Executive Assistant

Harvey

$119K — $140K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years supporting senior executives, especially C-level leaders in fast-paced environments
  • Experience managing complex stakeholder ecosystems and cross-functional teams
  • Strong judgment and prioritization skills for triaging requests
  • Proven track record in managing high-volume inboxes and communications
  • Experience in building scalable request and workflow systems
  • Exceptional writing and communication skills for executive-level engagement
  • High degree of professionalism and ability to influence across all levels

Responsibilities

  • Drive executive leverage by optimizing complex calendars for high-priority engagements
  • Act as a strategic gatekeeper, triaging inbound requests and prioritizing effectively
  • Operate and scale executive request flow for clarity across stakeholders
  • Coordinate communication between internal teams and external partners
  • Manage meeting preparations, including agenda setting and follow-ups
  • Synthesize and draft responses for complex inbox management
  • Plan and execute high-impact travel logistics
  • Support strategic projects with organization and follow-through
  • Contribute to executive communications, ensuring clarity and alignment
  • Maintain a calm, positive presence and handle confidential information discreetly

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a high-growth, impactful environment
  • Collaborative and dynamic team culture with senior leadership exposure
  • Scope for professional development and skill enhancement in executive support
  • Engagement with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders
  • Chance to influence and drive business outcomes through strategic partnership
Full Job Description
Role Overview

Harvey is seeking highly strategic, proactive, and polished Executive Assistants to support senior leaders across the organization. This role goes beyond traditional administrative support. It requires a partner who can help maximize executive leverage, operate as a force multiplier, and bring structure to a fast-moving, high-stakes environment.

The ideal candidate has experience supporting senior, externally-facing executives and is comfortable navigating complex stakeholder landscapes across internal teams, customers, and partners. This person exercises strong judgment, is highly discerning about priorities, and plays an active role in ensuring the executive's time is deployed against the highest-impact opportunities. They bring a track record of owning executive time, acting as an opinionated partner, and helping drive meaningful business outcomes.

What You'll Do
  • Drive executive leverage by owning and optimizing complex calendars, ensuring time is allocated to the highest-priority internal and external engagements
  • Act as a strategic gatekeeper for the executive's time, triaging inbound requests, prioritizing effectively, and making clear, confident recommendations on where attention is needed
  • Operate and scale the executive request flow, bringing structure and clarity across a wide set of stakeholders and ensuring efficient intake, prioritization, and follow-through
  • Serve as a central point of coordination across internal teams and external stakeholders, ensuring communication is seamless, proactive, and high quality while maintaining strong relationships
  • Own meeting preparation end to end, including agenda setting, materials development, and driving follow-ups to ensure strong execution and momentum
  • Manage complex inboxes and communications, helping synthesize information, draft responses, and ensure the executive is consistently well-prepared and ahead by surfacing key decisions and recommending actions
  • Plan and execute high-impact travel and logistics with a focus on efficiency, foresight, and minimizing friction
  • Support strategic projects and initiatives, bringing organization, follow-through, and a bias for action
  • Contribute to presentations and materials, ensuring executive communications are clear, polished, and aligned to priorities
  • Act as a steady, calm, and positive presence across a broad set of relationships, helping maintain alignment and trust
  • Handle highly sensitive and confidential information with discretion and sound judgment
What You Have
  • 3+ years of experience supporting senior executives, ideally in a high-growth, externally-facing environment, with a strong preference for experience supporting C-level or equivalent leaders
  • Proven ability to manage complex stakeholder ecosystems, including senior external partners and cross-functional internal teams
  • Strong judgment and prioritization skills, with the ability to triage competing demands and make clear, confident decisions on behalf of the executive
  • Experience managing high-volume, complex inboxes and communications, with a focus on creating leverage and clarity while proactively driving decision-making
  • Track record of building and operating scalable systems for managing requests, workflows, and executive engagement
  • Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to draft executive-level messaging and engage credibly with senior stakeholders
  • High degree of professionalism and executive presence, with the ability to influence and build trust across all levels of an organization
  • Calm, steady, and solutions-oriented under pressure, with the ability to bring structure to ambiguous situations
  • Highly proactive and resourceful, with a strong ownership mindset and bias for action
  • Discreet and trustworthy when handling sensitive information


Compensation Range

$119,000 - $140,000 USD

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