Executive Assistant to CEO – Co-Founder

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Executive Assistant supporting the CEO of Emperia, a virtual experience platform startup. Managing people operations and daily business tasks in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide high-level support to the CEO, including complex diary management, inbox prioritisation and travel coordination
  • Support the senior leadership team on an ad-hoc basis across travel, recruitment, HR support and special projects
  • Prepare agendas, decks, minutes and action tracking for leadership, management and board meetings
  • Own people operations processes, including recruitment coordination, onboarding, offboarding, HRIS management and policy maintenance
  • Manage Employer of Record (EoR) relationships and employee lifecycle processes
  • Oversee company operations, including virtual office management, software tooling and subscriptions
  • Support team rhythm and culture initiatives, including weekly team meetings, leadership offsites and the annual company retreat

Requirements:

  • 5+ years’ experience in an Executive Assistant role, with exposure to people operations and/or business operations a plus
  • Proven experience supporting a CEO or Founder in a fast-paced environment
  • Experience working in startups or scale-ups, ideally within distributed, international teams
  • Strong organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
  • Demonstrated experience handling confidential and sensitive information with discretion
  • Comfortable owning processes end-to-end and working autonomously
  • Experience supporting people operations processes, including onboarding, offboarding and policy management
  • Clear, confident written and verbal communication skills
  • Comfortable working across UK and US time zones
  • Strong working knowledge of Google Workspace, Slack, Canva and Notion

Benefits:

  • Fully remote team
  • In-person retreat with the entire Emperia team
  • 33 days of annual leave, including UK Bank Holidays
  • Monthly company-wide ‘Reset’ day off to switch off and recharge
  • Development opportunities and funding for learning