Executive Assistant Sr.

BLUE ORIGIN • Seattle, WA

2d • $50 - $70

About The Position

This role is part of Blue Origin corporate functions, providing centralized support across Blue Origin business unit teams, functions, and locations. This role is part of Blue Origin Marketing & Communications. As a Senior Executive Assistant, you’ll provide administrative support to ensure efficient operation of an office, location, division, or team, helping coordinate business priorities and cadences. We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and dedication to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Strong work tenure: 7+ years of experience supporting senior level executives.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and Power Point),
• Strong oral and written communication skills, interpersonal skills, and high customer service capabilities and delivery
• Administrative skills, organizational skills, and problem-solving skills. A bias for action.
• Emotional maturity; positive, low-stress behavior, in words and actions.
• Proven ability to handle confidential information with discretion.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree
• Aerospace environment experience.

Responsibilities

• Work closely and effectively with senior management to keep them well informed of upcoming commitments and responsibilities, following up appropriately. Exercise good judgment while maintaining a realistic balance among multiple priorities.
• Manage an extremely active calendar of appointments. Plan, coordinate, and ensure the schedule is followed and respected. Provide gatekeeper and gateway role, creating win-win situations for direct access to executives.
• Arrange complex and detailed travel plans, itineraries, and agendas; compile documents for travel-related meetings. Complete expense reports timely, following, and enforcing policy. Domestic and international travel is expected. Emphasis on International Travel.
• Compose and prepare draft documents and correspondence that are sometimes confidential. Review customer facing white papers and proposals for quality and grammar.
• Successfully complete tasks and critical aspects of deliverables.
• Work independently on projects, from conception to completion, under pressure at times, handling a wide variety of activities and confidentiality with discretion. These could include supporting recruiting priorities and other ad hoc projects as required.
• Using strong organizational skills, perform and prioritize multiple tasks seamlessly with excellent attention to detail. Prioritize conflicting needs. Handle matters expeditiously and proactively, following through on requirements to successful completion, often with deadline pressures. Adapt to competing demands in a fast-moving environment.
• Using strong interpersonal skills, build relationships with stakeholders.
• Demonstrate proactive approaches to problem-solving with strong decision-making capability. Demonstrate high attention to detail and flawless execution.
• Ability to partner with stakeholders, including other EA's. Demonstrated ability to lead and influence the greater Ops Team.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: High school or GED