Lead Executive Assistant, Fivetran
$151.1-188.8k
2 days a week in office
Automated data movement platform
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Automated data movement platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$151.1-188.8k
2 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make access to data s simple and reliable as electricity.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate thrives in ambiguity, takes initiative without being asked, and brings strong judgment about when to act independently and when to escalate
- 7+ years of experience supporting C-suite or VP-level executives, preferably in a high-growth tech environment
- Strong project management instincts—you build systems, document processes, and think about scalability without being asked
- Excellent written communication skills, including experience drafting executive correspondence and internal comms
- Demonstrated comfort with ambiguity and a bias toward action; you figure things out and propose solutions rather than waiting for direction
- Familiarity with AI tools and a willingness to adopt new technologies to improve workflows and efficiency
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Lead Executive Assistant to provide high-impact support to our Chief Legal Officer
- . This role goes well beyond traditional calendar and inbox management, you’ll serve as a strategic partner to your executive, owning complex operational workflows, driving cross-functional coordination, and ensuring the legal department runs smoothly behind the scenes
- This is a high-visibility role that touches executive operations, event planning, team culture, and legal operations
- Technologies You’ll Use:
- Google Workspace (Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides)
- Slack
- Workday
- Navan (travel and expense management)
- Greenhouse (recruiting)
- Slab (internal documentation)
- AI tools (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT)
- Executive Support:
- Calendar Management: Keep the CLO’s calendar organized and conflict-free. Field and prioritize scheduling requests in alignment with executive priorities, adapting swiftly to changing circumstances
- Meeting Support: Schedule meetings, prepare agendas and briefing materials, and take notes with actionable summaries
- Travel Logistics: Coordinate complex domestic and international travel, including flights, accommodations, ground transportation, and travel documentation, with attention to preferences, policies, and cost-efficiency
- Inbox Management: Triage and organize email inboxes, draft responses, and surface priority items on behalf of the CLO
- Departmental Support:
- Document Creation & Editing: Draft, edit, and enhance documents and presentations with clear language and visual appeal
- Expense Reporting: Manage expense submissions, prompt timely receipt gathering from the CLO, and submit reports accurately and on time
- Internal Communications: Draft correspondence, team announcements, and Slack messages on behalf of Legal leadership
- Ad Hoc Tasks: Handle one-off administrative requests such as document retrieval, research, meeting setup, and presentation preparation
- Project & Program Management:
- Task and Workflow Management: Use task management tools to track follow-ups, share updates, and keep work flowing across executive priorities
- Legal Operations Partnership: Support cross-functional projects such as process improvements and operational tracking in coordination with Legal Ops
- SOPs and Playbooks: Create and maintain standard operating procedures and playbooks for repeatable processes to ensure continuity and scalability
- Team & Culture Building:
- Offsites and Events: Plan and execute department-wide offsites and events end-to-end, including venue sourcing, contract negotiation, agendas, travel, meals, logistics, and on-the-ground coordination
- Team Engagement: Organize team events, gifting moments, and employee recognition initiatives that foster connection and positivity within the Legal org
- All-Hands Production: Own and produce monthly Legal All-Hands meetings, including agenda creation, deck management, host recruitment, and post-meeting recaps
- Culture Champion: Monitor organizational health, surface engagement issues, and coordinate milestone celebrations
Our take
Fivetran is a data integration company focused on one simple idea: making data easy to move and use. It provides a fully managed platform that automatically moves data from hundreds of sources into cloud destinations, helping team centralize information without building or maintaining complex pipelines. So, by handling the heavy lifting behind the scenes, Fivetran allows organizations to spend less time managing infrastructure and more time working on their data.
This approach has a real and growing impact, with more than 700 fully managed connectors, Fivetran supports hybrid and multi-cloud environments and keeps data accurate and secure as it flows into analytics and AI systems. Trusted by over 7,600 customers worldwide, the platform helps businesses standardize how data is collected and shared across teams, breaking down silos and making insights more accessible. And the result is a stronger data foundation that supports faster decision-making and innovation.
In 2025, the company's momentum was also recognized with a Microsoft Marketplace Partner of the Year Award and a finalist spot for Microsoft's Americas Emerging Partner of the Year. These milestones reflect its role in helping enterprises modernize data infrastructure on Microsoft Azure and prepare for AI-driven workloads. By continuing to deepen its partnerships and focus on reliable, automated data movement, Fivetran is well positioned to carry this success forward as organizations increasingly rely on data s the backbone of future intelligence.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Sep 2021
$565m
SERIES D
Jun 2020
$100m
SERIES C
Total funding: $727.7m
Company HQ
Downtown, Oakland, CA
Leadership
George Fraser
(CEO)George graduated with a PhD in Neurobiology from the University of Pittsburgh.
Taylor Brown
(COO)Taylor studied Business Administration (focusing on design strategy) at California College of the Arts to Masters level.
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