Executive Assistant

About the role

To support the teams working on our exciting projects, we are looking for an Executive Assistant. This role is remote, based in California or Washington, and intentionally combines the breadth of a traditional Administrative Assistant position with the depth, judgment, and proactive partnership of a senior Executive Assistant. It supports two Partners in a global consulting environment by ensuring operational excellence, disciplined priority management, and reliable follow-through across client work, business development, firm leadership, and recruiting. The role goes beyond task execution; you will serve as a high‑trust extension of the Partners, bringing order, clarity, and foresight to a fast‑moving environment so the Partners can stay focused on high‑impact work. Simon‑Kucher is a global consultancy with more than 2,200 employees in 30+ countries, focused on unlocking better growth that drives measurable revenue and profit for clients by optimizing every lever of their commercial strategy – product, price, innovation, marketing, and sales – based on deep insights into what customers want and value. With 40 years of experience in monetization topics, we are regarded as the world’s leading pricing and growth specialist.

Responsibilities

• Executive Support: Manage Partners’ calendars and inboxes around strategic priorities, proactively resolving conflicts and prioritizing communications; Prepare Partners for key meetings with the right context, materials, and pre‑reads; Track priorities, deadlines, decisions, and commitments to ensure consistent follow‑through and early risk identification.
• Meeting & Project Coordination: Coordinate internal and external meetings, calls, and events from planning through follow‑up; Lead ad hoc projects and process improvements that increase efficiency and responsiveness.
• Client & Business Development Support: Support client‑facing work through scheduling, CRM updates, contracts, travel, gifting, and other logistics; Maintain client and prospect information and opportunity pipelines to support business development; Coordinate marketing and profile‑building initiatives, including conferences, webinars, white papers, outreach, and content.
• Cross‑Functional Operations: Coordinate with Partners, firm leadership, clients, and external partners across countries and time zones; Partner with Legal, HR, Marketing, IT, Operations, Finance, and Accounts Payable on business needs, budgets, and expenses; Provide backup support for other assistants and contribute to office initiatives and continuous improvement.
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