Executive Assistant to Chief People Officer

Executive Assistant To Chief People Officer

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Executive Assistant to support a Chief People Officer (CPO). This role is an integral partner to a C-suite leader, requiring exceptional judgment, self-awareness, discretion, and the ability to manage priorities across a complex global business. As a trusted advisor, you will help drive efficiency, foster strong cross-functional relationships, and ensure the executive's time and attention are optimized for maximum business impact. You will also play a key role in enabling alignment across the People organization and broader leadership team. The Executive Assistant will also play an influential role within the broader executive administrative community, collaborating closely with other leaders and administrative professionals across the organization.

Executive Partnership & Prioritization

• Serve as a trusted partner to the CPO, managing priorities and driving alignment across executive commitments
• Anticipate needs, proactively resolve issues, and ensure seamless execution of business priorities
• Act as an extension of the executive in managing workflows, communications, and decision-making cadence

Calendar & Scheduling

• Manage and prioritize a highly dynamic, global calendar in a timely manner
• Exercise strong judgment to optimize time allocation and align meetings to business priorities
• Ensure meeting readiness through agenda preparation and coordination

Meeting & Executive Readiness

• Plan and execute internal and external meetings, leadership offsites and organizational events, ensuring seamless end-to-end coordination in partnership with internal stakeholders
• Prepare agendas, briefings, presentations, and executive materials
• Track actions and ensure follow-through

Communication & Stakeholder Management

• Serve as a proxy for communications and approvals
• Manage executive communications and stakeholder coordination
• Ensure timely follow-up and workflow efficiency
• Handle highly sensitive and confidential information with the utmost discretion, serving as a trusted steward of executive communications, organizational decisions and board-level materials.

People Team & Cross-Functional Coordination

• Partner with HR/People teams to support leadership rhythms and priorities
• Lead cross-functional collaboration on strategic initiatives and international engagements, aligning with local country teams to ensure an impactful, cohesive agenda Track deliverables and drive execution across stakeholders

Travel Management

• Coordinate complex domestic and international travel
• Ensure seamless execution and real-time support

Operational Excellence & Tools

• Manage expenses, purchase orders, and internal systems
• Partner with technical teams to support tools and workflows
• Identify and implement process improvements
• Coordinate with external vendors to ensure seamless alignment with our internal process and procedures for timely remittance

Project Support & Execution

• Support strategic initiatives and research
• Analyze issues and inform executive decision-making
• Drive coordination across multiple priorities

Leadership & Team Collaboration

• Mentor and support administrative peers
• Drive consistency and alignment across admin team
• Contribute to a high-performing administrative function

Qualifications

Required:

• 10+ years supporting C-suite executives
• Experience supporting People/HR leadership strongly preferred
• Strong judgment, discretion, and professionalism
• Proven ability to manage complex priorities
• Excellent communication and organizational skills

Preferred:

• Experience supporting executives with board interactions
• Experience managing multiple executives
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office

Additional Expectations:

• Daily on-site presence at the Milpitas office when needed, with the opportunity for work from home on non-Collaboration days
• Flexibility to travel up to 1520%

Additional Information

Sandisk is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the "Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal" poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here.

Sandisk thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

Sandisk is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at View email address on click.appcast.io to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 10/02/2026 (3 months from posting), although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.