Senior Executive Business Partner

About us

At Udemy, we’re on a mission to transform lives through learning. Through our intelligent skills platform and a global community of instructors, we’ve helped over 70 million learners and 16,000 organizations achieve their goals. Come join us in ensuring everyone, everywhere has access to the skills they need to unlock their potential and create possibilities for themselves and others.

Supporting: Chief Executive Officer

About us 
At Udemy, we’re on a mission to transform lives through the power of learning. We’re a leading global learning company and one of the world’s largest education platforms, with more than 70 million learners. Our goal is to provide flexible, effective skill development to empower organizations and individuals. 

Talented people are everywhere, and the right opportunity can be hard to come by. That’s why we’re focused on revolutionizing learning, using our skills and expertise to help others develop theirs and reach their full potential. Individually, we bring our unique perspective to reimagine the way we share knowledge. Together, we can transform lives by making learning more accessible for our learners, our instructors, and businesses around the world.

Hybrid work
Udemy is headquartered in San Francisco with global offices in Australia, India, Ireland, Türkiye, and other US locations. Our robust hybrid work model spans San Francisco, Denver, Ankara, Dublin, and Melbourne. This hybrid position requires two days per week in the office at the nearest hub. Learn more about us on our company page.

About your Skills:

• Organization: Ability to efficiently manage multiple tasks, schedules, and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Attention to Detail: Keen eye for detail in handling administrative tasks, proofreading documents, and managing data accurately.
• Problem-Solving: Resourcefulness and adaptability to address challenges, find solutions, and make informed decisions independently.
• Discretion: Excellent communication, discretion, and the ability to to prioritize and manage multiple tasks in a fast paced environment.
  
  

About this role
We are hiring a resourceful and self-motivated Senior Executive Business Partner to provide strategic and administrative support to our CEO. This position is ideal for a dynamic, resourceful, highly organized individual who takes ownership of the details and loves to get things done. The role requires a strong sense of urgency and the ability to work independently with sound judgment. This position will require strong project management skills and experience seeing projects through the full life cycle. The ideal candidate has successfully supported a CEO in a previous role and wants to form long-term professional relationships with high-performing, fast-moving, entrepreneurial leaders.

What you'll be doing: 

• Manage the CEO’s calendar, travel and all administrative duties 
• Partner with our CEO to understand his priorities and build processes to make work more effective
• Provide project updates on a consistent basis to csuite stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, and progress
• Oversee development and execution for special projects and initiatives identified by the CEO or Leadership Team and is viewed as a thought leader in conversations.
• Manage projects including scoping new initiatives, organizing working teams, establishing timelines, driving project execution and reporting on progress to the CEO  and Executive Leaders
• Be comfortable acting as a proxy for your executive in stakeholder meetings 
• ​​Be a culture-contributor: coordinate department initiatives, lead, highlight, and celebrate essential team and career moments. Show impeccable judgment when it comes to high-visibility or sensitive issues
• Able to act with urgency and calm even in high-stress situations
• Plan agendas, provide high-quality meeting notes, perform action follow-ups, execute logistics for regular senior leadership meetings and off-sites
• Assist with the preparation of presentations, proposals, reports, and other business correspondence
• Help with arranging team activities and recognition initiatives for team members on an ongoing basis
  
  

What you’ll have
While this work is based more on the skills a person has than what they have done, we think a typical profile could include the following: 

• Previous experience supporting a CEO at a publicly traded company
• Deep experience building PowerPoint/Google presentations
• Strong writing skills - you're comfortable setting and ac