Watney
Executive Assistant
San Francisco. Posted 13 months ago
The role
You will support the founding team by managing calendars, inboxes, and travel logistics. You will build organized systems to reduce friction and partner with the Ops Manager on office tasks.
What you will do
- Manage calendaring and scheduling for the founding team
- Identify gaps and build lightweight systems
- Own inbox management and correspondence for the co-founder
- Handle travel logistics including flights, hotels, ground transport, and itineraries
- Plan and coordinate events including team dinners, offsites, and special occasions
- Partner with the Ops Manager on office tasks and facilities logistics
Required qualifications
- Experience as an Executive Assistant or in a similarly operational support role
- Exceptionally organized
- Communicate clearly and discreetly
- Take ownership naturally
- Excited to be in the office five days a week
- Familiar and comfortable with Google Workspace, Slack, Zoom, Notion, and basic spreadsheets, Brex/Ramp
Nice to have
- Experience at a fast-moving startup
- Slides/Canva and Ashby
- Experience with facilities, office management, or food coordination
About the company
Watney builds and deploys autonomous robotic systems for the largest hyperscalers in the world. The team includes the former GSM for the iPhone, the architect of Uber's realtime pricing engine, and the engineer behind the world’s fastest EV racecar at ETH Zurich.