Executive Assistant, Legal

Come build something that matters. Join our top-notch team of approximately 43,500 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, and HUSTLER®.

About the role

As an Executive Assistant, Legal, you’ll be part of our Legal team working as a hybrid employee.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to VP level leaders of the Legal Department.
• Manage calendars, meeting coordination, travel, and expense reporting across global time zones.
• Coordinate logistics for meetings and prepare materials as needed.
• Prioritize competing requests and ensure timely follow-up.
• Support department meetings, leadership meetings, and team events.
• Coordinate schedules across internal and external stakeholders.
• Assist with onboarding and offboarding activities.
• Maintain organizational charts, distribution lists, and team resources.
• Process invoices, purchase orders, and expense reports.
• Prepare and/or review, route for signatures and file law firm engagement letters.
• Coordinate office and administrative needs for the Legal organization.
• Maintain files, records, and confidential information.
• Support document preparation, formatting, and presentation materials.
• Use approved AI-enabled tools to support drafting, summarization, meeting preparation, document organization, and workflow efficiency, while maintaining appropriate confidentiality and review of AI-assisted outputs.
• Coordinate with IT business partners on technology projects, including gathering requirements, tracking project status, facilitating stakeholder communication, and supporting implementation of tools and process improvements for the Legal Department.
• Build effective working relationships across Legal and partner functions.
• Serve as a point of contact for routine administrative requests.
• Communicate professionally with employees, leaders, and external contacts.
• Exercise discretion when handling sensitive information.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• 5+ years of executive or administrative support experience.
• Experience supporting senior leaders preferred.
• Active notary license or willingness to obtain license.
• Strong organizational and time management skills; process improvement mindset.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to prepare and finalize leader-ready documents, presentations, agendas, and meeting materials.
• Exceptional discretion, professionalism, sound judgment, and ability to prioritize competing senior-level requests in a fast-paced legal environment.
• Professional stakeholder management with senior leaders and external contacts.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and collaboration tools; familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite or similar design/document tools preferred.
• Comfort with ARIBA, Legal Tracker, and other e-billing platforms and enterprise systems, including expense, procurement, matter management, document management platforms.
• Familiarity with industry-recognized Legal technology and contract management platforms following applicable training.
• Proficiency using approved generative AI tools to improve administrative efficiency and work product quality, and identifying process improvements, while exercising sound judgment, confidentiality, and compliance with company policies.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, life, vision, disability insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, and personal days.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Well-being programs and benefits.
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.
• Access to learning resources, including a digital learning portal and Lean Academy.
• Career growth opportunities within a global company with 20+ brands.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $62,200.00 - $100,200.00 annually. The salary offered within the range may vary depending on job level, geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience, and in compliance with local wage requirements. The successful candidate may be eligible for annual merit increases.