Executive Assistant

Location: New York

Role Purpose The Executive Assistant (EA) is the ultimate operational anchor, strategic gatekeeper, and trusted extension of our CEO. In a high-velocity professional services firm, the CEO’s time and focus are finite, high-leverage assets. This role serves as a driving, highly adaptable operational engine; converting fast-paced, high-level vision into structured systems, repeatable workflows, and organized knowledge sharing across the firm.

Rather than reacting to tasks or following a rigid administrative playbook, this person operates with a high-action, highly structured posture. You will thrive in ambiguity, navigate daily schedule pivots effortlessly, and act as a decisive gatekeeper. While deeply embedded with the CEO, you will work seamlessly across the broader team to intercept routine requests, streamline search communications, manage executive presence and events, and protect our CEO’s strategic focus so they can lead at their highest level.

While this role primarily supports the CEO, it is intentionally designed to extend beyond a traditional one-to-one support model. As part of Oxeon’s centralized EA team, this person operates with a “CEO +” mindset: owning the day-to-day operational cadence while also contributing to cross-office coverage, firmwide event execution, and broader platform effectiveness. Core Responsibilities & Accountabilities Strategic Gatekeeping & Time Leverage Proactive Schedule Architecture:
Proactively manage and safeguard the CEO’s focus blocks across an active Board and Committee calendar, client engagements, and industry events to maximize executive market impact. Communication & Search Interception:
Intercept and filter incoming requests across Slack, email, and meeting inquiries to relieve the CEO from routine pings, providing leverage on active executive searches. Discretion & Confidentiality:
Serve as a discrete vault—holding sensitive information close to the vest and using C-suite access purely for operational leverage, never office politics. Operationalizing Vision & Workflow Management Idea-to-Process Translation:
Capture rapid executive vision and fast-paced priorities, translating them into concrete action items, structured workflows, and cross-team knowledge sharing. Meeting Governance & Open-Loop Closure:
Attend key leadership and cross-functional meetings to track commitments, drive readouts, and ensure critical follow-ups reach completion. Ruthless Prioritization & Sounding Board:
Act as a trusted partner who respectfully pushes back when schedule overloads or competing demands conflict with core Oxeon priorities. Frame choices around leverage, speed, and strategic impact. Executive Presence & Event Management End-to-End Event Ownership:
Drive seamless execution for conferences, panel appearances, industry sponsor ships, and key executive engagements—a significant and growing part of the firm's market footprint. CRM Mastery & Data Hygiene Platform Mastery:
Own real-time data integrity within Recruiter Flow (CRM), tracking business development pipelines, logging key interactions, and mining contact data ahead of external touchpoints Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) & Success Metrics Calendar Optimization (Critical):
Zero high-priority calendar conflicts; maintaining designated strategic focus blocks aligned with executive goals. Open-Loop Closure: 100% accountability on action items resulting from leadership meetings, converting implicit executive direction into shared organizational knowledge. Event Execution Accuracy:
Zero major errors across high-profile external conferences, panel appearances, and board/committee commitments. Team Utility & Coverage:
Active participation in the centralized EA ecosystem, measured by seamless out-of-office coverage execution and positive cross-functional collaboration. Ideal Candidate Profile & Mindset Core Behavioral Capabilities: Action-Oriented & Decisive:
You default to action, hold firm operational boundaries, and handle high-urgency moments with poise and authority. Process-Minded & Systems-Focused:
You naturally create order out of chaos—building organized tracking systems, maintaining tight…