Senior Executive Assistant, Yahoo Platforms

$65,625 - $136,875/Yr

Yahoo Holdings - Champaign, IL

Full-time - Senior

Hybrid - Champaign, IL

501-1,000 employees

About the position

The Senior Executive Assistant will provide high-level administrative support to the General Manager of Yahoo Platforms, focusing on the Media, Data, and Membership teams. This role requires exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage complex schedules and travel arrangements effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage a busy calendar, showing a solutions-oriented approach to scheduling and moving conflicts
• Prepare for meetings and appointments by creating agendas, briefing documents or other pertinent materials
• Ensure executives remain organized and on-schedule through proactive, consistent communication throughout the day
• Coordinate travel arrangements and prepare detailed travel itineraries
• Oversee personal expenses; prepare, reconcile and submit all invoices and credit card expenses in a timely and accurate manner
• Balance and prioritize initiatives, drive completion of key deliverables, and follow up on outstanding items
• Keep up to date on department specific objectives and timelines
• Assist in creating and editing memos and presentations
• Keep executive informed of time sensitive and priority issues, ensuring appropriate follow-up
• Manage and coordinate logistics for team offsites and events
• Collaborate daily with C-level executives, Business Operations, other Executive Assistants and key internal stakeholders across the company
• Take on ad-hoc tasks when needed

Requirements

• 7+ years of high-level, complex executive administration experience at the SVP or C-level
• Power user of both Microsoft Office and Google Suite
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative and anticipate the needs of executives and their teams
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project/program management skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, matrixed environment and execute against multiple projects and deadlines with a positive attitude and outstanding attention to detail
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with key players at all levels
• Demonstrated curiosity, resourcefulness, resilience and a commitment to process improvement
• Ability to respond to emails and calls outside standard business hours; possess global awareness, time zone sensitivity, culture, logistics
• Experience managing highly sensitive information with discretion and professionalism
• Tech or media industry experience a plus

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in the tech or media industry

Benefits

• Healthcare
• 401K savings plan
• Company holidays
• Vacation
• Sick time
• Parental leave
• Employee assistance program