Senior Executive Assistant

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

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

Join our Human Resources Team

Our Human Resources team has a passion for building an inclusive and engaged workforce. We're a team of innovative thinkers committed to bringing the best work/life balance to all colleagues and making Akamai a great place to work.

Partner with the best

The Senior Executive Assistant manages a team focused on office operations that reinforce cross-functional coordination, streamline processes, and improve organizational efficiency.

As a Senior Executive Assistant, you will be responsible for:

• Orchestrating travel arrangements and managing a dynamic calendar aligned to business objectives, timelines, and deliverables
• Leading and coordinating team operations, offsite meetings, All Hands meetings, and post-meeting surveys
• Creating, augmenting, and circulating reports, presentations, worksheets, and charts using Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook
• Managing a team and partnering with administrative staff across the business to schedule meetings, generate reports, manage projects, and interact with internal and external stakeholders
• Partnering with the IT staff and teams in communicating requests, feedback, and issues, as necessary

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• 7+ years supporting C-suite and senior leaders in busy environments, providing high-level administrative and operational support.
• Demonstrate proven experience supervising administrative staff, managing office operations, and driving efficiency across teams
• Have expertise in complex calendar management across multiple time zones and seamless coordination of domestic and international travel, executive meetings, and high-level events
• Apply project management skills with the ability to independently prioritize competing demands, streamline processes, and implement effective administrative systems
• Have exceptional written and verbal communication skills with experience drafting executive correspondence and handling highly confidential information with professionalism.
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of M365, Google Workspace, and virtual collaboration tools, with experience leveraging AI platforms.

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.
Learn what makes Akamai a great place to work

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

At Akamai, we're curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity 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 individual 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 individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

About us

Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.

Join us

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!
Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.
If no date is displayed, applications are being accepted on an ongoing basis until the job is filled.

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $96,400 - $173,600/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. 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.