Executive Assistant, Engineering - SYD

Enterprise Business Services | Sydney, Australia | Full-Time

Working at Atlassian

Atlassian can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity. Assuming you have eligible working rights and a sufficient time zone overlap with your team, you can choose to work remotely or return to an office as they reopen (unless it's necessary for your role to be performed in the office). Interviews and onboarding are conducted virtually, a part of being a distributed-first company.

To help our teams work together effectively, this role requires you to be located in the Australian Eastern time zone.

Your future team

Our Leadership Operations team is a global team of over 60 Executive and Administrative Assistants. Our mission is to Supercharge Atlassian leaders - unleashing their focus and productivity. Teamwork is at the core of everything we do and we work openly and collaboratively across the business.

Are you passionate about the Executive Assistant craft? Do you wish to join a TEAM of administrative professionals who are doing the best work of their lives? If so, this may be the perfect opportunity for you!

Join us. We're hiring an Executive Assistant, to CTO. You are an experienced Executive Assistant with a background in supporting Engineering leaders at scale. You’ll be one of two EA’s supporting Atlassian's CTO. You’ll report into our CTO’s US-based EA.Your future team

What you'll do

• Deliver excellence in all foundational EA tasks - calendar management, email management, travel, expenses, and administration.

• Take direction from your manager on dividing and conquering EA responsibilities to make your leader successful.

• Partner with your leader to manage their time and ensure they're well-prepped for all meetings.

• Partner with the Chief of Staff to stay in rhythm on priorities and actions.

• Be an important bridge between your leader and their teams, quickly building trusted relationships.

• Be a culture hub for our Australia-based CTO organization; bring teams together and be a common thread and connection point.

• Participate in meetings, take notes, and lead action items.

• Run virtual and in-person events.

• Help draft communications on behalf of leaders - including presentations, blogs, emails - and review datasets (ex: engagement surveys) to create insightful reports.

• Lead/participate in ad hoc projects.

Your background

• You have 5+ years demonstrated experience in an Executive Assistant role, supporting senior leaders.

• You play as a team: You have a great sense of TEAM and can easily report into and take direction from your EA team lead.

• You're a strategic partner: You have successfully supported Engineering senior leaders in high-growth technology companies.

• You're a craft expert: You have experience planning remote and in-person events and meetings at scale. You work at speed and navigate new technologies and systems that make work more efficient.

• You can run with direction, and make judgement calls based on data and experience. You're a high performer and keen to drive impact. You have experience managing conflicting priorities and prioritizing demands, you focus on solutions, and are comfortable navigating change and removing blockers.