Executive Assistant to CEO/Founder
We are partnering with a high-growth tech business to hire an exceptional Executive Assistant to support their CEO/Founder.
This is a pivotal hire at an exciting scale-up stage. The founding team are ambitious, highly intelligent, and operate at serious pace. They are looking for a standout EA who can match that energy, think strategically, and act as a true extension of the CEO.
This is far more than traditional EA support. You will operate as the CEO’s right hand, anticipating, prioritising, and executing at speed, while also taking ownership of key projects across the business.
With experience of working in a fast paced, tech environment, ideally in a start up to growth phase, you will be accustomed to a pivotal role with ever changing demands and high expectations, requiring a proactive, quick thinker with a driven approach to their work.
- Act as a strategic partner and extension of the CEO
- Manage a complex and fast-moving schedule with a focus on priorities and impact
- Lead and deliver cross-functional projects and business initiatives
- Capture and process information on the fly, ensuring nothing is missed
- Prepare high-quality briefings, updates, and communications
- Manage stakeholder relationships internally and externally
- Introduce structure, systems, and efficiencies as the business scales
- Leverage AI tools to enhance productivity and output
- Provide thoughtful challenge where appropriate
You will be an experienced EA who has worked in start-up, VC, tech, or similar high-growth environment. Accustomed to using AI tools to streamline workflows, draft materials, and improve efficiency.
It is essential you are proactive, energetic, and commercially minded with strong project ownership, seeking out opportunities to add value, work proactively and to a very flexible schedule.
An exceptionally quick thinker with the ability to operate in real time you will thrive on working with a highly driven, detail-oriented, and fast-paced Founder.
- Hybrid: 2–3 days in the London office
- High-performance environment with an “always on” mentality
- Flexibility and autonomy in how you manage your time, balanced with a strong expectation on delivery