Executive Assistant to CCO
About the role
The Executive Assistant to the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) serves as a highly trusted strategic partner responsible for maximizing the effectiveness of the Commercial organization. This role provides executive-level administrative, operational, and project support while managing critical priorities, driving cross-functional collaboration, and ensuring the successful execution of key business initiatives. Acting as an extension of the CCO, the Executive Assistant exercises sound judgment, anticipates needs, manages complex workflows, and cultivates strong relationships across the organization. Success in this role requires exceptional organizational skills, business acumen, executive presence, discretion, and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
This is more than an Executive Assistant position. It is an opportunity to become a strategic business partner to a key executive, helping drive organizational alignment, operational excellence, and commercial success while influencing outcomes across the company. The ideal candidate thrives on ownership, anticipates opportunities before they arise, and enjoys making leaders and teams more effective.
Responsibilities
- Executive Partnership & Leadership Support: Manage the CCO’s calendar, priorities, meetings, travel, and communications to maximize executive effectiveness; serve as a trusted advisor and strategic partner, anticipating needs and proactively managing competing priorities; represent the CCO professionally in interactions with customers, partners, vendors, distributors, and internal stakeholders; exercise independent judgment in prioritizing requests, resolving scheduling conflicts, and managing routine matters on behalf of the CCO; provide administrative and coordination support to the Commercial Leadership Team.
- Strategic Projects & Business Operations: Coordinate and track strategic initiatives, ensuring accountability, visibility, and timely completion of deliverables; facilitate collaboration across Sales, Marketing, Service, Software, Purchasing, Finance, and other business functions; support change management, organizational initiatives, and continuous improvement efforts; prepare executive dashboards, KPI reports, business reviews, and presentations to support decision-making; monitor action items, key milestones, and organizational priorities while ensuring appropriate follow-up; manage the company fleet of vehicles, including coordinating employee usage and scheduling routine maintenance, repairs, and required service appointments.
- Communication & Relationship Management: Serve as a primary liaison between the CCO and internal teams, customers, global colleagues, and external business partners; facilitate effective communication, information sharing, and alignment throughout the Commercial organization; prepare, review, and distribute professional correspondence, presentations, reports, and