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Executive Assistant

Slingshot AI
US East Coast, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 8 May 2025

About the role

Please note: We are only considering applications for candidates based in New York

We’re building AI to help a billion people with their mental health. Our goal is to build an AI therapist to help people change their mind and their lives in the ways that they want to.

Success to us means every human being in need of support having somewhere to go. We're a well-funded, Series A-stage startup backed by top-tier tech investors Andressen Horowitz, Menlo, Felicis, and many mission-oriented athletes & celebrities. Our investors have also been involved in category defining companies like Huggingface, ElevenLabs, Replit, Captions, Shopify, Plaid, Notion, Canva, Twitch, Airtable, and others.

We're building a powerful team by empowering our team with the autonomy, flexibility, and resources to do their best work. We dream big and iterate fast. If that sounds like home, we'd love to hear from you.

The Role

As a member of our rapidly growing team, you'll play a role in shaping the future of mental health through AI. We're seeking an executive assistant to support our founders, Daniel Reid Cahn and Neil Parikh.  

This role will be an unparalleled opportunity to work in a fast-paced, collaborative, and deeply mission driven company.

In this role, you'll act as the founders’ second brain, ensuring smooth company operations and keeping an eye out for anything that could fall through the cracks. You'll oversee communications for us, coordinate travel, and collaborate with our Head of Operations. You’ll also proactively identify opportunities to help the founders be efficient and the company succeed. Working alongside the founders, you’ll have an unparalleled opportunity to build a startup from an early stage.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Manage the founders’ calendar and schedule, including coordinating meetings and appointments, both remote and in-person.

  • Support the founders’ communications via email and social media

  • Support company operations related to HR, payroll, accounting, vendor management, and various administrative and office management tasks for our New York office, in collaboration with our Head of Ops

  • Organize regular company events and offsites to keep our distributed team synced and build a strong internal culture. You'll help coordinate travel, accommodations, activities, and meals, as well as ensure smooth execution

  • Support the founders with anything that can free up their time

About you:

  • You care deeply about our company and our mission. You’ll be helping to craft the culture and we’ll be holding you to a high standard.

  • You have strong interpersonal skills and bring positive energy to external and internal meetings, phone calls, and email exchanges. You would feel comfortable and excited to represent the company and Founders in various contexts, including speaking to future team members and customers.

  • You have excellent verbal and written communication skills. 

  • You’re organized and appreciate effective organizational systems that allow you to multitask, prioritize, and ensure nothing is overlooked. You're proficient in your preferred modern organizational tools, such as Notion, Coda, Asana, Trello, Google Drive, 1Password, Slack, etc.

  • You value attention to detail and hold yourself to a high standard.

  • You thrive in a fast-paced environment and have a knack for managing multiple tasks and projects.

Requirements

  • You have at least one year of experience in a similar role in a fast-paced environment like a tech startup

  • You must be willing to work 5 days a week in our office in Soho (NYC)

What We Offer

  • A chance to join a tight-knit team working on something to change the world

  • Competitive compensation (90th percentile), excellent healthcare

  • Highly collaborative, fast paced culture

  • Travel between our NYC / London offices

  • Free lunch in our offices + generous L&D / learning budget

We value:

  • Bias Towards Action

  • Collaboration

  • Authenticity

  • Remember: We're not at the end of history

If you're ready for a challenging yet rewarding role in a cutting-edge field, working with two visionary founders, we can't wait to hear from you!

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