Sr. Executive Assistant

Job title: Sr. Executive Assistant

About the Role Databricks is seeking a highly capable, process-driven, and proactive Executive Assistant to support a Senior Leader within Product & Engineering, while also supporting our SVP of Corporate Development & Ventures. The role partners with Engineering and Product leaders to operationalize cross-functional strategies and serves as a key liaison across departments to ensure alignment and execution. It also involves driving strategic initiatives and community events, and managing a deal-driven corporate development environment with confidential information.

What You'll Do

• Calendar Management: Organizes all meetings across international time zones, including internal engineering team meetings, customer meetings, internal business partners, and external venture/M&A requests.
• Request Tracking & SLAs: Builds and maintains records of all meeting requests and closes out requests in a timely manner, maintaining strong SLAs with internal staff and external stakeholders.
• Meeting Preparation: Ensures meeting invites include the necessary details, context, and documentation to enable effective meetings while protecting executive focus time.
• Event Management: Manages offsite meetings, events, and programs in support of the leaders and their staff, ensuring events are executed with polish.
• Operational & Travel Support: Manages briefing materials, executive correspondence, and select domestic and international travel, anticipating needs to keep leaders operating at full capacity.
• Confidentiality & Discretion: Handles sensitive, non-public information—including product roadmaps, M&A targets, term sheets, and board-level matters—with sound judgment and professionalism.

What We're Looking For

• Highly capable, process-driven, and proactive Executive Assistant with experience supporting senior leaders in a fast-paced, high-visibility environment.
• Strong ability to coordinate cross-functional calendars and liaise with departments such as Sales, Marketing, IT, and others to ensure alignment and execution.
• Experience triaging and handling confidential information related to products, deals, and investor communications.
• Excellent organizational skills, written and verbal communication, and the ability to anticipate needs.