Senior Executive Assistant (12 month FTC)

Skyscanner

Skyscanner

Administration
London, UK · Edinburgh, UK
Posted 6+ months ago

Skyscanner’s Executive Support team is currently looking for an experienced Senior Executive Assistant to join their team and support our Executive leadership. In this dynamic and fast-paced role, your ability to anticipate needs, think critically, and handle sensitive matters with professionalism and discretion will be key to your success. We’re looking for a self-starter who takes initiative, thrives under pressure, and is always looking for ways to streamline operations and boost impact

If you're a natural organiser who thrives on helping others stay on top of their game, we want to hear from you.

What You’ll Do:

  • Executive Support: Provide high-level calendar and diary management for the Executive team — prioritising requests, resolving scheduling conflicts, and making strategic decisions to ensure optimal use of time.
  • Travel Coordination: Independently manage complex travel arrangements including booking flights, accommodations, processing visas, and preparing detailed itineraries.
  • Meeting & Event Management: Organise and manage logistics for internal and external meetings, including preparing agendas, formatting documents, taking minutes, and ensuring follow-up on action items.
  • Expense & Email Management: Process expense reports and manage email correspondence, flagging urgent messages and helping prioritise responses.
  • Team Support: Facilitate team events and offsite days — from venue bookings and travel arrangements to agenda preparation and on-the-day coordination.
  • Business Operations: Help set the cadence for leadership team operations, ensuring meetings are purposeful, follow-ups are tracked, and strategic priorities stay on course.

About You:

  • A self-starter with exceptional organisational and time-management skills.
  • A proactive force with a strategic edge — You anticipate needs, are confident in your decisions & quick to take initiative — always looking for opportunities to streamline operations and drive meaningful impact
  • An excellent communicator, able to build strong relationships and liaise confidently with senior stakeholders.
  • Comfortable juggling multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment.
  • Tech-savvy with strong attention to detail and a solutions-focused mindset.
  • Trusted to handle confidential information with integrity and discretion.
  • Passionate about continuous improvement and delivering exceptional support.
  • You thrive in a collaborative, high-energy environment and bring a positive, can-do attitude to your work.

Join us and play a critical role in keeping our leadership team focused, informed, and ready for whatever comes next.