Executive Assistant 2 - Alexa Connections

Description

Are you a resourceful, detail-oriented professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment? We're looking for an Executive Assistant to support senior leadership at Amazon. In this role, you will serve as a critical partner to leaders, helping them stay focused on what matters most by managing complex schedules, anticipating organizational needs, and driving operational efficiency across teams.

You must be creative, organized, detail-oriented, exercise good judgment, have strong written, verbal and administrative skills. Whether you're coordinating high-stakes meetings, streamlining processes, or preparing materials for leadership reviews, your work will directly influence how effectively our leaders operate. You need to be able to work in a dynamic, complex work environment and balance multiple priorities.
If you're someone who takes initiative, solves problems before they arise, and enjoys building trusted relationships across all levels of an organization, this role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact every day.

Key job responsibilities
- Proactively manage complex executive calendars, prioritizing and allocating time with accuracy to ensure leaders can focus on their highest-impact work.
- Plan, organize, and execute team events, offsites, and organizational meetings, coordinating logistics, managing budgets, and communicating with stakeholders to deliver smooth experiences.
- Coordinate domestic and international travel arrangements and prepare expense reports in compliance with company policies, ensuring effective use of time and resources.
- Prepare, collect, and curate content on behalf of leaders in partnership with key stakeholders, including drafting and editing written communications that reflect the appropriate tone and context.
- Identify and optimize cross-team processes and procedures, driving improvements that increase efficiency and scale for the leadership team and broader organization.

A day in the life
Your morning might begin by reviewing your leaders' upcoming week, adjusting priorities and resolving scheduling conflicts before they surface. By midday, you could be coordinating logistics for an upcoming team offsite while preparing briefing materials for a leadership review. You'll partner closely with other executive assistants and cross-functional teams to keep projects on track, follow up on open action items, and ensure nothing falls through the cracks. You'll also find opportunities to mentor fellow administrative professionals and contribute to organizational planning efforts.
managing complex calendars across global time zones, coordinating high-stakes meetings, and handling confidential information with discretion. .

About the team
Alexa Connections is a highly distributed team across six Amazon approved sites. We have industry experts in real time communications, computer vision, media processing, consumer facing UX. Our team values collaboration, knowledge sharing, and mentorship. We support one another across experience levels and are committed to building an inclusive environment where every team member can grow professionally. You'll work alongside leaders and peers who value your perspective and trust you to help shape how the organization operates.
We're focused on continuously improving how we work together and have lots of fun while building a product billions of our users love. You will constantly help us foster a culture where everyone can do their best work.



, and your contributions will play a key role in driving that progress. If you're excited about partnering with senior leaders and making a tangible difference in how a team runs, we'd love to hear from you.

Basic Qualifications

- 5+ years of senior level leadership support, or 3+ years of Amazon experience
- Experience with Microsoft Office products and applications
- Experience with domestic or international travel coordination
- High school or equivalent diploma
- Experience with executive level calendar management

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in a fast-paced, high-tech company
- Experience leading process improvements
- Experience designing processes to maximize efficiency
- Experience working with large global teams

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.