Senior Executive Assistant, Justworks
$109-119.9k
5 days a week in office
Business operations platform
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Business operations platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$109-119.9k
5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
Justworks' mission is to help entrepreneurs and businesses grow with confidence.
Role
Who you are
- As a Senior Executive Assistant, how results are achieved is paramount for your success and ultimately result in our success as an organization
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in a high-level executive assistant role within a corporate environment
- Proficient in using office productivity tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Excellent organizational, time management, and interpersonal skills
- Proven track record of managing complex executive calendars and coordinating international travel
- Willingness to do any task, no matter how small
- Proactive and self-directed
- Clear communication - the ability to articulate thoughts and express ideas effectively using oral, written, visual and non-verbal communication skills, as well as listening skills to gain understanding
- Detail-oriented - exercises extreme attention to detail; is thorough, accurate, organized, and productive and seeks to understand both the cause and effect of a situation
- Initiative and motivation - identifying what needs to be done and doing it before being asked or before the situation requires it
- Balances stakeholders - understands internal and external stakeholder requirements, expectations, and needs and acts fairly despite conflicting demands of stakeholders
- Good judgment - the exercise of critical thinking, analyzing and assessing problems and implications, identifying patterns, making connections of underlying issues, understanding risks and developing mitigation strategies, and taking ownership of the outcome
What the job involves
- Are you proactive, detail-oriented, and able to anticipate the needs of senior leadership before they arise? Do you possess a strong professional presence and the confidence to interact with high-level executives both internally and externally? As a Senior Executive Assistant, you will be a cornerstone of administrative support, balancing tact with efficiency, and maintaining a friendly and approachable demeanor across all levels of the organization
- The Technology team needs someone who is excited to jump in as a key member of our community, and can fill in gaps, look out for opportunities and help us to design and run the best technology organization in New York
- Manage and prioritize the complex scheduling needs of multiple senior executives, ensuring seamless coordination both internally and externally
- Handle sensitive information and communications with the utmost confidentiality and professionalism
- Facilitate the flow and execution of daily meetings and assist in the coordination of team and company-wide events
- Oversee the preparation and distribution of meeting materials, and ensure that executives are well-prepared and on schedule
- Help to run our divisional operating system - the routines, meetings and norms that keep our diverse, cross-disciplinary team aligned and on track
- Arrange detailed travel plans, itineraries, and agendas, adapting to dynamic priorities and schedules
- Support and collaborate with other administrative staff, contributing to a cohesive team environment
- Undertake ad hoc projects and tasks as required, demonstrating flexibility and a can-do attitude
- Perform other related duties as assigned
Our take
Justworks operates in an increasingly crowded space of all-in-one business operation suites, that include tools like human resources, payroll, employee management, benefits, and others that businesses critically need to operate as they scale.
Globally, human resource management has become an extremely fertile field, worth over $20 billion annually and predicted to grow to over $50 billion annually by 2030 - creating great opportunity for Justworks to continue to grow. The company is regarded as a market leader, but does see competition in the shape of Paychex Flex, Rippling, Paylocity, and TriNet, among others.
Solutions delivered by Justworks have proven to be extremely popular with SMEs, and this has not gone unnoticed by investors, with the company picking up exceptional amounts of funding. Justworks is known to have sights on going public, though action towards this end has been delayed until global mass-market conditions have settled from a period of volatility. However, the company's acquisition of
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Insights
24% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Nov 2023
$16.9m
LATE VC
Jan 2020
$50m
SERIES E
Total funding: $159.9m
Company benefits
- Paid volunteer work.
- Paid parental leave.
- Work from home opportunities.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus access to One Medical, Kindbody, and Teladoc.
- Premium access to Headspace, ClassPass stipends, and webinars to support your overall wellness on topics like nutrition, budgeting, mindfulness, and more.
- All Justworks offers include equity, and Justworkers can continue to earn more over time with promotions and tenure.
- Extensive learning & development opportunities through workshops, ExecOnline, Udemy, and BetterUp coaching.
- Engineering Apprenticeship program that supports internal movement and growth
Company HQ
Fulton Ferry District, NY
Leadership
Isaac Oates
(Executive Chair)Experience as a Senior Product Manager at Amazon before founding Adtuitive and serving as COO for a year. Left this position to spend 3 years as a VP at Etsy, before founding Justworks.
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