Executive Assistant to CRO & Head of Strategic Sales

Baseten
San Francisco, CA
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Geared toward candidates comfortable with cross-functional coordination and high-growth environments, with a background in supporting senior sales leaders.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a history of supporting high-growth revenue leaders in tech companies
    — “supporting senior leaders (CRO, VP Sales, Head of Strategic Sales, or similar) in a high-growth technology company
  • Individuals who thrive in environments where priorities shift rapidly and require proactive management
    — “Thrives in a high-growth environment where priorities change quickly and adaptability is essential.
  • Candidates with experience in managing complex calendars and coordinating executive travel
    — “Experience managing complex calendars, domestic and international travel, executive communications

Things to consider

  • The role demands a high level of autonomy and initiative in managing executive schedules and priorities
    — “Proactive, resourceful, and highly autonomous. You anticipate needs before they become problems.
  • The position involves significant coordination with external stakeholders, including customers and partners
    — “Partner with customers and external partners to coordinate executive meetings, visits, and other engagements
  • Candidates must be prepared to manage team offsites and milestone events with precision
    — “Support planning of team offsites, celebrations, and milestone recognition events

How to stand out

  • Highlight specific instances of managing complex calendars and cross-functional coordination in your resume
    — “Own complex calendar management for the CRO and Head of Strategic Sales
  • Emphasize experience in improving processes and creating structure for leadership teams
    — “Continuously improve how the Sales leadership team operates by identifying opportunities
  • Demonstrate your ability to manage executive communications with discretion and judgment
    — “Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with strong judgment about when and how to communicate on behalf of executives
  • Include examples of managing high-priority events and logistics for senior leaders
    — “Coordinate domestic and international travel, including last-minute changes
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • owning the day-to-day operating rhythm of the Sales organization
  • ensuring leaders are prepared for every day and every meeting
Typical background
executive assistantoperations

Skills & requirements

Required

Calendar ManagementOperating RhythmLogistics CoordinationCommunicationProcess Improvement

Preferred

Sales Operating RhythmsPipeline And Forecasting Cycles

Stack & domain

Calendar ManagementCommunicationLogisticsTravel CoordinationLeadershipOrganizationAttention To DetailProblem-solvingSalesExecutive Support

About the role

Original posting from Baseten via Ashby

ABOUT BASETEN

Baseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting-edge models into production. We're growing quickly and recently raised our $1.5B Series F https://www.baseten.co/blog/announcing-our-series-f/, led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital. Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to to ship AI products.

THE ROLE

We’re looking for an experienced Executive Assistant to support our CRO and Head of Strategic Sales. This is a highly operational role that goes well beyond calendar management. You’ll own the day-to-day operating rhythm of the Sales organization, ensuring leaders are prepared, priorities stay coordinated, and critical meetings, communications, and follow-ups happen seamlessly.

You’ll partner closely with senior sales leaders and serve as a trusted point of coordination for employees, customers, candidates, and external partners. Success in this role comes from exceptional organization, judgment, attention to detail, and the ability to keep many moving pieces aligned in a fast-growing environment.

EA to CRO and Head of Strategic Sales

  • Own complex calendar management for the CRO and Head of Strategic Sales, balancing shifting priorities while ensuring time is allocated intentionally
  • Ensure leaders are prepared for every day and every meeting by proactively managing agendas, materials, context, logistics, and follow-ups so time is used effectively and decisions move forward
  • Support forward-looking calendar planning, coordinating recurring operating cadences including pipeline reviews, leadership meetings, QBRs, Sales All Hands, and other cross-functional forums
  • Partner with customers and external partners to coordinate executive meetings, visits, and other engagements
  • Support executive inbox management, helping prioritize communications, triage requests, and ensure timely follow-up
  • Coordinate domestic and international travel, including last-minute changes, for both leaders ensuring seamless logistics.
  • Support planning of team offsites, celebrations, and milestone recognition events, coordinating logistics end-to-end from venue, budget, and vendor coordination
  • Continuously improve how the Sales leadership team operates by identifying opportunities to make processes more efficient, scalable, and reliable

REQUIREMENTS

  • 3-5+ years of experience supporting senior leaders (CRO, VP Sales, Head of Strategic Sales, or similar) in a high-growth technology company, venture capital or private equity firm, or professional services environment
  • You understand how revenue organizations operate and have experience supporting sales operating rhythms, pipeline and forecasting cycles, and fast-moving go-to-market teams
  • Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple competing priorities without dropping details
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with strong judgment about when and how to communicate on behalf of executives
  • Demonstrated ability to coordinate complex cross-functional initiatives involving many stakeholders
  • Experience managing complex calendars, domestic and international travel, executive communications, and recurring operating cadences
  • Experience supporting team offsites, celebrations, and milestone events with strong attention to detail
  • Comfortable working with senior leaders, customers, prospects, candidates, and external partners with professionalism and executive presence
  • Proactive, resourceful, and highly autonomous. You anticipate needs before they become problems.
  • High attention to detail and a strong sense of ownership. You take pride in creating structure, improving processes, and ensuring nothing falls through the cracks.
  • Thrives in a high-growth environment where priorities change quickly and adaptability is essential.

BENEFITS

  • Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity.
  • 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
  • Flexible PTO policy including company wide Winter Break (our offices are closed from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day!)
  • Paid parental leave
  • Fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot
  • Company-facilitated 401(k)
  • Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities.

Apply now to embark on a rewarding journey in shaping the future of AI! If you are a motivated individual with a passion for machine learning and a desire to be part of a collaborative and forward-thinking team, we would love to hear from you.

At Baseten, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example, the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, where applicable).

Source: Baseten careers (Ashby)

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