Executive Assistant – Chief Executive Officer

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Executive Partner responsible for operational support to founders in the Middle East and North Africa. Facilitating workflows and project management as a trusted partner in their growth.

Responsibilities:

  • Streamline your business leader's workflows so their time and priorities are protected
  • Maintain operational visibility across every task, project, and commitment
  • Support faster, better decision-making
  • Improve productivity by keeping systems and dashboards organized
  • Strengthen accountability and alignment across the team
  • Manage your founder's calendar, scheduling, and daily priorities across time zones
  • Coordinate travel logistics: flights, accommodations, transport, and meetings
  • Organize internal and external meetings
  • Handle professional and occasional personal administrative tasks
  • Keep the founder's schedule aligned with what matters most
  • Act as the central coordinator for key tasks and projects
  • Track priorities, deadlines, and deliverables across the team
  • Follow up with people to make sure commitments get done
  • Spot blockers and risks early, and escalate proactively
  • Maintain operational visibility so the team stays aligned and productive
  • Maintain and optimize the founder's workspace (Notion, ClickUp, or similar)
  • Track project updates, task ownership, and company-wide priorities
  • Keep documentation and workflows current as the business evolves
  • Support the founder in maintaining a clear operational dashboard
  • Turn meeting discussions into structured, owned tasks
  • Join calls to capture action items and summarize key outcomes
  • Brief the founder on takeaways, priorities, and next steps
  • Facilitate team access to the founder for decisions and approvals
  • Help with onboarding logistics for new team members
  • Support process improvements as the company grows

Requirements:

  • 2+ years in executive assistance, operations coordination, or chief-of-staff style support
  • Proven experience managing calendars, travel logistics, and complex scheduling
  • Exceptional organization and task management, with the ability to juggle multiple priorities
  • Excellent written and spoken English
  • Professional, and comfortable interacting with senior leaders
  • Proactive, anticipatory, and solutions-oriented
  • Comfortable managing up and holding a team accountable
  • High attention to detail and discretion with sensitive information
  • Confident on professional calls and video meetings
  • Wants a long-term role, not a short project
  • Experience supporting founders or executives in startups or small high-growth teams (Nice-to-haves)
  • Familiarity with operational documentation and knowledge management systems (Nice-to-haves)
  • Experience with AI productivity tools or automation platforms (Nice-to-haves)
  • Additional languages such as French or Arabic (Nice-to-haves)
  • Background in operations, project coordination, or chief-of-staff work (Nice-to-haves)

Benefits:

  • Work with global founders from wherever you are in the region
  • Free 4-week AI-ready training that levels you up before day one
  • A long-term home , not a gig, with a founder who values your judgment
  • Real impact and growth , working one on one with people who shape where the business goes
  • Flexible, remote work built around doing great work
  • Competitive pay