Executive Assistant II

We're Cruise, a self-driving service designed for the cities we love.

We’re building the world’s most advanced self-driving vehicles to safely connect people to the places, things, and experiences they care about. We believe self-driving vehicles will help save lives, reshape cities, give back time in transit, and restore freedom of movement for many.

In our cars, you’re free to be yourself. It’s the same here at Cruise. We’re creating a culture that values the experiences and contributions of all of the unique individuals who collectively make up Cruise, so that every employee can do their best work. 

Cruise is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, both in our workplace and in our products. If you are looking to play a part in making a positive impact in the world by advancing the revolutionary work of self-driving cars, come join us. Even if you might not meet every requirement, we strongly encourage you to apply. You might just be the right candidate for us.

About the Role

 

We are hiring an Executive Assistant II to support the Office of the CTO organization. Our ideal candidate will thrive in our innovative, fast-paced, and dynamic organization, expanding their skills and abilities in pace with the company.

You would be a great fit if you are someone who will succeed in the technical side of our business and help to cultivate connectivity across the department, driving efficiency and bringing productivity to the next level.

 

What you’ll be doing:

• Understand the priorities and objectives of your leaders and their teams

• Create presentation materials for all hands, tech talks, and other forums.

• Plan, coordinate, facilitate, and lead various meetings, functions, and events including quarterly team-building offsites

• Act as gatekeeper, time-advocate, and liaison for your executives

• Handle multiple requests for your executive’s time, using strong judgment in handling priority of requests, escalating as necessary for resolution

• Manage an extremely dynamic and constantly evolving calendar and schedule

• Manage/lead team meetings, team calendars, and team Slack channels

• Help support cross-functional alignment within the Cruise organization

• Be a culture-contributor: oversee department culture initiatives, track, highlight, and celebrate important team cultural/career moments

• Act as a team point person: handle team requests, problem-solve, and assist with keeping the team on-track and organized

• Help create and maintain communication within the team and broader org

• Help drive recruitment and hiring in partnership with your executives

• Manage travel for your executives

 

What you must have:

• BA/BS

• 4+ years of related work experience and general knowledge within Engineering organizations

• Excellent calendar management skills, including the coordination of complex meetings and designing scalable operating cadences

• Great care and discretion in managing confidential documents

• Excellent organization skills and acute attention to details

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Solid understanding of G-Suite

• Confident self-starter that can take a task and run with it with limited supervision from executive

• Able to anticipate problems and/or needs of your executive and proactively offer solutions and make recommendations

• Availability to perform job duties outside of normal business hours, when necessary

• Comfortable adapting to a fast pace working environment

 

Bonus points!

• Project Management Skills

• Bay Area based

 

The hourly range for this position is $36 - $52/hr. Compensation will vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. You may also be offered a bonus, long-term incentives, and benefits. Th