Executive Assistant, Direct Connect

Amazon is seeking a dedicated, multitasking, and customer-obsessed individual to support the General Manager of Direct Connect and other Directors within AWS Infrastructure Services.

The Executive Assistant will act as an extension of the leaders, and will work closely with other Executive Assistants throughout the AWS Infrastructure Services team and across the rest of the company.

This exciting role requires superior attention to detail, the ability to meet tight deadlines, great organizational skills, and the ability to juggle multiple critical requests.

A high level of integrity and discretion in handling confidential information, and professionalism in dealing with senior professionals inside and outside the company is important.

The candidate will possess the ability to complete complex tasks and projects quickly with little to no guidance, react with appropriate urgency to situations that require a quick turnaround, and take effective action without having to know the total picture.

The individual in this role will need to understand business priorities, demonstrate the ability to proactively anticipate needs, and drive improvements to build capacity for their leaders, and their team.

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running.

We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on.

We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

Key job responsibilities

Includes (but is not limited to) :

• Exceptional management of multiple complex calendars and scheduling requirements
• Tracking and helping drive completion of key deliverables and following up on outstanding items
• Partnering with leaders to understand their priorities and build processes to make their organizations happier and more effective
• Managing group logistics and team space (including moves and reconfigurations)
• Manage domestic and international travel
• Complete and file expense reports
• Assist with organizing and executing team activities
• Having fun at work and helping others do the same

A day in the life

Support two executive leaders in Direct Connect AWS Infrastructure whose organizations are responsible for providing critical network as a service to AWS customers.

Manage complex calendaring, domestic and international travel, and expenses. This person will also ideally have space planning experience, and be able to help this team strategically manage space and proactively look around corners for space planning.

This person will be closely connected to the business, stay aware of changes and challenges, and proactively present ideas and solutions.

Join a collaborative, supportive, and high-achieving EA team and AWS EA community!

About the team

About Direct Connect

The Direct Connect mission is to provide customers with the best private connectivity to the AWS global network, where they can reach their workloads in AWS Regions, Local Zones, and their own on-premises networks, across 130 PoP locations in 35 counties.

Direct Connect provides high-speed fiber optic connections that go from 50Mbps up to 100Gbps, where by avoiding the public Internet, customers can achieve better security, better network resiliency, and reduce data transfer costs.

Direct connect has multiple teams around the world, specifically in Herndon-Virginia, Santa Clara, Seattle, Dublin, Sydney, and Minneapolis.

Diverse Experiences

Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply.

If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating - that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Work / Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture.

When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences.

Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship and Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better- rounded professional.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations :

Santa Clara, CA, USA Seattle, WA, USA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of senior level leadership support experience
• Experience with executive level calendar management
• Experience with domestic or international travel coordination

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 7+ years of senior level leadership support experience
• Experience in a fast-paced, high-tech company
• Experience designing processes to maximize efficiency
• Experience handling administrative details independently, while exercising good judgment in keeping team members adequately informed
30+ days ago