Personal Assistant/Household Manager, Fictiv
$75-90k
5 days a week in office
Global manufacturing and supply chain company
Open for applications
Global manufacturing and supply chain company
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$75-90k
5 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To simplify sourcing for customer manufacturing.
Role
Who you are
- We are seeking a highly organized, proactive Personal Assistant/Household Manager to support the Founder and family across day-to-day personal operations, scheduling, and household logistics
- This role blends administrative coordination with real-life execution - ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, highly personalized environment
- Proven experience supporting an individual, Founder, or executive in a personal assistant, household manager, or similar role
- Experience managing complex scheduling, travel, and logistics across multiple priorities
- Strong background in event planning, hospitality or private client services
- Experience coordinating vendors, properties, or household operations is a plus
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to anticipate needs proactively
- Strong communication skills and ability to operate with discretion and confidentiality
- Comfortable handling both administrative coordination and hands-on personal tasks
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and highly personalized environment
- Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation preferred
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee routinely is required to sit; walk; talk and hear; use hands to keyboard, fingers, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, crawl, reach, and stretch
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
What the job involves
- As a trusted partner to the Founder, you will own and manage competing personal and professional priorities, anticipate needs, and ensure everything runs smoothly behind the scenes. This is not a traditional office-based administrative role, but rather a high-touch position requiring discretion, flexibility, and strong problem-solving skills
- Personal & Household Support (Primary Focus – ~70%)
- Own family and personal scheduling - coordinating calendars across professional commitments, school activities, appointments, and social events
- Oversee day-to-day household operations - including vendor management, maintenance, service providers, and ongoing property needs
- Manage complex travel logistics - including flights, accommodations, ground transportation, and detailed itineraries
- Run errands and handle in-person tasks - including shopping, returns, and appointment coordination
- Support meal planning and household organization - including grocery coordination and inventory management
- Plan and execute events and gatherings - managing vendors, logistics, and on-site coordination
- Handle household finances and bill payments - ensuring organization and timeliness
- Founder Support (Secondary Focus – ~30%)
- Manage and optimize the Founder’s calendar - ensuring alignment across priorities and commitments
- Coordinate communication on behalf of the Founder - including email and scheduling logistics
- Support key meetings - including agenda preparation and follow-ups
- Assist with special projects and ad hoc initiatives as needed
Our take
Fictiv is a digital manufacturing ecosystem that enables companies all over the world to acquire parts and components quickly. Its digital platform and global partner network provide a powerful palette of features, with the company positioning itself as the Amazon Web Services of hardware.
Also on offer from Fictiv is 3D printing, with the platform taking advantage of a range of technologies in this area. This makes it possible for businesses to obtain production-quality parts, without having to invest in tools and expertise.
The company has also leveraged technology in order to provide customers with access to a wide range of capabilities through components. With the 3D printed materials market set to reach $18 billion by 2030, Fictiv is well-placed to benefit from this significant growth, especially following its significant investment in accelerating product innovation.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
May 2022
$100m
SERIES E
Feb 2021
$35m
SERIES D
Total funding: $193m
Company benefits
- Monthly virtual work stipend
- Wellness perks
- Paid volunteer days
- Learning and development stipend
- Paid parental leave
- Equity options
Company HQ
West Oakland, Oakland, CA
Leadership
Dave Evans
(Co-Founder & CEO)Alongside serving as Fictiv's CEO, Dave is also the CEO of MISUMI USA. He is also an Executive Board Member at Fast Company, a Manufacturing Industry Contributor at Forbes Technology Council, and a Member of the Advanced Manufacturing Group at the World Economic Forum. Previously, he served as a Lead Hardware Engineer at Ford Motor Company.
Nathan Evans
(Co-Founder & Head of Climate/AI)Nathan earned a BA in International Relations and an MA in Chinese from Stanford University. He then worked briefly at Microsoft as an Area Marketing Manager. He also founded Citizens of Wine and worked as an Associate at Seven Hills before co-founding Fictiv in 2013.
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