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Microsoft · 1 week ago

Executive Assistant

Microsoft is a leading technology company empowering every person and organization to achieve more. The Executive Assistant will provide administrative support to Monetization leaders, including calendar management, event coordination, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure the team's overall success.

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Responsibilities

Calendar Management: Provides strategic calendar management and time planning support for manager and additional team calendars when needed. Manages calendar, meeting preparation, and logistics based on knowledge of manager and business needs
Cross-Functional Collaboration and Communication: Strengthens their network (internally and externally) across organizations to enable their team and leader's work. Uses executive maturity and independent insight judgment, discretion, business insights, and perspectives to direct and prepare staff to distribute information to their teams and/or supported leader
Team Management Support (Headcount Management, Recruitment, Onboarding/ Offboarding): Collaborates with Global Talent Acquisition (GTA) to facilitate internal and external recruitment efforts, and partners with hiring managers to ensure an effective process. Supports intern and university recruitment for the broader organization (e.g., planning, placement). Creates committees to promote team experiences. Lands and delegates onboarding activities (e.g., ordering new-hire equipment, setting up workstations, distribution lists, security groups) and provides support to new employees, vendors, and interns as an essential contact for questions and company information. Provides high-level support for a seamless executive onboarding experience
Event Coordination and Logistics: Manages, plans, and develops events. Takes responsibility for event outcomes and demonstrates executive presence. Leads a team of event planners if needed. Partners with management to understand event aspirations and target goals. Develops and leverages resources for reuse to drive efficiency. Contributes to development of workback schedule, promotion, and necessary checkpoints
Resource Management (Hardware/Supply Management, Purchase/Expense Management Financial Management): Owns expense management including documentation (e.g., purchase orders [POs], receipts, tax award spreadsheets, statements of work, reclassifications), expense tracking, and policy compliance. Educates administrative team on Microsoft Policy to ensure compliancy across team/division/organization and escalates issues as needed. Functions as interim approver for executive office when needed
Rhythm of Business (ROB): Partners with senior leader(s) and Chiefs of Staff on building and managing annual rhythm of business (ROB), including fiscal year calendar and executive meeting schedule (e.g., Human Resources [HR] cadence, fiscal cadence, SLT cadence, company-wide and/or employee resource group cadence). Strategically communicates ROB cadence and helps to manage workloads, as needed
Space Management and Planning: Leads space-management processes and team spaces (e.g., office locations/desk assignments, private conference rooms, seasonally transitional spaces, remote/location status), cascading space management vision to fellow team members. Addresses and resolves high-level space requests. Leads large-scale space requests (e.g., annual office restacks, space build outs), liaising between admins and space planner and negotiating for appropriate space for their team. Determines future space planning needs and drives space changes based on utilization data and upcoming organizational changes
Travel Management: Works with appropriate contact/tool to coordinate travel arrangements (e.g., accommodations, transportation, security) for manager(s) and/or group. Creates detailed itineraries/agendas for daily activities by setting and managing travel expectations to maximize trip productivity. Manages all travel logistics and maximizes trip itineraries
Discipline Growth and Development: Provides leadership and actively seeks out and participates in the Business Support community
Mentors Business Support professionals. Shares best practices and insights
Embody our culture and values

Qualification

Calendar ManagementEvent CoordinationTravel ManagementBudget ManagementCross-Functional Collaboration

Required

7+ years Administrative, Business Support, or customer service experience in an environment with an emphasis on scheduling meetings/events, travel management, and administration work for executive/upper level management

Company

Microsoft

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Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.

H1B Sponsorship

Microsoft has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (9192)
2024 (9343)
2023 (7677)
2022 (11403)
2021 (7210)
2020 (7852)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$1M
Key Investors
Technology Venture Investors
2022-12-09Post Ipo Equity
1986-03-13IPO
1981-09-01Series Unknown· $1M

Leadership Team

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Satya Nadella
Chairman and CEO
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Vukani Mngxati
Chief Executive Officer - Microsft South Africa
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