Executive Assistant - Slate Auto

Prime Executive Office•Troy, MI

26d•$125,000 - $150,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Executive Assistant will serve as a highly trusted partner to the CEO, ensuring his time, attention, and energy are focused on the highest-impact priorities. At a critical moment in the companyâs build, this role will play a central part in enabling both the CEOâs effectiveness and the broader leadership teamâs ability to execute. The CEO operates at a fast pace and engages across a wide range of strategic, operational, and external priorities. This role will sit at the center of that activity, helping ensure the CEOâs time, focus, and attention are aligned with what matters most to the company at this stage of growth. As a result, the Executive Assistant will have significant visibility into the business and play an important role in helping the leadership team operate effectively. This role requires a proactive, tech-savvy partner who can anticipate needs, bring structure to complexity, and operate with a high degree of ownership. This individual will act as a true force multiplierâfiltering information, prioritizing effectively, and ensuring nothing falls through the cracks without requiring oversight. While the primary focus will be direct support to the CEO, this individual will also contribute to the broader executive office over time by helping establish systems, improve ways of working, and support the evolution of the EA function as the organization scales.

Requirements

5+ years of experience supporting senior executives (CEO, President, or C-suite) in fast-paced, high-performance environments.
Proven track record of exceptional execution and follow-through with minimal oversightâconsistently delivering without requiring reminders or follow-up.
Strong business acumen, with the ability to understand context, filter information, and prioritize what matters most to a busy executive.
Highly tech-savvy, with comfort leveraging tools, shared systems, and AI to improve workflows and increase efficiency.
Systems-oriented thinker with experience improving processes, introducing structure, and building more effective ways of working.
Intellectually curious, with a natural inclination to understand how the business operates and continuously improve how work gets done.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to represent an executive with professionalism, sound judgment, and appropriate tone.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting complex, fast-moving environments (e.g., technology, startups, or high-performance professional services organizations) a plus.

Responsibilities

Own and manage the CEOâs calendar to ensure time is prioritized toward the highest-impact activities; build in focus time, transition time, and recovery time to protect effectiveness.
Manage and triage the CEOâs inbox, exercising judgment on what requires attention, delegation, or decline; organize inbox systems (labels, folders, flags) to maintain clarity and accessibility.
Manage inbound and outbound communication (e.g., email, meeting requests, materials), including filtering, prioritization, and responding on the CEOâs behalf when appropriate.
Maintain a reliable system for tracking commitments and next steps so the CEO can trust that nothing is lost, even when moving quickly across topics and meetings.
Prepare the CEO for meetings by ensuring clarity on objectives, materials, and key context (e.g., pre-read summaries, prioritization of content).
Serve as an extension of the CEO; represent his priorities, preferences, and standards in interactions, decision-making, and communication.
Proactively identify conflicts, gaps, and inefficiencies in how time is allocated and adjust accordingly.
Ensure execution across all responsibilities with a high degree of ownership; no dropped balls and minimal need for follow-up.
Coordinate complex logistics across the CEOâs schedule, including travel, leadership meetings, board interactions, and key internal and external engagements.
Track, reconcile, and submit CEO expenses with accuracy and timeliness, ensuring compliance with company policies while maintaining organized records of receipts, invoices, and reimbursements.
Establish and maintain a structured cadence for how information is presented and reviewed, enabling efficient preparation and decision-making.
Track priorities, commitments, and follow-ups to ensure consistent progress without requiring CEO oversight.
Identify inefficiencies and implement efficient solutions to improve how the CEO operates day-to-day.
Develop a strong understanding of the business and apply judgment to prioritize information, elevate what matters, and filter out noise.
Leverage tools, technology, and AI to improve how information is captured, shared, and acted upon.
Translate priorities into systems and processes that improve organization, communication, and follow-through across the CEOâs office.
Introduce and refine scalable ways of working that increase efficiency and reduce friction across the CEOâs office.
Partner in building and scaling the executive assistant function, including collaborating with an existing EA and helping establish systems, standards, and ways of working for the broader executive office as the company grows.