Executive Assistant to the Chief Technology Officer ›
Administration, IT
United States
Posted on Sep 30, 2026
Key Responsibilities:
- Executive Calendar Architecture: Master complex, high-context calendar management for the CTO, balancing shifting priorities, strategic working blocks, and urgent requests.
- R&D Leadership Support: Provide high-leverage calendar and operational assistance to key senior R&D leaders (VPs, EVPs, and Chief Architect) on an as-needed basis.
- Meeting Operations & Notes: Own coordination, agenda pre-building, notes, and action-item follow-through for core leadership syncs (including TEL, R&D Core, R&D Monthly, and Skip-Level 1:1s).
- Context-Driven Agendas: Synthesize background details directly into meeting descriptions ahead of executive 1:1s rather than listing generic titles.
- End-to-End Travel Management: Oversee all travel bookings, itineraries, and preferences for the CTO via Navan from start to finish.
- Expense & Policy Compliance: Process receipts and expense reports in Ramp, ensuring strict adherence to company policy (e.g., calculating fare differences between premium cabins and standard economy).
- Budget Tracking & Visibility: Track the annual training allocations and per-person travel budgets across tribe leaders, while maintaining real-time visibility into offsites via Budget vs. Actual (BvA) trackers.
- Demo Day Coordination: Co-host/coordinate the weekly Friday Demo Day program, maintaining multi-tribe rotation calendars and publishing weekly presenter announcements.
- Internal Recognition Programs: Administer recurring recognition initiatives (such as the weekly AI Wins program) by managing submission forms, voting tallies, and reward tier logic.
- Event Logistics & Offsites: Coordinate logistics for major conferences and leadership offsites, managing attendee tracking, team mapping, badge allocations, and vendor/deposit payments.
- Systems Access & Governance: Administer shared Google Drive and Outlook groups, execute weekly new-hire onboarding access workflows, and perform quarterly org-wide access audits across Slack, Google, and Exchange.
Qualifications:
Experience: 3+ years as an EA supporting VP/C-level executives, ideally in a fast-paced technology, SaaS, or AI environment.
- Prior experience supporting CTO, CPO, or other technology-adjacent team(s)
Communication Style: Direct, clear, and proactive. Ability to synthesize complex information quickly and communicate clearly across all org levels.
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Tool Proficiency:
Core Suite: Google Workspace (Sheets, Forms, Docs, Drive), MS Outlook/Exchange, Slack, Zoom.
Travel & Expense Systems: Navan, Ramp.
Ops & Collaboration: Guru, Claude/AI tooling, Lattice, Gong.
Operational Mindset: Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail, strong calendar prioritization skills, and ability to navigate matrixed org structures.