Sr. Executive Assistant & Office Operations Manager

Thomson Reuters • McLean, VA

23h • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Sr. Executive Assistant & Office Operations Manager, your role will focus on providing high-level executive support while overseeing and optimizing day-to-day operational functions to ensure organizational efficiency and effectiveness. This role will leverage strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills to manage executive priorities, coordinate cross-functional initiatives, streamline processes, and support strategic objectives. You will work closely with senior leadership and internal teams to drive operational excellence, improve workflow efficiency, and enable informed decision-making. To be successful in this role, you should be a proactive, detail-oriented leader and trusted partner, capable of anticipating needs, managing complexity with confidence, and ensuring seamless operations, executive effectiveness, and stakeholder satisfaction. As a Sr. Executive Assistant & Office Operations Manager, you will contribute to a variety of areas including:

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Operations, Administration, Operations Management, Communications, or a similar field. Equivalent experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 10+ years of administrative experience.
• Project coordination and adaptability with the ability to work well with all levels of internal employees, executives, and outside clients and vendors.
• Project management experience.
• Strong verbal, interpersonal, and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Strong internet research skills.
• Comprehensive experience in Microsoft Office Suite including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint, Teams, and Outlook.
• High level of integrity in managing confidential information.
• Ability to anticipate business and leadership needs and proactively carry out duties.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment of tight deadlines and high-quality standards.
• U.S. Citizenship essential to comply with government contract/agency or department of Federal Government requirements.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. national security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Proactively managing calendars and coordinating onsite and offsite meetings, including all aspects of the meeting as needed (technology, food, travel, etc.).
• Making travel arrangements and ensuring trips are well organized and coordinated, and ensuring expenses are submitted on time.
• Team coordination of budgets, training, and awards.
• Managing timely responses to work requests with autonomy.
• Identifying and solving moderately complex process issues, setting priorities, and making decisions based on quality and accuracy.
• Implementing improvements to administrative and operational processes.
• Setting an example for other executive assistants and leaders within the business unit as part of a broader team for purposes of sharing information, best practices, and providing back-coverage across departments.
• Working on special projects and programs. This may involve projects for leadership as well as cross-department initiatives such as recognition programs.

Benefits

• Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
• Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.
• Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
• Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.
• In the United States, Thomson Reuters offers a comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match. In addition, Thomson Reuters offers market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays (including two company mental health days off), parental leave, sabbatical leave. These benefits meet or exceeds the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws. Finally, Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits: optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee; optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee; Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts; fitness reimbursement; access to Employee Assistance Program; Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee; access to 529 Plan; commuter benefits; Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive