Executive Assistant

At  Small Medium Enterprises and Channel (SME&C) , we are leading a high-growth, AI-powered global sales team, one that is deeply connected to our partners and driven by customer success. By uniting our Small Medium Business, Corporate, Strategy, and Partner teams, we are unlocking the largest customer opportunity, backed by the industry’s most significant investments. Leveraging the power of AI and our extensive partner ecosystem, we are redefining how businesses of all sizes adopt technology to drive growth and innovation. SME&C is more than a sales organization, it’s a culture of innovation, opportunity, and inclusivity.    Here, you’ll be part of a diverse, high-performing, and customer-obsessed team where collaboration, connection, and continuous learning fuel everything we do. If you thrive in a fast-paced, digital-first environment and are eager to make a meaningful impact, explore how SME&C can be the next step in your career. Together, we are shaping the future of business.     The Executive Assistant to the Corporate Vice President (CVP) serves as a trusted partner to the executive, enabling the leader to operate at maximum effectiveness across customers, partners, employees, and the broader Microsoft ecosystem. This role provides strategic executive support, manages complex priorities and logistics, and acts as a central point of coordination across the CVP's leadership team, business partners, and key stakeholders.   The Executive Assistant operates with a high degree of professionalism, discretion, judgement, and business acumen. Success in this role requires the ability to anticipate needs, manage competing priorities, build strong relationships across organisational boundaries, and maintain exceptional operational excellence in a fast-paced environment.   Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Executive Support & Prioritisation Manage the CVP's calendar, priorities, and time allocation to ensure focus is directed toward the highest-impact activities. Coordinate meeting schedules, customer engagements, leadership reviews, business rhythms, and external commitments while proactively identifying conflicts and opportunities for optimisation. Act as a trusted advisor regarding prioritisation and executive time management.   Leadership Team Coordination Partner with the Chief of Staff, Business Manager, Communications Lead, and Leadership Team members to deliver a consistent operating rhythm. Coordinate leadership meetings, offsites, town halls, employee engagement activities, and organisational events. Track follow-up actions and ensure commitments are executed on time.   Communications & Stakeholder Management Serve as a key liaison between the CVP and internal and external stakeholders. Manage executive correspondence, support preparation of communications, facilitate information flow, and maintain strong working relationships across senior leaders, customers, partners, and support teams. Represent the office professionally while exercising sound judgement and maintaining confidentiality.   Travel, Events & Logistics Own end-to-end planning and execution of executive travel, customer engagements, leadership events, board meetings, site visits, and strategic planning sessions. Ensure all logistics, briefing materials, approvals, and stakeholder communications are coordinated seamlessly.   Executive Office Operations Drive operational excellence across the Office of the CVP. Manage budgets, procurement processes, expense compliance, executive support systems, and administrative processes. Identify opportunities to improve efficiency,