Executive Assistant

Executive Assistant

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

We are seeking a highly experienced Executive Assistant to provide strategic administrative and operational support to our EVP, Hybrid Cloud & OCTO. This role requires exceptional judgment, advanced calendar and travel management, meeting facilitation, and the ability to synthesize complex information for executive decision-making. The successful candidate will be a proactive, organized partner who improves executive effectiveness and drives operational excellence.

• Operates in a fast-paced, high-complexity executive environment, serving as a trusted extension of the EVP, Hybrid Cloud & OCTO.
• Provides strategic and tactical administrative support, including oversight of calendar management, executive scheduling, travel, expenses, reporting inputs, and executive presentation development.
• Proactively manages competing priorities and advises the EVP on time allocation, ensuring alignment to business priorities and leadership commitments.
• Anticipates needs, identifies conflicts, and resolves issues independently, exercising sound judgment and discretion.
• Interfaces with senior leaders (EVPs, SVPs) and external partners, managing sensitive communications and relationships on behalf of the EVP.
• Aligns across functions to ensure seamless coordination of executive priorities, operating rhythms, and cross-functional deliverables.
• Ensures preparedness of materials, participants, and logistics for executive meetings; drives tracking of key actions, decisions, and follow-ups to completion.
• Coordinates administrative work across the organization, including collaboration with other departments, divisions, and partner entities.
• Handles highly confidential, sensitive business and personnel information with integrity and discretion.
• Ensures compliance with corporate policies, procedures, and governance standards, exercising sound judgment in managing reputational and operational risk.
• Leverages digital tools (e.g., collaboration platforms, reporting tools, AI assistants) to increase efficiency, visibility, and decision support.
• Streamlines administrative processes and continuously improves workflows to enhance effectiveness and scalability of executive support.
• Provides guidance, mentorship, and coordination for administrative staff supporting the EVP's organization, ensuring consistency, quality, and accountability of outputs.
• Accountable for the accuracy, completeness, and quality of all materials, communications, and coordination performed on behalf of the EVP.

Required Qualifications

• 9+ years progressive executive administrative experience.
• Demonstrated experience supporting senior executives or board leadership and managing high-stakes priorities.
• Advanced calendar & travel management, including international travel logistics. Expert meeting facilitation experience.
• Adoption of AI (GenAI, Agentic AI) to modernize work streams in addition to new technologies.
• Strong written and verbal communication, superior attention to detail, and ability to synthesize complex material.
• High emotional intelligence and proven ability to build trusted relationships across levels.
• Ability to prioritize and work needs with a high level of agility to meet the ever-changing demands or conflicting priorities.
• Demonstrated discretion, professionalism, and commitment to confidentiality.

Preferred Attributes

• Strategic, proactive problem solver who anticipates needs and drives outcomes.
• Strong project management capability and comfort managing ambiguous, fast-paced priorities.

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.