Executive Assistant
Payward, Inc. is a global financial infrastructure company and the parent organization behind Kraken. It provides trading, custody, payments, lending, staking, tokenized assets, derivatives, and market data infrastructure to consumers, professional traders, institutions, enterprises, fintechs, banks, exchanges, asset managers, and onchain platforms.
Funding
Investors
About Payward, Inc.
Payward, Inc. operates a unified financial infrastructure platform powering a portfolio of products including Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, CF Benchmarks, and Payward Services. Its shared architecture provides global liquidity, risk and margin management, collateral and settlement, compliance and licensing, and operational infrastructure across crypto, tokenized assets, and traditional markets. Through Payward Services, the company offers APIs and infrastructure for crypto trading, custody, on/off-ramps, tokenized equities, derivatives, staking and yield, payments, and benchmark data. Payward operates across more than 190 jurisdictions and serves consumers, professional traders, institutional investors, enterprises, fintechs, banks, exchanges, asset managers, and DeFi/onchain protocols.
Skills
About the Role
You will provide high-level administrative support to senior leadership in a Co-CEO leadership model. You will manage complex calendars, meetings, travel, briefing materials, expenses, budgets, projects, events, and team coordination while anticipating needs and resolving issues with minimal direction.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience as an executive assistant, administrative manager, or similar role supporting senior leadership
- Ability to maintain confidentiality, discretion, and professionalism with sensitive information
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities
- Ability to improve processes and remain calm in disorganized situations
- Ability to work with urgency and anticipate subsequent tasks
- Proficiency with Google Suite, Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Suite, and macOS
- Familiarity with communications strategies, executive affairs, and leadership environments
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Flexibility to work across time zones
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Executive Assistants in the CEO office to provide seamless support across leaders
- Build relationships with the broader team and act as a gatekeeper for executives
- Manage complex executive calendars, meetings, logistics, deadlines, and incoming requests
- Prepare briefing materials, agendas, minutes, and records for meetings, speaking events, travel, and key initiatives
- Coordinate domestic and international travel, including aircraft, transportation, accommodations, visas, customs, and private aviation providers
- Monitor travel plans and adjust logistics in response to changing priorities, weather, delays, and unforeseen circumstances
- Coordinate cross-functional projects and events, including timelines, deliverables, stakeholders, security, and events teams
- Track team tasks, budgets, and meeting schedules, and support onboarding for new team members
- Process expense reports, purchase orders, budget reconciliations, receipts, and invoices
Benefits
- Bonus program
- Equity program
- Wellness allowance
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)