Executive Assistant

The Executive Assistant plays a pivotal role in enabling senior leadership to operate at peak performance within McLaren Automotive's fast-paced, high-precision environment.

This position provides comprehensive executive support, ensuring the smooth running of daily operations, strategic initiatives, and high-level stakeholder interactions. Acting as a trusted partner to the Executive, the EA anticipates needs, removes obstacles, and creates the organisational clarity required for effective decision-making.

The role demands exceptional professionalism, discretion, and the ability to manage complex priorities with calm efficiency.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare and format documents, presentations, and reports for internal and external use.
• Handle correspondence, including emails, calls, and written communications on behalf of the Exec member.
• Proactively managing complex diaries.
• Acting as a gate-keeper for senior leadership.
• Manage confidential information with discretion.
• Coordinating high-level meetings, including preparing agendas, briefing documents, minute taking and follow-up actions.
• Serve as a trusted partner to executive, anticipating needs and solving issues before they arise.
• Proactively track and manage projects, whilst ensuring deadlines and objectives are met.
• Liaising with internal and external stakeholders to ensure smooth communication.
• Organise events, off-sites and leadership meetings from concept to execution, including venue booking, catering, and technology setup.
• Coordinate travel arrangements, including itineraries and expense management.

What You'll Bring:

• Proven experience as an EA, ideally within a corporate or executive environment.
• Exceptional organisational and time management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• High level of discretion and professionalism.
• Ability to build strong relationships across all levels of the organisation.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Proactive and resourceful with a can-do attitude.
• Calm under pressure and able to manage multiple priorities with multiple stakeholders.
• Collaborative and team-oriented.
• Detail-focused and committed to excellence.
• An interest in automotive and/or luxury is desirable.

What We'll Do for You:

We offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• Structured career development framework
• 25 days' holiday, plus bank holiday
• Annual buy & sell up to five days
• Enhanced company pension scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus award
• Private medical insurance and health cash plan
• Life assurance benefit
• Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years' service
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• Generous parental leave policies
• A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice