Executive Business Partner

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Cook up and support project based initiatives across Human Resources, Legal, Finance, and Corporate Development.
• Ensure project outcomes align with the executive’s goals, organizational strategy, and annual operating plans.
• Conduct research, collect, and analyze data to support executive decision making and strategic initiatives.
• Build dashboards, trackers, and reporting tools to provide the executive with visibility into project health, risks, and dependencies.
• Lead and support cross-functional initiatives, tracking progress, surfacing risks, and driving accountability across teams to ensure milestones and deliverables are met.
• Liaise effectively with internal stakeholders at all organizational levels and maintain strong working relationships with external partners, vendors, and advisors.
• Aid with anything related to Investor Relations, screen emails and calls, take and deliver accurate messages to appropriate staff, assist with conference prep, and handle trip logistics.
• Maintain and refine operational processes, recommending and implementing solutions that enhance efficiency, communication flow, and executive productivity.
• Manage complex and dynamic executive calendars, proactively assessing priorities, anticipating conflicts, and ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
• Serve as a gatekeeper for executive communications, prioritizing, monitoring, and responding to emails, calls, and correspondence with professionalism and discretion.
• Oversee domestic and international travel logistics, meeting preparation, and briefing materials to ensure the executive is fully prepared for all engagements.
• Submit executive expense reports on time.
• Perform additional duties and special projects as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, Competencies, and Abilities

• Demonstrates exceptional professionalism, discretion, and confidentiality, particularly when supporting HR, Legal, and Finance leadership.
• Strong analytical, reasoning, and critical thinking abilities.
• Strategic thinking and the ability to understand business context, anticipate needs, and proactively solve problems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with executive presence.
• Hightly organized with strong time management, prioritization, and multitasking capabilities.
• High emotional intelligence, relationship-building capability, and the ability to establish trust at all levels of the organization.
• Adaptable and proactive in a dynamic, fast changing business environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities with poise and sound judgment.
• Service oriented mindset with a continuous improvement orientation and the ability to lead operational efficiency enhancements.
• Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Outlook; experience creating executive and board level materials.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) or an equivalent combination of education, industry certifications, and experience.
• 10+ years of experience collaborating with and supporting multiple senior leadership, preferably in HR, Legal, Finance, or Corporate environments.
• Demonstrated success in roles that require both administrative excellence and strategic partnership elements (e.g., project management, operations coordination).
• Active North Carolina Notary Public certification (or ability to obtain promptly).