Executive Assistant

We are seeking a highly polished, professional, and proactive Executive Assistant to provide strategic administrative support to the President and Chief Operating Officer. This individual will serve as a trusted partner, helping drive organizational efficiency by managing priorities, coordinating complex activities, and ensuring the smooth execution of key business initiatives. The ideal candidate is exceptionally organized, exercises sound judgment, maintains the highest level of discretion, and thrives in a fast-paced, high-performance environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive executive support to the President and COO, managing competing priorities with professionalism, confidentiality, and attention to detail.
• Coordinate complex calendars, meetings, and business activities across multiple stakeholders, ensuring executives are well-prepared and informed.
• Manage end-to-end logistics for executive meetings, leadership events, presentations, speaking engagements, and strategic planning activities.
• Serve as a central point of coordination between executives, internal teams, external partners, customers, and vendors.
• Anticipate needs, identify potential scheduling or operational conflicts, and proactively implement solutions before issues arise.
• Prepare meeting materials, agendas, briefing documents, presentations, reports, and follow-up action items.
• Track deliverables, commitments, and deadlines, ensuring timely execution and accountability across stakeholders.
• Facilitate communication and information flow between departments to support alignment and efficient decision-making.
• Support special projects and business initiatives, coordinating resources and stakeholders to drive successful outcomes.
• Recommend and implement improvements to administrative processes, workflows, and operating practices to enhance productivity and effectiveness.
• Provide support for executive travel, including detailed itinerary planning and logistics management.
• Contribute to team effectiveness by assisting with cross-functional coordination, providing coverage when needed, and supporting onboarding and operational best practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience supporting senior executives, preferably at the C-suite level.
• Exceptional organizational, project management, and time-management skills.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills with a polished and professional presence.
• Proven ability to manage highly confidential information with discretion and integrity.
• Strong business judgment, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize effectively, and adapt to changing business needs.
• Demonstrated success managing multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, and modern collaboration tools.
• Experience supporting executive leadership in a dynamic, growth-oriented environment is preferred.

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual's skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's 401(k) retirement plan. Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be otherwise assessed by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products. EEO Notice

Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.

Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io.

Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

Representation Notice

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

For residents of Ontario, Canada: Based on Highspring's discussions with its Client, Highspring's understanding is that this position for employment is a current vacancy (either through Highspring as a contractor or with the client directly).

Privacy Notice

Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries ("we," "our," or "Vaco by Highspring") respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.

• California residents may access Vaco by Highspring HR Notice at Collection for California Applicants and Employees here.
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• Residents of all other states may access our policies here.
• Canadian residents may access our policies in English here and in French here.
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Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring's use of AI can be found here ( Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client's use of AI products in hiring.

Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations;
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.