drata - Executive Assistant- Central Timezone

• Provide high-touch, proactive support to the CRO and CMO, acting as a trusted partner and extension of their leadership style. Because they sit on the east and west coast, we are looking for this hire to sit in the US Central Timezone. • Help orchestrate the rhythm of the business for your leaders — from calendar strategy and meeting design to follow-through on decisions and next steps. • Increase transparency, communication, and alignment across teams by enabling executives to show up prepared, informed, and focused. • CALENDAR & TIME MANAGEMENT • Own complex, dynamic calendars for one or more executives, including prioritization, sequencing, and protection of focus time. • Proactively anticipate conflicts, reschedule as needed, and ensure time is aligned to top priorities and company goals. • Coordinate internal and external meetings across time zones, including recurring cadences, offsites, and ad-hoc sessions. • Meeting Preparation & Follow-Through • Prepare executives for meetings with agendas, participant context, briefing materials, and key decision points. • Capture notes, decisions, and action items, then drive follow-through with stakeholders to ensure commitments are tracked and completed. • Partner with chiefs of staff, business leaders, and operations teams to ensure executive time supports strategic priorities. • Travel, Events & Logistics • Plan and manage complex domestic and occasional international travel, including itineraries, logistics, and contingency planning. • Coordinate logistics for executive offsites, leadership summits, board-related prep sessions, and key internal events. • Process expenses, reimbursements, and related documentation accurately and on time. • Communication & Stakeholder Management • Serve as a primary point of contact between executives and internal/external stakeholders, ensuring timely, professional communication. • Triage inbound requests, clarify urgency and importance, and make thoughtful recommendations on where leaders should engage directly. • Draft, edit, and send communications on behalf of executives when appropriate (emails, Slack messages, internal updates, etc.). • Operations & Project Support • Support and help track cross-functional projects, ensuring milestones, owners, and timelines are clearly defined and visible. • Create and maintain lightweight systems (trackers, dashboards, docs) to keep executives informed on progress and risks. • Partner closely with other EAs and business operations leaders to standardize and improve executive support processes. • Process Improvement & Executive Enablement • Identify opportunities to streamline routines, tools, and workflows so executives can operate more efficiently. • Build and refine playbooks for recurring activities (QBRs, all-hands, staff meetings, planning cycles, travel-heavy weeks). • Uphold and model Drata’s culture and values in every interaction, representing your leaders and the company with professionalism and discretion.