Executive Assistant

Job Description

Do you love working with a highly motivated and successful team?

Do you enjoy working with executives and supporting them with your expertise?

Join our Team
Global Services mission is to drive world-class customer outcomes that maximize product adoption. The team provides customers with technical industry expertise and exceptional service. Working in an end-to-end managed service capacity, we monitor and mitigate customer problems and create solutions. We focus on providing customers with advantages in the increasingly complex digital world.

Akamai is looking for an Executive Assistant to provide senior level administrative support to the Global Services Executive Leadership team. Reporting into the SVP, Global Services, you will provide support to four of the leaders; SVP Global Services, VP Support Services, VP Global Services (ATG), VP Global Services Americas, and VP Business Operations.

As An Executive Assistant, You Will Be Responsible For

• Providing high-level administrative and organizational support to the Global Services Exec Leadership team (calendars/schedules, travel, expenses, PO Processing, communication)
• Managing a global, dynamic calendar to meet business objectives through exceptional planning and organizational skills
• Managing leadership team's internal functional events, using Webex & internal communication tools (offsites, All Hands, and more)
• Partnering with administrative staff across our business in the orchestration of meetings and projects, and interacting with internal and external stakeholders
• Partnering and collaborating with the Strategy and Communications Team on scheduling staff meetings and a number of recurring Global Services meetings
• Assisting with special projects to fulfill organizational and departmental objectives.

To be successful in this role you will:

• 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelors degree or its equivalent
• Have excellent ability to maintain a professional demeanor in a busy environment, handling scheduling demands and conflicts that change rapidly
• Display a good aptitude for dealing with ambiguity and uncertainty through creative problem solving
• Demonstrate proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google Workspace tools such as Outlook, Word/Docs, Excel/Sheets, PowerPoint/Slides
• Display familiarity with or willingness to learn AI tools

Flex Base, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. Flex Base gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised).

This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.

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Benefits

At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:

• Your health
• Your finances
• Your family
• Your time at work
• Your time pursuing other endeavors

Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

About Us

Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.

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Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!

Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation,…