Executive Business Administrator (EBA)

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Executive Business Administrator (EBA) supports the Office of the President in Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I), working across the Executive Office and leadership stakeholders to ensure effective executive operations, strategic calendar management, customer engagement coordination, and travel logistics. The role reports to the Lead Executive Assistant to the President of CO+I and requires working onsite four days per week.

The ideal candidate has experience supporting senior executives in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment and strong communication and relationship-management skills. The position requires sound judgment, discretion, comfort navigating ambiguity, and a proactive approach to competing priorities. As a representative of the CO+I Executive Office, the EBA interacts with senior leaders, customers, partners, and employees across the organization while maintaining professionalism and confidentiality.

The role supports the President’s business priorities and office operations, including executive time and calendar management, complex domestic and international travel, customer meetings and engagements, leadership offsites, employee events, and organizational activities. During periods of increased demand, executive travel, and customer events, the EBA may work variable hours to ensure coverage in coordination with the Lead Executive Assistant.

Microsoft describes its mission as empowering every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. Its culture emphasizes a growth mindset, innovation, collaboration, respect, integrity, accountability, and inclusion.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of administrative, business support, or customer service experience in an environment emphasizing meeting and event scheduling, travel management, and administration for executive or upper-level management.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including passing the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Business Administration, Human Resources, Marketing, Communications, Psychology, or Sociology, or equivalent experience.
• At least 7 years of experience supporting senior executives in a fast-paced, complex business environment.
• Previous Microsoft work experience.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft productivity tools, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, OneNote, Copilot, and SharePoint.
• Ability to partner effectively with executive assistants, Chiefs of Staff, leadership teams, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience managing complex executive calendars, competing priorities, and high-visibility engagements.
• Experience coordinating domestic and international travel, including executive itineraries, transportation logistics, and expense management.
• Experience supporting global teams and working across multiple time zones.
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills and ability to build trusted partnerships across all levels of the organization.
• Professionalism, discretion, and integrity when handling confidential information.
• Experience operating in a fast-paced, high-ambiguity environment, with strong prioritization and decision-making skills.
• Ability to build trust and handle highly confidential information with discretion.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Lead Executive Assistant, Chief of Staff, and Executive Office team to support the President’s business priorities and ensure operational excellence.
• Collaborate with the Lead Executive Assistant to optimize executive time management, align priorities, and execute calendar commitments.
• Research and coordinate complex domestic and international travel, including flights, hotels, ground transportation, visas as applicable, itineraries, and contingency planning.
• Support Executive Office operations during periods of increased demand, executive travel, customer events, and organizational initiatives; work variable hours when needed to provide coverage alongside the Lead Executive Assistant.
• Assist with coordinating customer meetings and executive engagements, including scheduling, attendee management, logistics, and alignment with internal and external stakeholders.
• Support meetings, leadership offsites, employee events, and organizational activities in partnership with the Lead Executive Assistant.
• Maintain strict confidentiality and exercise sound judgment when handling sensitive executive, customer, and business information.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed