Administrative Assistant

Job Description
Do you love working with a highly motivated and successful team?
Do you enjoy working with senior leadership and supporting them with your expertise?
Join our Enterprise Security Team
Our mission is to ensure businesses operate seamlessly by reducing risks in multi-cloud and self-hosted environments through advanced AI-driven solutions. Akamai provides Zero Trust Segmentation, Access, and AI Control across assets, applications, users, and interactions. As the leading cloud delivery platform, Akamai supports online shopping, music downloads, video streaming, and remote work connectivity worldwide.

Partner with the best
We seek a detail-oriented Administrative Assistant & Project Coordinator to support senior leaders and oversee cross-functional initiatives. Duties include calendar management, project coordination, office relocations, internal events, and enhancing site-level engagement and well-being. The ideal candidate thrives in corporate environments, demonstrates exceptional English communication skills, and showcases outstanding organizational and project-management expertise.

As An Administrative Assistant, You Will Be Responsible For

• Providing comprehensive administrative support to senior leadership, including complex calendar management, meeting coordination, and task prioritization.
• Supporting leaders globally, specifically managing coordination for one leader based in the US, while supporting the remaining leadership team locally.
• Serving as a key point of contact for internal and external stakeholders on behalf of senior leadership.
• Coordinating and managing special projects such as office moves, operational transitions, and small events.
• Supporting site-level wellbeing and employee engagement events, including planning, logistics, vendor coordination, and onsite execution.
• Tracking project timelines, deliverables, and dependencies; ensuring smooth execution and follow-through.
• Overseeing travel arrangements, budgeting, and vendor coordination when required.
• Maintaining a high level of confidentiality, professionalism, and attention to detail.

Do What You Love
To be successful in this role you will:

• 3 - 6 years of experience as an Administrative Assistant, Office Manager, Project Coordinator, or similar role in a corporate/global environment.
• Demonstrate experience managing senior leadership schedules and providing support to senior stakeholders effectively.
• Exhibit capability to oversee various projects concurrently and ensure their successful completion.
• Demonstrate advanced proficiency in English communication, both written and spoken - must
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal abilities with a focus on delivering exceptional service and fostering positive relationships.

Work in a way that works for you
FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.

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We power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges, together.
At Akamai, we're curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you'll thrive here.

Working for you
Benefits
At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:

• Your health
• Your finances
• Your family
• Your time at work
• Your time pursuing other endeavors

Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

About Us
Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.

Join us
Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you