Executive Assistant to the COO APAC Operations
Verda is a Helsinki-headquartered full-stack AI cloud provider offering on-demand GPU compute, clusters, serverless containers, storage, APIs, and related AI infrastructure.
Funding history
About Verda
Formerly DataCrunch, Verda operates European AI cloud infrastructure for the full AI lifecycle, from prototyping and distributed model training to scalable inference. It manages data-center infrastructure, hardware, cloud-platform services, and an in-house AI Lab.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will serve as the COO's APAC operational partner. You will manage calendars, meeting flow, priorities, engagement preparation, follow-up, and stakeholder coordination across APAC. You will work closely with a peer executive assistant, document decisions, support reports and presentations, and travel across APAC to support the COO.
Requirements
- Three to six years supporting C-suite or VP-level leaders in international environments
- Fluency in English and professional proficiency in Korean, Japanese, or Mandarin Chinese
- Experience managing executive calendars, meeting preparation, and multi-stakeholder coordination across time zones
- Experience working with a peer executive assistant or support function
- Familiarity with Korean, Japanese, or Chinese business norms
- Ability to travel across APAC without restriction
- Right to work in the base country
- Discretion with sensitive information
Responsibilities
- Manage the COO's APAC-facing calendar, meeting flow, and daily priorities
- Prepare agendas, pre-reads, briefing notes, context summaries, and follow-up tracking
- Coordinate priorities, context, and handoffs with the peer executive assistant
- Act as an English and APAC-language interface for stakeholders, partners, and vendors
- Document meeting decisions and actions and drive commitments to closure
- Support APAC reporting and presentation work
- Travel across APAC to support the COO on site
Benefits
- Cash and equity compensation
- Fringe benefits