Executive Assistant, Team Manager - Sales & Marketing

Overview

Working at Atlassian

Atlassians can choose where they work – whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two. That way, Atlassians have more control over supporting their family, personal goals, and other priorities. We can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity. Interviews and onboarding are conducted virtually, a part of being a distributed-first company.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

Leadership Operations is a global team of over 70 Executive and Administrative Assistants. Our mission is to Supercharge Atlassian leaders - unleashing their focus and productivity. Teamwork is at the core of everything we do and we work openly and collaboratively across the business.

Are you passionate about the Executive Assistant craft? Do you have deep experience leading and inspiring teams? Do you wish to join a TEAM of administrative professionals who are doing the best work of their lives? If so, this may be the perfect opportunity for you!

Join us. We're hiring an Executive Assistant Team Manager. You are an experienced senior-level Executive Assistant and people manager, with a background in supporting leaders at scale, and a deep understanding of craft excellence and talent management. As a Team Manager, you’ll lead talent management and development for a team of Executive and Administrative Assistants, aligning with Atlassian’s Sales & Marketing Leadership to raise the bar on craft. You’ll also have the opportunity to flex your deep EA skills, stepping in to support leaders as needed on a short term basis. You'll report into our centralized Leadership Operations team.

What you'll do

You will have two areas of focus:

• People Manager Roles and Responsibilities, including:

  • Manage a team of craft professionals, drive priorities from the business, and own coverage planning.

  • Own delivery of craft projects that up-level the impact of our team and scale our ability to support Atlassian leaders.

  • Build relationships and drive regular feedback with leaders.

  • Build a deep understanding for what success looks like from a leader perspective, educate and onboard leaders, and maximize the value and impact we have on the business.

  • Coach, mentor, and support your team members in their professional development to help unlock their full potential and growth.

• Core EA Roles and Responsibilities, including:

  • Deliver excellence in all foundational EA tasks - calendar management, email management, travel, expenses, and administration.

  • Support your team’s leaders, as needed, on a coverage basis. This will include coordinating with business partners to stay in rhythm on priorities and actions. Participating in meetings, taking notes, and leading action items. Running virtual and in-person events. Helping draft communications (presentations, blogs, emails) and reviewing datasets (ex: engagement surveys) to create insightful reports.

Your background

• To be successful in this role:

  • You're a passionate and experienced leader. You have a good sense of TEAM and experience leading a team to create high impact partnerships with senior leaders.

  • You're a strategic partner: You have successfully supported senior leaders in high-growth technology companies.

  • You're a craft expert: You have experience planning remote and in-person events and meetings at scale. You work at speed and navigate new technologies and systems that make work more efficient.

  • You can run with direction, and make judgement calls based on data and experience. You're a high performer and keen to drive impact. You have experience managing conflicting priorities and prioritizing demands, you focus on solutions, and are comfortable navigating change and removing blockers.

• In terms of experience, this means:

  • You have 10+ years demonstrated experience in an Executive Assistant role, supporting senior leaders

  • You have 2+ years experience leading teams and creating engaged, motivated teams

Qualifications

Compensation

At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. To support this goal, the baseline of our range is higher than that of the typical market range, but in turn we expect to hire most candidates near this baseline. Base pay within the range is ultimately determined by a candidate's skills, expertise, or exper