Ancestry Hiring for Senior Executive Assistant Job at Remote Full Time

About Ancestry:

When you join Ancestry, you join a human-centered company where every person’s story is important. We believe that by discovering the struggles and triumphs of our past, we can foster deeper bonds and more meaningful connections among families and communities. Our talented team of scientists, engineers, genealogists, historians, and storytellers is dedicated to empowering customers around the world from all backgrounds on their journeys of personal discovery.

With more than 30+ billion digitized global historical records, 100+ million family trees, and 20+ million people in our growing AncestryDNA database, Ancestry helps customers discover their family story and gain a new level of understanding about their lives. Passionate about dedicating your work to enriching people’s lives? You belong at Ancestry.

Ancestry is looking for a Senior Executive Assistant to partner in supporting our Chief Product Officer and Product Management team. Critical to your success will be your superior communication skills, excellent judgment, attention to detail, and ability to juggle tasks. Your skill set will set you apart from your peers and clearly demonstrate your pride in the quality of your work. You don’t settle for “good enough” and you know how important it is to manage your time and meet deadlines.

What You’ll Do:

• Heavy calendaring in Outlook, which requires flexibility and partnering with other Ancestry Executive Assistants
• Schedule and coordinate business travel, including itineraries, reservations, and expense reports
• Communicate with leader to prioritize and complete tasks with high levels of urgency Schedule and coordinate company events such as leadership off-sites
• Other projects and responsibilities as requested

Who You Are:

• 7+ years of executive administrative experience supporting c-level executive
• Previous event planning experience
• Strong reporting, organization, and planning skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and detail-oriented
• Impeccable communication skills, both verbal and written
• Customer-oriented with a true desire to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the team
• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office and ability/willingness to learn new software
• Self-motivated and ability to work independently and be a part of a highly dynamic team
• Absolute discretion, and an ability to maintain as confidential, all company, departmental and other proprietary and sensitive information, is mandatory
• Ability to work productively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment with a smile and a sense of humor

Additional Information:

Ancestry is an Equal Opportunity Employer that makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizenship, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. In addition, Ancestry will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

All job offers are contingent on a background check screen that complies with applicable law. For San Francisco office candidates, pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Ancestry will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Ancestry is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Ancestry via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Ancestry. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Ancestry as a result of the referral or through other means.