Executive Administrative Business Partner to Chief Administrative Officer

We are seeking an experienced, highly trusted Executive Administrative Business Partner to support the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO). This role operates at the heart of the C-suite and plays a critical role in enabling the effectiveness of the Chief Administrative Officer, whose portfolio includes CAO Finance, Enterprise Consulting and Program Management, Enterprise Technology, Human Resources, Marketing, and Operations. This role is critical to the effectiveness, focus, and operating rhythm of the CAO and requires a professional who operates as a true thought partner-anticipating needs, protecting priorities, and enabling executive success at scale.

The Executive Administrative Business Partner works independently and proactively to drive board and committee processes, executive communications, and cross-enterprise coordination, including complex calendaring. Success in this role requires the ability to inspire confidence through clarity, composure, and authenticity; exercising exceptional judgment; solving complex problems; and filtering noise to ensure the right information and stakeholders reach the CAO at the right time.

This role reflects the spirit of the Office of the CAO-combining expertise and care while operating with a customer-focused mindset that connects daily work to Securian's broader purpose.

• Provide support for board-level and executive committee processes, including HR, compensation, and other governance-related meetings.
• Coordinate preparation of materials, agendas, pre-reads, and logistics for board and senior leadership meetings.
• Partner closely with internal stakeholders to ensure accurate, timely, and well-organized materials that support executive decision-making.
• Maintain strict confidentiality and exercise sound judgment when handling sensitive information.

• Perform advanced, diversified administrative responsibilities requiring critical thinking, discretion, and enterprise knowledge.
• Identify inefficiencies and apply a process-improvement mindset to streamline workflows, communications, and meeting structures.
• Troubleshoot issues independently, anticipating downstream impacts and resolving challenges before they escalated.
• Serve as a trusted resource to the CAO and senior leaders by listening to needs, synthesizing information, and proposing practical solutions.

• Serve as a strategic partner to the CAO by optimizing calendar strategy, protecting focus time, and proactively prioritizing high-value engagements that enable enterprise-level decision-making.
• Act as a trusted gatekeeper by anticipating priorities, analyzing meeting cadence, filtering and redirecting requests, managing tradeoffs, and independently adjusting priorities to ensure the CAO remains focused on the most critical work.

• Draft, edit, and distribute high-impact communications on behalf of the CAO to internal and external audiences.
• Build strong, credible relationships across the enterprise, leveraging institutional knowledge to connect people, ideas, and priorities.
• Coordinate with executive administrative business partners, office of the CEO, and senior leaders to ensure alignment and seamless execution.

• Coordinate executive-level meetings, leadership forums, and select enterprise initiatives.
• Support onboarding of senior leaders and key team members to ensure a consistent and high-quality executive experience.
• Act as a liaison for facilities, technology, and administrative processes, recommending enhancements where appropriate.

• Extensive experience providing high-level executive support to senior leaders in a complex, fast-paced organization.
• Demonstrates a strong customer-focused mindset, approaching internal and external stakeholders with professionalism, care, responsiveness, and a commitment to service excellence.
• Demonstrated ability to operate with autonomy, discretion, and sound judgment while handling highly confidential and time-sensitive matters.
• Exceptional organizational, planning, and prioritization skills with the ability to manage competing demands.
• Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and process-improvement capabilities.
• Proven ability to manage executive time strategically, including calendar analysis, prioritization, and delegation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the confidence to engage effectively with senior leaders and boards.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a service-oriented mindset, balanced with the confidence to set boundaries and push back when needed.

Securian Financial believes in hybrid work as an integral part of our culture, offering associates the opportunity to collaborate in person while maintaining flexibility when possible. For this Executive Administrative Business Partner role, the position will follow a Monday through Thursday onsite…