable of prioritizing and executing multiple projects seamlessly.

- A proactive and reliable partner, skilled in anticipating needs and driving solutions with minimal direction.

- Exceptional verbal and written communication abilities, capable of interacting effectively with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.

- Thrives in a rapidly evolving environment, embracing change with flexibility and a solutions-oriented mindset.

- Proficient in Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Calendar) and collaboration tools such as Slack.

More about the Company

- Fearless - Inspire & break down seemingly impossible walls.

- Fast - Launch fast with excellence, iterate to perfection.

- Lovable - Deliver happiness & 11 star experiences.

- Owners - Execute & run the business with ownership.

- Win-win - Create mutual value & earn trust for life.

- Inclusive - Scale the best ideas with inclusive teams.

Some of the benefits include

- Competitive compensation packages with meaningful ownership

- Unlimited PTO

- 401k

- Wellness benefits, including a bundle of free therapy sessions

- Technology & Work from Home reimbursement

- Flexible work schedules

Compensation

$120K – $155K • Offers Equity