Executive Assistant to the President/CEO

Tcom, L.P.•Columbia, MD

20h•Onsite

About The Position

At TCOM, we take on complex aerospace and defense challenges, delivering solutions for critical national security missions around the world from the surface to the stratosphere. Our team is growing with our performance driven by our commitment to our customers and our mission. The Executive Assistant to the President and CEO will be a high-trust partner and force multiplier at the center of our fast-moving, mission-driven organization. We seek an experienced professional who exercises exceptional judgment, moves with urgency, anticipates needs, and brings order to complexity. With strong executive presence and technology fluency, this person will strengthen preparation, coordination, and follow-through across the executive office, helping the executive team operate efficiently. This role is if well suited for someone who: Exercises excellent judgment and discretion with sensitive information Thrives on bringing structure, preparation, and disciplined follow-through to a complex workload Anticipates needs and takes initiative without waiting for detailed direction Is highly organized but remains flexible when priorities change Communicates confidently and professionally with employees, customers, government officials, board members, and senior leaders Is comfortable using the lates technologies and creating systems, including AI and automation tools, to improve preparation, organization, follow-through, and enabling efficiency Seeks to develop a long-term, trusted working relationship with the executive they support and the leadership team Seamlessly supports the flow of information and preparation for important decisions; and maintains reliable systems for commitments, relationships, records, and follow-through.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree preferred; equivalent education and demonstrated executive-support capability considered.
Minimum of 8 - 10 years of progressively responsible executive-support experience, including substantial support to a CEO, President, C-suite, or comparable enterprise executive.
Exceptional judgment, discretion, anticipation, executive presence, enterprise stakeholder management, complex operating-rhythm leadership, and trusted independent action.
Placement level requires demonstrated capability at the enterprise executive-support level; years of experience alone do not determine placement.
Exceptional organization, time management, accuracy, and closed-loop follow-through.
Clear, concise written and verbal communication; strong editing and presentation skills.
Professionalism, emotional intelligence, discretion, integrity, and composure under pressure.
Ability to learn the executive's style, preferences, priorities, decision patterns, and business context.
Ability to synthesize incomplete information into briefs, actions, owners, deadlines, and unresolved questions.
Advanced proficiency appropriate to level with Outlook, Teams, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, collaboration platforms, travel and expense systems, and secure information tools.
Relationship-focused approach that protects executive time without creating unnecessary barriers.
Service-minded, resourceful, adaptable, detail-oriented, and comfortable operating behind the scenes.
Primarily office-based, with flexibility for events, travel changes, and time-sensitive executive needs.
Travel frequency and meeting participation vary by assignment and level.
Frequent interaction with employees, executives, customers, partners, board members, and government officials.
Work may involve competing priorities, short deadlines, sensitive information, and circumstances without established procedures.
Physical requirements include sitting, standing, walking, bending, reaching, and use of standard office equipment.
Reasonable accommodations may be made.

Responsibilities

Manage and optimize daily and long-range calendars, meetings, appointments, and priorities; anticipate conflicts and coordinate timely resolution.
Prepare the executive for important meetings with clear objectives, agendas, participant context, background materials, logistics, sensitivities, expected decisions, and desired outcomes.
Prepare accurate and timely expense reports; track receipts, per diems, reimbursements, credits, and discrepancies in accordance with company policy.
Draft, proofread, format, and coordinate correspondence, presentations, briefings, agendas, and routine communications while preserving the executive's voice and confidentiality.
Serve as a professional liaison with employees, executives, customers, partners, board members, government officials, and other external stakeholders.
Handle sensitive personnel, business, customer, government, and export-controlled information with exceptional discretion and sound judgment.
Evaluate requests, gather missing context, and route or escalate matters appropriately while protecting executive focus and maintaining productive stakeholder relationships.
Coordinate domestic and international travel, including reservations, ground transportation, lodging, itineraries, contacts, materials, required documentation, contingencies, and changes in real time.
Plan and support leadership meetings, customer and partner visits, off-sites, advisory or board-related sessions, and company events, including schedules, invitations, materials, technology, catering, and run-of-show logistics.
Maintain reliable systems for decisions, action items, introductions, commitments, deadlines, contacts, records, and closed-loop follow-through.
Use Microsoft 365, travel and expense systems, secure information tools, AI, automation, and meeting-productivity tools responsibly to improve preparation, organization, and efficiency.
Demonstrate support for company culture, quality, safety, security, and compliance expectations in daily actions; perform comparable or related duties as needed.