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Amazon Executive Assistant, Data Center Planning & Delivery in Dublin, Ireland
Description
At AWS we believe that every day is still day one. A day to take a first step. A day to join a company that redefines itself every day. That’s the energy and passion behind AWS.
As the Executive Assistant (EA) you are responsible for the workflow management of three EMEA AWS Data Center Community Directors. The EA will be working closely with the entire EMEA Leadership team, various business partners in associated departments, as well as other Executive Assistants across the multiple global stakeholder teams within AWS/ Amazon. Our EA's are highly passionate, self-managed and demonstrate initiative and proactively seeking solutions to problems. They learn organisational structures and the objectives of the teams they support, as well as build a strong internal network. Working in a highly ambiguous environment; they are able to change direction quickly attend to various ad hoc administrative tasks and projects.
About AWS
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Work/Life Balance
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AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS)
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.
You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to comp
Key job responsibilities
Complex calendar management, meeting prioritisation, and large-scale meeting coordination across global time zones.
Consolidation and /or preparation of weekly, monthly, and quarterly suite of business reports
Engage and communicate effectively with external contacts/stakeholders in support of AWS deliverables and projects
Mail scanning and processing.
International Travel coordination, itinerary creation, and expense reporting.
Administration of tracking files, as well as document preparation, editing, and review.
Relevant preparation, organisation and collation of papers, and attendance in key meetings, ensuring the correct audience and cadence, tracking responses as well as coordinating relevant documentation and action item follow up.
Project Planning according to Business cycles.
Effectively collaborate with other department leaders including Finance, Safety, HR, Recruitment.
Effective team building capability, whether in person or vitual, working with direct reports and the wider AWS team
Acting as main reference point both in presence and absence of Directors for respective contacts.
Management of team space, including moves and reconfiguration across AWS office locations as required
Logistics management of office equipment, team sponsored company events and activities, including all hands meetings, social events, and planning and review sessions.
Support and administration of recruitment processes where required
Flexibility to travel from time to time to support business goals
About the team
The AWS Data Center Planning & Delivery (DCPD) team is responsible for determining data center capacity that meets our customers’ needs in Cloud Computing around the world. We ensure on-time delivery of all capacity for data centers while maximizing cost efficiency. We’re also responsible for delivering renewable power and sustainable infrastructure programs to support our commitments to The Climate Pledge.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Dublin, D, IRL
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent administrative professional qualification.
5+ years’ experience of administrative, secretarial support for senior leadership level.
Experience working across numerous EMEA locations.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint), SharePoint and Wiki and would consider yourself “tech savvy”
Proven ability to work effectively as part of a team, physically or virtually, building effective working relationships, in a professional manner.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent administrative professional qualification.
A positive work ethic accompanied by a get-it-done attitude.
Sound judgment and flexibility in balancing competing priorities.
Contribute to positive morale by recognising outstanding efforts, collaborating where opportunity arises and have fun at work, encouraging others to do likewise
Strong oral and written communication skills.
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