Executive Assistant- Network & Infrastructure Strategy
at Cloudflare
Hybrid
At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.
We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills, and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare. Come join us!
Available Locations: Austin, TX
About the role
At Cloudflare, we have a big vision: to help build a better Internet. We’re looking for a bright, proactive, and detail-oriented Executive Assistant to support our VP of Capacity Planning and Infrastructure and our VP of Infrastructure - Network Strategy.
In this role, you aren’t just managing a calendar; you are the "central point person" ensuring our leaders stay organized, prioritized, and productive as we scale. This requires a seasoned professional who understands the importance of the EA role in supporting our leaders and prides themselves on building the internal and external relationships necessary to get things done.
What You’ll Do
- Strategic Gatekeeping: Strategically plan long-term calendars with minimal direction, aligning schedules with business priorities. You’ll "play Tetris" with global time zones, prioritizing with purpose and deflecting with tact.
- Operational Excellence: Own all travel and logistics—both domestic and international—optimizing for the executive’s time and cost. You’ll handle expense reports through Navan and ensure every detail is secured and up-to-date.
- Project Leadership: Own small-to-medium projects, creating high-quality presentations and spreadsheets. You’ll track action items for recurring meetings (Weekly, Monthly, All Hands) and ensure owners follow through.
- Mission Control: Act as a trusted communicator who understands the "why" behind business priorities. You’ll prepare agendas and data for meetings, ensuring your executives are equipped with everything they need to succeed.
- Team Collaboration: Our EA team has a high degree of camaraderie and so the ideal candidate values partnering closely with their peers and fostering teamwork, helping to make Cloudflare a welcoming, inclusive place for everyone.
Desired Skills and Experience
- Experience: Typically 6+ years of related experience, ideally in a high-growth environment supporting senior leaders.
- Problem Solving: You are a "skilled specialist" who completes complex tasks in resourceful ways. You anticipate logistical needs before they are explicitly stated.
- Communication: Excellent verbal and written skills. You can distill complex information into clear language and share relevant info in a way everyone understands.
- Integrity: You act with a high level of discretion, doing the right thing even when it’s hard and focusing on the long-term best interest of the company.
- Technical Savvy: Expert-level knowledge of Google Suite and major airline platforms.
Mindset: Personable with a "can-do" attitude. You lead with empathy, assume good intentions, and treat everyone with respect.
What Makes Cloudflare Special?
We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.
Project Galileo: Since 2014, we've equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare’s enterprise customers--at no cost.
Athenian Project: In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we've provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.
1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here’s the deal - we don’t store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.
Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you!
This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.
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