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Executive Assistant – Remote

United States

Job Description

Do you love working with a highly motivated and successful team?

Do you enjoy working with executives, engineers, and supporting them with your expertise?

Join our Security Management Team

The Security Management team collaborates across our organization to deliver exceptional end-to-end experiences. This is achieved through the support of the best tools, infrastructure, and processes. Our work impacts the entire Akamai community, including customers, partners, and employees.

We serve as trusted advisors to enable successful business outcomes, leveraging secure, data-driven strategies and agile solutions.

Partner with the best

You will provide support to SVP/GM Applications Security. You will be responsible for handling calendars, travel schedules, and managing internal functional events. You will make decisions in a busy environment. You will also assist with special projects to fulfill organizational and departmental objectives.

As an Executive Assistant, you will be responsible for:

• Providing high-level administrative and organizational support to the Application Security leadership team (calendar, travel, expenses, communication)
• Managing a global, dynamic calendar to meet business objectives through exceptional planning and organizational skills
• Creating, augmenting, and circulating reports, presentations, worksheets, and charts using Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook
• Partnering with administrative staff across our business in the orchestration of meetings, report generation and projects, and Interacting with internal and external stakeholders
• Partnering with the Application Security staff, teams, stakeholders and counterparts in communicating requests, feedback, and issues, as necessary

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent
• Have excellent ability to maintain a professional demeanor in a busy environment, handling scheduling demands and conflicts that change rapidly
• Able to display a good aptitude for dealing with ambiguity and uncertainty through creative problem solving
• Be comfortable communicating in a wide variety of formats: chat, email, video conference, phone, etc.
• Demonstrate proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google Workspace tools such as Outlook, Word/Docs, Excel/Sheets, PowerPoint/Slides.

Work in a way that works for you

FlexBase, Akamai’s Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai.

FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.

We power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges, together.

At Akamai, we’re curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate ersity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you’ll thrive here.

Working for you

At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your inidual needs for today and in the future.

We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:

• Your health
• Your finances
• Your family
• Your time at work
• Your time pursuing other endeavors

Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your inidual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary for this position ranges from $77,487 – $116,021/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location.

The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.