# Executive Assistant to VP

**Company**: Cisco
**Location**: San Jose, California
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $99,300.00 to $131,800.00
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

The Silicon One Product and Applications organization at Cisco is seeking an experienced Executive Assistant to support a VP and at least one additional Sr. Director. As an Executive Assistant, you will be extremely forward-thinking with a professional and approachable demeanor in all interactions; possess outstanding communication skills with all levels of staff, executives, customers, vendors; and good judgment.

Responsibilities:

- Calendar Management: Handle VP's calendar by prioritizing schedules and meetings.

- Event Speaking Engagement Coordination: Coordinate VP's speaking engagements and work with the communications team to ensure content needs are met.

- Meeting Planning and Organization: Assist VP in planning and organizing meetings, including assembling agendas, arranging meeting technology, and preparing meeting briefing documents.

- Travel Briefing Preparation: Build travel packs for international trips and large domestic events.

- Correspondence/Approvals: Support VP by acting as proxy for communications and approvals as authorized.

- Travel and Expense Management: Make in-depth global travel arrangements for VP.

- Special Projects: Provide analytical support to assist executives on special projects.

- Large Corporate Events: Prepare and brief itinerary as well as accompany VP for large Corporate Events.

- Confidentiality: Deal professionally with sensitive and confidential matters and materials.

Requirements:

- 4+ years' experience in an administrative environment.

- A minimum of 2 years of experience supporting a principal who was at the director level or above.

- Expert level knowledge of Windows desktop computer applications: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

- Experience in calendar management, planning meetings, and coordinating travel.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to connect with all levels of Executive/Senior staff and clients.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Past work experience in the high-tech industry is desired, prior Cisco experience preferred.

- Associates degree.

Benefits:

- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

- 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution.

- Paid parental leave.

- Short and long-term disability coverage.

- Basic life insurance.

- Paid time away, including 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees.

- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer.

## Skills

### Required
- Windows
- Outlook
- Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- calendar management
- travel coordination

### Nice to have
- high-tech industry experience
- Cisco experience
- Associates degree

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