Senior Executive Assistant

About the Role

This is a career-level opportunity for an accomplished senior administrative professional who wants to work at the center of a highly visible, ambitious, and growing institution. We are hiring a Senior Executive Coordinator to manage the daily execution behind Chancellor Daniel Diermeier's complex schedule, travel, meetings, correspondence, and priorities. You will work closely with the Executive Director and other senior members of the Chancellor's Office, helping coordinate the people, information, preparation, and logistics behind some of Vanderbilt's most important work. This role offers exposure to university leaders, trustees, donors, government officials, corporate executives, media organizations, and other influential stakeholders. You will also support a Chancellor whose work extends far beyond a traditional university setting and includes national media, public policy, philanthropy, business, and Vanderbilt's continued expansion into new markets.

What Makes This Role Different

This is not basic calendar management. You will be trusted to understand context, protect time, resolve conflicts, identify missing information, anticipate what comes next, and make sound decisions within established guidelines. You will help turn major priorities into organized daily execution while becoming part of an experienced, collaborative team building a stronger executive-office structure for Vanderbilt's future.

You May Be a Strong Fit If You

• Have significant experience supporting a CEO, president, chancellor, public figure, or other highly visible senior executive
• Know how to manage a demanding, frequently changing calendar with confidence and judgment
• Can coordinate complex domestic and international travel
• Are calm, discreet, polished, and appropriately assertive
• Communicate comfortably with senior executives and other high-level stakeholders
• See problems early and solve them without creating additional noise
• Are highly skilled in Outlook and comfortable adopting AI and other evolving technology
• Want meaningful work, high-level exposure, and the opportunity to contribute to something bigger

Compensation and Benefits

Vanderbilt offers competitive compensation based on the scope and seniority of the role, along with an exceptional benefits package that includes:

• Medical, prescription, dental, and vision coverage beginning on the hire date
• A 403(b) retirement plan with university matching contributions
• Paid time off
• Life and disability insurance
• Tuition assistance for the employee and up to three dependents
• Wellness and professional-development resources

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• Substantial executive-level support experience
• This is a full-time, on-campus role in Nashville