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<p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Who We Are</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Having surpassed $300M ARR and continuing to grow, Optro is the leading audit, risk, ESG, and InfoSec platform on the market. More than 50% of the Fortune 500, including 7 of the Fortune 10, leverage our award-winning technology to move their businesses forward with greater clarity and agility. And our customers love us: Optro is top-rated on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://G2.com">G2.com</a> and Gartner Peer Insights.<br><br>At Optro, we inspire each other to innovate and are proud of what we are producing. We spend each day thinking of new ways to help our customers and contribute to the greater good of our company and our surrounding communities. We are all about assisting each other and breaking through barriers to create the most loved audit, risk, ESG, and InfoSec platform by our customers. This is how we have become one of the 500 fastest-growing tech companies in North America for the seventh year in a row, as ranked by Deloitte!<br><br></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Why This Role is Exciting</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">As an Optro EA, you excel as a way maker by improving efficiencies, staying organized, and helping others. In our fast-paced, ever-evolving environment, you remain cool under pressure, intuitively prioritizing, problem-solving creatively, and staying adaptable. You build strong connections not just with executives and fellow EAs, but across all of Optro. Acting as the glue and the grease, you anticipate needs, reduce friction, and drive momentum forward. Optro EAs are force multipliers by creating leverage and clarity for executives while having fun doing it!</p><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Maximize executive time to ensure prioritization of key initiatives by managing multiple complex calendars and ensuring creation of and access to applicable pre-reads and agendas.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Develop a deep understanding of the business to intuitively make real-time adjustments and trade-offs, ensuring the right meetings happen at the right times with the right people</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Thoughtfully arrange domestic and international travel, minimizing business impact while prioritizing executive efficiency/ease</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Champion company culture by owning all aspects of team gatherings, both virtual and in-person, delivering exceptional experiences with a high-touch approach and an eye for meaningful details and delights</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Attend Staff meetings, taking notes and driving action items to completion according to the prescribed timelines</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Help prepare and drive completion of slide decks, initiatives, and special projects</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Proactively seek opportunities to add value, enhance efficiency, drive clarity, and elevate business operations</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Track and file expenses according to company policy</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Some on-call/after-hours work is required</p></li></ul><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Attributes for a Successful Candidate</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Minimum of 5 years experience supporting executive leadership in a fast-paced and dynamic environment</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Ability to support <em>Central</em> time zone business hours</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Extensive experience planning and executing offsites, with the ability to travel as often as needed to facilitate offsites across the org</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Ability to handle competing priorities in real-time with composure, always leading with kindness regardless of the pace</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Highly collaborative and organized with a strong attention to detail</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Demonstrated experience in meeting management and presentation-building</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strong project management skills</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strong understanding of best practices for distributed/remote work, and a talent for optimizing processes</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Excellent written and verbal communicator</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Proficiency with Google Suite (Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets), Slack, and Zoom</p></li></ul><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Nice to Have</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience supporting Sales leadership, Customer Success, or Go To Market Executives</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Proficiency with Salesforce</p></li></ul><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Perks (United States)</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Launch a career at one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in North America and EMEA!</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Live your best life (LYBL)! $200/mo for anything that enhances your life</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Comprehensive employee health coverage</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">401(k) with company match</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Competitive compensation & bonus program</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Flexible vacation (exempt) / Accrued vacation (non-exempt)</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Time off for your birthday & volunteering</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Employee resource groups</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Opportunities for team and company-wide get-togethers!</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Parental Leave</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"><em>*perks may vary based on eligibility/location</em></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Our Company Values</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Customer obsession: It starts and ends here. Consistently ask yourself how what you’re doing creates value for our customers. It’s a mindset.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Gritty resilience: Make it happen. Find a way. Move fast, stay positive, and do what it takes.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Drive innovation: Create the future. Continuously improve what exists and invent what’s next.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Win, together: One team. No silos, no egos. Drive to be the best and support each other’s success.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Growth mindset: 10x, not 10%. Think in orders of magnitude, not increments. Seek feedback, learn, and improve.<br></p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"><br><em>Please note that background checks are required. Qualified Applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. This role may have access to highly sensitive data, including employee data, customer data, company financials, and proprietary product information.</em><br><br><em>We love building strong partnerships, but please note that Optro cannot accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Any submissions without a signed agreement in place will not create a fee obligation.</em></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"> </p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>#LI-Remote</strong></p>

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