Executive Assistant to Product & Engineering
Plaid offers a platform that enables applications to connect with users' bank accounts, facilitating a wide range of financial services. They provide tools for payments, personal finance management, credit, and more, serving clients like Moneybox, Western Union, and Affirm. Their core product is an API that provides access to a vast network of financial institutions, allowing developers to build financial products and services.
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About Plaid
Plaid is a financial technology company that enables applications to connect with users' bank accounts. It allows consumers and businesses to interact with their bank accounts, check balances, and make payments through other financial technology applications. Plaid's network connects to over 12,000 financial institutions across 20 markets, serving a global user base of over 100 million. The company provides APIs for developers to build solutions for personal financial management, credit, payments, business finances, iGaming, and property management. Key products include Auth for account verification, Link for connecting accounts, Transactions for accessing financial data, Balance for real-time checks, Assets for verifying assets, and Identity for user verification. Plaid focuses on increasing conversion, fighting fraud, and providing clean, organized financial data for smarter underwriting and other financial services.
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About the Role
You will play a crucial role in enhancing the productivity and operational efficiency of our leaders and their teams. Success in this fast-paced environment requires exceptional organization, proactive problem-solving, and strategic priority management. You will bring precision and discretion to a dynamic setting while supporting multiple Product and Engineering leaders and their teams.
Requirements
- 1-3 years of experience providing administrative or project support, preferably in a fast-paced technology or high-growth environment
- Experience directly supporting Directors, Senior Managers, or similar high-level team leads
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and exhibits a strong sense of ownership
- A motivated and resourceful self-starter who can fearlessly execute and navigate through ambiguity and think on their feet
- Agility and flexibility to quickly respond to changing priorities and proactivity in anticipating the needs of others
- A high degree of emotional intelligence coupled with excellent communication skills (both verbal and written)
- Proven ability to build strong partnerships and provide reliable, consistent support to colleagues and partners across the organization
Responsibilities
- Provide executive and administrative support to 3-4 Product and Engineering leaders/teams
- Efficiently manage and own complex calendars, scheduling, and logistics for leaders
- Partner closely with leaders and teams both internally and externally, with composure and discretion
- Coordinate internal meetings and ensure agendas are tracked and action items are circulated and followed up on
- Execute cross-functional projects, including drafting team-wide communications and managing logistics for All Hands and internal events
- Manage complex travel arrangements and coordination
- Own end-to-end planning, vendor management, and execution of onsites and team events
- Provide budget oversight and manage expenses across teams
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Equity