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Executive Assistant (CPO)

Apollo.io · San Francisco, United States

External listingfull-time5 days ago

About The Role

Join our team as an Executive Assistant to the Chief Product Officer (CPO). In this role, you will be a proactive operator who brings structure and precision to a fast-moving executive environment. You will manage the CPO's calendar, travel, and administrative workflows, while also providing operational assistance to the Product, Design, and Research teams. The ideal candidate is a highly organized, trustworthy, and low-ego individual with experience supporting senior leaders in a high-growth technology company. This position is based in San Francisco.

  • Serve as the primary support partner to the CPO, enabling effective execution across scheduling, R&D operations, and cross-functional collaboration.
  • Own and proactively manage the CPO's calendar across daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly horizons, ensuring time is allocated to the highest-priority activities.
  • Coordinate logistics for the CPO's leadership, board-related, and strategic external meetings, and support preparation of board and leadership materials related to product strategy.
  • Comfort operating in ambiguity and creating structure from scratch
  • Familiarity with product development processes, roadmap planning, or experience in a Product, Product Design, or Research organization is a plus
  • Ability to anticipate needs, identify risks, and solve problems before they escalate
  • Low ego, high EQ, and strong service orientation
  • Based in San Francisco, with the ability to work in-office/hybrid to support the CPO's day-to-day rhythm
  • Deep attention to detail and a strong bias toward follow-through
  • Strong cross-functional stakeholder management skills, comfortable working across Product, Product Design, Research, Engineering, and Executive teams
  • Discretion: Proven ability to manage highly confidential and sensitive strategic, product, and personnel information with absolute discretion
  • 7+ years of executive support experience as a career Executive Assistant, ideally supporting a CPO, VP of Product, or C-level/senior leader overseeing a Product, Design, or R&D organization at a high-growth technology company
  • Exceptional calendar, inbox, travel, and logistics management skills
  • High ownership mindset with the ability to manage multiple workstreams and shifting priorities simultaneously
  • Experience with tools such as Google Workspace, Slack, expense systems, and project management tools preferred
  • Communication: Outstanding written and verbal communication skills; ability to draft polished, professional correspondence on behalf of the CPO
  • Experience managing complex cross-functional calendars, including scheduling meetings with Product, Product Design, Research, Engineering, and executive leadership
  • A career Executive Assistant and true partner to executives, not just a task manager
  • Known for being five steps ahead
  • Comfortable owning the details so busy leaders don't have to
  • Trusted with confidential, strategic, and product-sensitive information
  • Excellent at making busy leaders more effective through precision and care
  • Energized by building systems and creating consistency, not just executing individual tasks
  • Experienced supporting an R&D, Product, or Engineering organization
  • Based in San Francisco and comfortable with an in-office/hybrid working rhythm
  • Naturally calm, organized, and reliable in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment

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