We are looking for an organized and proactive Executive Assistant to join the WW Operations Legal team. Are you always looking around corners and anticipating needs? Do you believe details matter? Do you want to support a highly engaged team and learn more about the Legal team at Amazon and the work we do for customers? Do you have a sense of team spirit and fun that energizes others?
This role will support a Vice President and her leadership team and work alongside a stellar team of administrative and legal professionals. Responsibilities for this position include a can do and positive attitude, strong inclination to own, willingness to take a leadership role within the team and help motivate team members, propensity to think and plan ahead and manage time effectively, capacity to attend to the details while keeping the broader picture in mind, and ability to employ mechanisms to communicate information out to team members. Other primary responsibilities include:
Amazon is a leader in global e-commerce and WW Operations enables us to delivery for our customers. Our innovative technologies change the way people find, discover and buy products and services. Developing innovative solutions to novel legal questions is part of our daily business. And we need the support of strong administrative professionals to do it!
The role reports to the VP and Associate General Counsel for Sustainability, Procurement, Real Estate, and Regulatory who oversees a team of approximately 60 legal professionals.
This role requires five (5) days a week in office.
Key job responsibilities
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Managing complex calendars and meeting scheduling with diplomacy and discretion.
• Organizing, executing, and assisting with team activities, including off sites.
• Coordinating closely with other Executive Assistants within the Amazon community.
• Helping other leaders on the team with administrative tasks, as needed.
• Ad hoc special projects.
A day in the life
- Calendar management for VP
- Offsite and group meeting support
- Team building activities
- Attending and supporting team leadership meetings
- Legal-wide admin support when needed
- Ad hoc support as needed with the ability to continually learn new areas
About the team
This role will support a team of legal professionals providing counsel to a broad range of business partners that support key functions within Amazon. Each of the businesses we support in turn provide cross-functional support for Amazon. These businesses include the Company-wide and global Sustainability, Real Estate and Procurement functions as well as several compliance teams that mainly support our WW Operations, including our Workplace Health and Safety, Trade, Environmental, and Food Safety organizations. The work we do is varied and pivotal to the functioning of Amazon. We take our work very serious but have a lot of fun doing it and learning new things everyday.
*Team Culture*
Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences.
*Work/Life Balance*
Our team also puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here, which is why we aren’t focused on how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead, we’re happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced life—both in and outside of work.
*Mentorship and Career Growth*
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.
