Executive Assistant, Strategic Accounts

This position can be based out of our US Corporate office in New York, NY JFK27-CO ; San Francisco, CA SFO28-CO ; or Seattle, WA SEA44-Frontier

Do you see yourself as a substantial contributor to the success of innovative business leaders?

AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) - Strategic Accounts is seeking a dedicated, multi-tasking, and customer-obsessed individual to support Director-level business leaders.

This exciting role requires superior attention to detail, the ability to meet tight deadlines, strong 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 the company is important, as is a good sense of humor.

The successful candidate will possess the ability to complete complex tasks and projects quickly with minimal guidance, react with appropriate urgency to situations that require a quick turnaround, and take effective action without having to know the total picture.

Responsibilities for this position include the ability to contribute to a global administrative support team, to think and plan ahead, delegate responsibilities appropriately, and manage time effectively.

AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector.

Key job responsibilities

• Proactively coordinate and engage with leadership in planning and organizing events, activities and calendars
• Management of complex calendar and scheduling requirements
• Tracking and helping drive completion of key deliverables and following up on outstanding items
• Act as a liaison for direct reports
• Drive key team activities (such as staff meeting agendas, all-hands meetings, supply ordering)
• Manage group logistics
• Extensive travel coordination (international and domestic)
• Participate in planning of events
• This position will work with other assistants throughout the Commercial Sales org and across the rest of the company

About the team

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 :

New York, NY, USA San Francisco, CA, USA Seattle, WA, USA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

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

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in a fast-paced, high-tech company
• Experience managing multiple calendars
• Experience prioritizing and handling multiple assignments at any given time while maintaining commitment to deadlines
30+ days ago