Executive Assistant to the CEO
Job description
Executive Assistant responsible for maintaining the CEO's schedule and providing backup administrative support to the Executive Leadership Team at Percona.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote
- Languages
- English – fluent
What you'll do
- Manage and maintain the calendar of Percona's CEO
- Assist the CEO in producing documents, project plans, and presentations as required
- Assist the CEO in preparing for board meetings, including the preparation of board presentations and other associated material
- Collaborate with the CEO and Percona board to coordinate meetings as required
- Manage and maintain annual, quarterly, monthly, and weekly regular meetings as required (for example, departmental/meetings and monthly all company calls)
- Support the CEO's conference talk submissions and preparation
- Assist with travel arrangements for CEO as required, including booking reservations with airlines and accommodations
- Provide Zoom links, attend meetings, take minutes, and publish decisions and actions
- As needed, assist with email backlog to ensure timely triaging and response to priority communications
- Manage and submit expense reports as requested
- Facilitate follow-through on meeting decisions and action items
- Other duties as assigned
What we're looking for
- Minimum of 3 Years of experience in an EA or administrative support role
- Speak/write fluent English
- Ability to work remotely with alignment to the Central European Timezone
- Strong organizational skills
- Demonstrated discretion and confidentiality in handling sensitive information
- Strong written communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal direction
- Demonstrated ability to accept feedback from others
- Communicates clearly and professionally to convey confidence even when under pressure
- Outgoing and friendly personality, as you will be representing Percona and our CEO in this role
- Ability to be flexible when the situation requires you to
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and work collaboratively with others to identify solutions
Nice to have
- Prior experience supporting executive leadership in a technology or software company preferred
- You know how to take initiative and get things done. You demonstrate humility along with a hunger for continuous improvement
Your team
Executive Leadership Team
The Executive Assistant provides backup administrative support to the Executive Leadership Team (ELT).
Benefits
- Flexible work hours and various paid time off programs
- All your equipment for your remote office
- Funds for career development (external training, certifications, conferences)
- Ongoing connectivity allowances
- Opportunity to participate in our equity incentive plan
- The Percona Adventure Team, Work-from-Anywhere, FlowDays, FryDays, and overall flexibility
- PAVE volunteering program and Women Transforming Technology
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About Percona
An open world is a better world
Percona makes databases and applications run better through a unique combination of expertise and open source software built with the community. Its technical teams are experts in MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and MariaDB. Percona is a remote-only and globally dispersed workforce with colleagues in more than 50 countries.
Mission
To enable everyone to innovate freely by providing the best open source database software, support, and services.
Key facts
- Open source database software and services
- Remote-only and globally dispersed workforce with colleagues in more than 50 countries
- Technical teams are experts in MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and MariaDB
- Known globally as a leader in the open-source database space
What they value
- Open source