Job Description
Chainlink is the industry-standard oracle platform bringing capital markets onchain and powering decentralized finance. Its infrastructure provides data, interoperability, compliance, and privacy standards for advanced blockchain use cases. Chainlink Labs serves leading financial institutions and protocols worldwide.
Chainlink Labs is seeking a high-impact Executive Assistant and strategic thought partner to support senior leadership. You will help drive operational excellence by managing complex calendars and high-stakes meetings, handling sensitive information with discretion, anticipating needs, and streamlining workflows. The role has no assigned team; you will be placed where you can best contribute.
This position is for someone in New York City and will be in office to provide additional executive support. The annual cash compensation range for Zone 1 is $100,000–$186,000, with long-term incentives and comprehensive benefits. Compensation is based on relevant skills, experience, qualifications, and location.
Requirements
- Experience delivering high-touch executive support, anticipating needs, and establishing seamless processes for scheduling, travel, communications, records, and reports.
- Experience as an Executive Assistant handling sensitive data, with a commitment to confidentiality in a security-focused company environment.
- Experience working in a multi-time-zone or global setting.
- Willingness to work outside usual business hours with a high sense of urgency.
- Strong self-management, time-management, and organizational skills to handle multiple tasks effectively.
- Excellent written communication skills and the ability to articulate ideas clearly in writing.
- Tact, sound business judgment, a solid understanding of the business, and excellent time management when managing and prioritizing C-suite schedules and obligations.
- Preferred: Experience in small- to medium-sized tech startups and agile, ownership-driven environments.
- Preferred: Event-planning experience, including organizing successful team offsites for an executive’s department.
- Preferred: Experience working with a collaborative team of Executive Assistants, representing executives effectively, sharing insights, and contributing positively to company culture.
Responsibilities
- Act as a gatekeeper for the executive’s time and focus by managing and prioritizing requests from across the business and external ecosystem.
- Coordinate and execute department meetings and communications, ensuring smooth collaboration and efficient information flow.
- Handle sensitive information with the highest level of discretion and safeguard the interests of Chainlink Labs.
- Communicate effectively in writing and take important notes for engagements.
- Partner with the executive team as a right-hand person, helping them navigate their private and professional lives efficiently.
- Own and deliver a wide variety of projects and initiatives for the executive team.