Provides high-level administrative and operational support to Product and Engineering leaders, managing complex schedules, coordinating meetings and events, improving workflows, and ensuring priorities and follow-ups stay on track.
Executive Assistant - Japan
π Description
- Manage complex scheduling across senior leaders and stakeholders, prioritizing business impact and protecting leadership focus.
- Coordinate domestic and international travel and manage expenses through Ramp.
- Draft and refine communications, presentations, and leadership updates; summarize meetings and drive follow-ups.
- Keep key GTM meetings, planning cycles, and cross-functional touchpoints on track.
- Partner with Recruiting to coordinate smooth, efficient interview days.
- Plan GTM offsites and events, including venues, hotel contracts, travel, catering, reservations, budgets, and vendors.
π οΈ Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in an Executive Assistant or similar role
- Fluency in both Japanese and English
- Experience supporting senior leaders in a fast-paced, tech-forward environment
- Experience supporting go-to-market (Sales, CS, RevOps, or Field Engineering) teams
- Exceptional business writing skills
- Judgment and prioritization: knowing what matters and acting accordingly, with the assertiveness and confidence to push back to improve outcomes
- High level of organization and attention to detail
- Slack-native, AI-forward working style: comfort in fast, async environments and use of modern tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Notion AI) to move faster and produce higher-quality work
- Growth mindset with a willingness to continuously improve systems and processes
- Hybrid role (Japan)
Full job description
SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today, SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary and expanding consciousness to the stars.
SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. Our teams are building the full Super Intelligence stack: from our Colossus supercomputers, to Grok models, to our suite of applications, including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice, and X. We're creating a powerful flywheel where more compute trains better models, better models power more useful products, and what we learn from people using those products shapes what we build next.
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT - JAPAN
We're hiring an Executive Assistant to support the Japan President. This is a high-impact role focused on enabling clarity, efficiency, and execution across a fast-moving go-to-market organization. The ideal candidate is highly organized, an excellent business writer, and confident enough to actively manage competing priorities across complex calendars and workflows.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Calendar & meeting management: Own complex scheduling across multiple senior leaders and stakeholders; prioritize ruthlessly so time aligns with business impact; push back when needed to protect focus and optimize leadership bandwidth
Travel & expenses: Coordinate domestic and international travel logistics; manage expenses through Ramp with accuracy and timeliness
Business writing: Draft, edit, and refine internal communications, presentations, and leadership updates; help leaders articulate strategy, summarize meetings, and drive follow-ups; bring structure and clarity to ambiguous inputs and fast-moving discussions
GTM operating rhythm: Help keep key meetings, planning cycles, and cross-functional touchpoints on track
Recruiting support: Partner closely with Recruiting to ensure interview days run smoothly and efficiently
Offsites & events: Support offsite planning for the GTM teams, including venue sourcing, hotel contract negotiations, and travel coordination; oversee event catering and restaurant reservations, managing budgets and vendor relationships to deliver seamless team-building experiences
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
6+ years of experience in an Executive Assistant or similar role
Fluency in both Japanese and English
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
Experience supporting senior leaders in a fast-paced, tech-forward environment
Experience supporting go-to-market (Sales, CS, RevOps, or Field Engineering) teams
Exceptional business writing skills
Judgment and prioritization: knowing what matters and acting accordingly, with the assertiveness and confidence to push back to improve outcomes
High level of organization and attention to detail
Slack-native, AI-forward working style: comfort in fast, async environments and use of modern tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Notion AI) to move faster and produce higher-quality work
Growth mindset with a willingness to continuously improve systems and processes
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
Hybrid role (Japan)
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