Executive Assistant to Chief People Officer
Central London/Hybrid 3:2 split
£70,000-£100,000 + discretionary bonus + equity
ASAP start
We’re working exclusively with a high-growth tech scale-up to hire a strategic EA to support their Chief People Officer. This is a unique opportunity to become the right-hand to a dynamic, visionary, and deeply human leader who values trust, loyalty, and authenticity.
Far more than a traditional EA role, you’ll be a strategic partner, confidante, and problem-solver, managing a high volume of sensitive information, complex scheduling, and cross-functional coordination. You’ll be embedded in the heart of the business during a time of accelerated growth, and working closely with other senior stakeholders including the CEO, CFO, and SVPs.
Key Responsibilities
1. Executive support: anticipate needs, manage priorities, and act as a trusted advisor
2. Calendar and comms: gatekeeping, scheduling, and representing the CPO professionally
3. Confidential coordination: handle highly sensitive people and business matters
4. Project management: track deliverables, streamline workflows, and drive outcomes
5. Travel and logistics: coordinate itineraries and weekend/on-call support when needed
6. Operational excellence: implement systems and bring order to chaos
7. Stakeholder liaison: build strong relationships across the business
About You
8. Experienced – you’ve supported senior execs or C-suite to bring to bring structure, calm, and operational excellence to their world
9. Calm, composed, and confident – you bring grace under pressure
10. High EQ and IQ – you read the room and adapt with ease
11. Low ego – you’re here to add value, not chase status
12. Highly organised – you thrive in complexity and love solving problems
13. Tech-savvy – fluent in Google Workspace, Slack, Notion
14. Articulate and fun – you communicate at exec level but bring warmth and personality
The SR Group (UK) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.