at Tanium in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
The Basics:
We are searching for an Executive Assistant with a positive and can-do attitude, who will thrive in our fast-paced dynamic environment. The ideal candidate will have a high level of comfort dealing with executives, have excellent interpersonal and social skills, and be flexible and adapt easily to changing priorities.
In this role you will provide support to executives in the Customer Organization. The ideal applicant will have demonstrated experience working with all levels of internal and external professionals on strategic Customer Organization projects and initiatives and managing operational responsibilities within the Customer Organization. This includes program management of key aspects of Customer Organization operations. A successful candidate must be detail-oriented, a solid multi-tasker, and have prior experience supporting executives and their staff. This includes building content for executives. The candidate will also handle complex calendars and other arrangements for senior executives. In addition, the candidate must be polished and professional, with excellent oral and written communication skills.
What You'll Do:
- Provide strategic administrative support for the Customer Org executive team
- Assume day-to-day project management for strategic Customer Org projects and initiatives
- Build operational reports / analytics / OKR reporting for the Customer Org
- Build content for executive meetings
- Administrative functions including calendaring, meeting assistance, expense reports, travel and event planning, assisting with general requests
- Handle multiple, potentially competing priorities with patience, flexibility and responsiveness
- Handle confidential and sensitive information with high integrity, ethics and the utmost of confidentiality
- Handle work with a proactive and efficiency-oriented approach, while being highly organized and paying attention to detail
- Collaborate with other executive assistants
- Approach the role with a high degree of dependability, team mindset and a positive attitude
We're looking for someone with:
- Education
- BA/BS required
- Experience
- 5+ years of VP or Executive administrative support , or equivalent backgroun d
- Deep experience with a variety of office productivity tools, including Google Apps, Concur, Egencia, Zoom, Microsoft Suite, Box, DocuSign preferred
- Proficiency and speed with PowerPoint required
- Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and positive attitude
- Openness to learning new things and to improving processes
- Handle sensitive information with good judgement and discretion
- Proactive approach to tasks with a goal of improving the efficiency of the departments supported
- Manage priorities and handle multiple tasks and requests from department members with frequent, tight deadlines, remaining calm under pressure and responsive throughout
- Create and manage cross-functional relationships and help breakdown silos
About Tanium
Tanium, the industry's only provider of converged endpoint management (XEM), leads the paradigm shift in legacy approaches to managing complex security and technology environments. Only Tanium protects every team, endpoint, and workflow from cyber threats by integrating IT, Operations, Security, and Risk into a single platform that delivers comprehensive visibility across devices, a unified set of controls, and a common taxonomy for a single...
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