Executive Assistant

Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through our portfolio of iconic products. For advertisers, Yahoo Advertising offers omnichannel solutions and powerful data to engage with our brands and deliver results.

At Yahoo, the Executive Assistant team is a trusted operational partner to senior leaders — orchestrating schedules, priorities, and communications across a global organization to keep initiatives moving with precision. The team coordinates complex meetings, candidate interviews, and high-visibility events, ensuring end-to-end logistics, clear stakeholder communication, and a seamless experience for all participants.

In this role, you’ll partner closely with a senior Engineering leader, supporting fast-moving technical teams and helping drive execution across key initiatives. You’ll anticipate needs, manage shifting priorities, and ensure the executive’s time and focus are spent on the highest-impact work.

You’ll also join a collaborative and well-connected EA community that shares knowledge and best practices — with strong operational support from Yahoo’s centralized admin network. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced professional who thrives in dynamic environments, values proactive organization, and enjoys being a strategic right hand within a fast-evolving company.

Responsibilities

• Calendar & Meeting Management: Maintain full ownership of executive calendars — scheduling and confirming meetings, reviewing agendas, securing meeting spaces, and ensuring executives are well-prepared.

• Travel Coordination: Arrange complex domestic and international travel, including visas, itineraries, accommodations, and logistics.

• Expense & Financial Management: Track and process travel expenses, reimbursements, credits, and financial reconciliations through internal systems. Manage invoicing and associated purchase requisitions.

• Collaboration: Serve as an important liaison between executives, company partners, and external partners to facilitate workflow.

• Office & Facilities Support: Coordinate IT and facilities requests, manage procurement processes, and ensure smooth operational support.

• Event Logistics: Assist with logistics for team meetings and events on an ad-hoc basis.

• Documentation: Help with creating documents, meeting notes and action items.

• Admin community: Work with the broader admin team to provide coverage, support the in-office presence and assist with miscellaneous office planning.

Qualifications

• 7 years + experience as an Executive Assistant supporting senior leadership in a corporate or transformation environment; experience supporting executives in a technical field preferred

• Organization and managerial mindset

• Proactive and collaborative 

• Experience handling confidential information in a professional setting

• Advanced in Google Office tools and familiarity with tools like Concur, Oracle and other operational management systems.

• Experience managing travel logistics and processing expense reports

• Knowledge of procurement and office management processes

• Experience with event planning and/or project management

The material job duties and responsibilities of this role include those listed above as well as adhering to Yahoo policies; exercising sound judgment; working effectively, safely and inclusively with others; exhibiting trustworthiness and meeting expectations; and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity.

At Yahoo, we offer flexible hybrid work options that our employees love! While most roles don’t require regular office attendance, you may occasionally be asked to attend in-person events or team sessions. You’ll always get notice to make arrangements. Your recruiter will let you know if a specific job requires regular attendance at a Yahoo office or facility. If you have any questions about how this applies to the role, just ask the recruiter!

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form (www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html) or call +1.866.772.3182. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace strengthens Yahoo and deepens our relationships. When you support everyone to be their best selves, they spark discovery, innovation and creativity. Among other efforts, our 11 employee resource groups (ERGs) enhance a culture of belonging with programs, events and fellowship that help educate, support and create a workplace where all feel welcome.

The compensation for this position ranges from $65,625.00 - $136,875.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience.The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions. Our comprehensive benefits include healthcare, a great 401k, backup childcare, education stipends and much (much) more.

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