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~The MetaBusiness OperationsExecutive Assistant

Executive Assistant

This role operates as a strategic force multiplier for senior AI company executives, managing complex calendars, travel, and communications across multiple time zones while anticipating priorities before they escalate. Beyond traditional scheduling, the Executive Assistant exercises sound judgment to optimize how leaders allocate their time against the highest-impact initiatives—whether that's closing deals, managing board relationships, or scaling the organization. They serve as a trusted operational partner embedded within fast-moving AI teams, coordinating across customers, investors, and internal stakeholders to ensure seamless execution of critical meetings, offsites, and strategic initiatives while handling sensitive information with discretion.

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Executive AssistantSenior Executive AssistantAdministrative Business Partner
Open Jobs55
Companies Hiring30
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Measured across 55 of 55 open postings.

16%
expect AI in the role's own work
2% state it as a requirement
11%
work directly with customers
4%
manage people
Mid
most common level
49% of open postings
BY LEVEL

This role is advertised at 2 levels, so a single figure for the role would describe none of them. Experience and pay are the midpoints for each level on its own.

LevelShareMedian yearsMedian pay
Entry42%(23)3—
Mid49%(27)5—

A dash means too few postings stated it to report a midpoint. Most companies do not publish a salary band, so pay is indicative rather than a market rate. 3 levels with fewer than 10 open postings are not shown.

WHAT THEY ASK FOR, VERBATIM

“use AI tools comfortably in daily work”

Helsing · Team Assistant

“Fluency with AI tools and a track record of automating your own work - come ready to show what you've built”

ElevenLabs · Executive Assistant - Revenue

“Use AI, automation, and m”

Ramp · Executive Assistant | Multiple Openings

“using AI to optimize their productivity and your own workflow”

Legora · Executive Assistant - EPD
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8%
advertised as remote
of postings that state a work mode
77%
still advertised a month later
8 points faster than the board

Requirements are a share of every open posting, so a role missing from this list is one where almost nobody asks. Work mode is different: many postings never say, so that figure counts only the ones that do. A posting stops being advertised when it is filled, cancelled or reorganised, so read the last figure as how long these stay on the market, not as time to hire.

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Skills

What companies are looking for in this role.

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Executive support operations

98%

Process design and improvement

80%

Event program management

35%
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Cross-functional collaboration

67%

Confidentiality and judgment

33%

Technical communication

29%

Writing and editorial judgment

22%

Detail and documentation rigor

14%

Executive communication and storytelling

14%

Executive relationship building

13%

Change management

13%

Ownership in ambiguity

13%
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Technology

The tools and technologies that define this role.

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Google Workspacemoderate
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Slackmoderate
Google Calendarlow
Notionlow
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Open Jobs

55 open Executive Assistant jobs across 30 companies.

Mecka2d
Executive Assistant & Office Manager
New York·Business Operations
Nebius2d
Executive Travel Coordinator
Tel Aviv, Israel·Business Operations
Cognition2w
Onboarding Coordinator
San Francisco·Business Operations
Nscale2w
Executive Assistant, Data Centers EMEA
London·Business Operations
Helsing2w
Team Assistant
London·Business Operations
Figma2w
Executive Assistant, Growth Marketing
San Francisco, CA·Business Operations
Helsing3w
Team Assistant
Munich·Business Operations
OpenAI3w
Member of Executive Operations, Seattle
Seattle·Business Operations
Nscale3w
Executive Assistant to CDIO
London·Business Operations
Anthropic3w
Operations Lead, Investor Relations
San Francisco, CA·Business Operations
Helsing3w
Executive Assistant
Munich·Business Operations
Sierra3w
Executive Assistant
London·Business Operations
Scale AI3w
Executive Assistant
Washington, DC·Business Operations
Figma1mo
Executive Assistant, Sales (São Paulo, Brazil)
São Paulo, Brazil·Business Operations
ElevenLabs1mo
Executive Assistant - Revenue
San Francisco·Business Operations
Nebius1mo
Team Assistant - Infrastructure
Amsterdam, Netherlands·Business Operations
Databricks1mo
Executive Assistant, R&D
Belgrade, Serbia·Business Operations
Baseten1mo
Executive Assistant to the Head of Marketing
San Francisco·Business Operations
Glean1mo
Executive Assistant
Mountian View, CA·Business Operations
Sierra1mo
Executive Assistant, Office of the Co-Founders
San Francisco, CA·Business Operations