Executive Assistant

Job Title: Executive Assistant Job Description
This role serves as a trusted administrative partner and operational point of coordination for the Global Molecular/LTG Division President and assigned senior leaders. The Executive Assistant is expected to anticipate needs, manage complex priorities across time zones, protect executive time, ensure timely follow-up on commitments, and represent the division with professionalism, discretion, and sound judgment. The role requires strong executive presence, proactive problem solving, confidentiality, and the ability to coordinate effectively with internal and external stakeholders, vendors, and executive offices globally.
Responsibilities
- Provide high-level administrative support for the President, Global Molecular/LTG Division, and additional executives including senior Vice President, Molecular Manufacturing and Industrial Operations, Vice President, North America Human Resources and Global Molecular/LTG Division, and senior Director, Molecular/LTG Division FP&A Controller.
- Anticipate the needs of the Division President and other assigned division SLT leaders regarding tasks, scheduling, travel arrangements, domestic and international flights, accommodations, and other itinerary details.
- Coordinate meetings, reserve conference rooms, prioritize functions and appointments, and ensure meetings, presentation deadlines, and other duties for the Division President and assigned executives are completed seamlessly.
- Manage complex calendars across multiple time zones, proactively resolve scheduling conflicts, identify priority tradeoffs, and escalate urgent matters appropriately.
- Use independent business and administrative judgment in key areas to support the Division President and assigned executives.
- Perform general administrative duties, including facilitating communication, planning events (e.g., business meetings and global town halls), distributing information, drafting agendas, and executing executive-level documents.
- Prepare agendas, briefing materials, meeting notes, action-item trackers, and follow-up communications for division leadership meetings, town halls, offsites, executive visits, and cross-functional leadership sessions.
- Use independent judgment to prepare reports and correspondence for the Division President and assigned executives.
- Exhibit a professional demeanor and appropriately represent the executive department.
- File, maintain, and effectively manage corporate documents as corporate custodian, as applicable.
- Coordinate travel and maintain calendars for the Division President and assigned executives.
- Interact professionally with executives, the Corporate Executive Leadership Team, and staff.
- Coordinate with vendors and service providers for supplies, meeting logistics, event support, catering, travel-related needs, and other approved administrative goods and/or services for the Division SLT, in accordance with company policies and delegated authority limits.
- Collect and prepare information for use in discussions or meetings with executive staff and external stakeholders.
- Prepare presentation materials for corporate headquarters and Board of Directors meetings, as requested.
- Maintain confidentiality and discretion when handling sensitive information.
- Handle special projects to support the division SLT.
- Manage stakeholders and events for town halls.
- Provide global executive support for C levels out of Italy.
Essential Skills
- At least 6 years of prior experience in administrative or executive support, including 4 years supporting corporate executives or senior leadership.
- 5+ years of experience supporting executive leadership.
- 5+ years of experience working independently in a fast-paced environment with rapidly changing priorities.
- 2+ years of experience working in a global or multinational company and coordinating with other leadership or executive assistants in other countries.
- Strong calendaring and scheduling experience.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
- Business professional writing and verbal communication skills.
- Executive presence, sound judgment, discretion, and ability to represent senior leaders professionally with internal and external stakeholders.
- Proactive problem solving, anticipatory support, strong follow-through, and ability to manage ambiguity and changing priorities.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience coordinating executive meetings, leadership offsites, town halls, complex domestic/international travel, confidential materials, expense reporting, procurement requests, or vendor coordination.
- Experience in the medical device or medtech industry.
- Experience with direct reports.
- Experience with top-level executive suite.
- Bilingual in Italian preferred, but other languages such as Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese (Mandarin), or German are also advantageous.
- Ability and interest in using basic/core AI applications, such as Copilot.
Work Environment
The role requires onsite work at the office with flexibility in work schedule. It involves managing the pressure of meeting tight deadlines and frequent work in a high-stress environment with direct contact with others. The position offers a steady, consistent role with a long-term opportunity.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Austin, TX.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $40.00 - $55.00/hr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:

Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Austin,TX.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Oct 2, 2026.

About Aston Carter

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service.

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