[Remote] Executive Assistant, Enterprise Accounts Lead, APACJ

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Autodesk is a company that helps innovators turn their ideas into reality with their software. They are seeking an experienced Executive Assistant to provide administrative support to the Vice President of Enterprise Accounts, managing calendars, coordinating meetings, and maintaining relationships with staff and external parties.


Responsibilities

  • Manages and maintains calendars
  • Schedules, plans, and coordinates events and meetings onsite and offsite, including research and preparation of meeting materials
  • Proactively prepare agendas and meeting materials, record meeting minutes, and coordinate all meeting logistics, including working with the Autodesk special events team as needed
  • Ensures meeting attendees have appropriate information including directions and maps
  • May track action items and communicate status
  • Makes business travel arrangements and manages and communicates travel itineraries
  • May manage travel accounts including mileage cards
  • Works closely with Corporate Travel to schedule and change itineraries
  • May research and obtain travel visas
  • In some cases, may travel with executive
  • Work with team to arrange virtual and in person team offsites including organizing of logistics, on site amenities and activities
  • Develops and maintains positive working relationships with staff, internal departments and outside parties, including high-level contacts of a sensitive nature
  • Manages information flow within and outside of division or business unit
  • Maintains confidential material related to employees and company operations
  • Coordinates new hire processing
  • Tracks and records performance on division or business unit goals
  • May track expenditures related to employee rewards programs or coordinate and compile feedback for performance reviews
  • Prioritizes emails for follow up by executive
  • May direct emails to other parties for response
  • Pro-actively escalates issues that need manager’s immediate attention
  • May maintain email aliases, distribution lists and shared directories, including maintaining permissions
  • Manages information by organizing and tracking on databases to synthesize and generate reports
  • Organize quarterly All Hands meeting in person and via zoom webinar
  • Tracks executive expenses and generates expense reports
  • Monitors purchasing software system notifications and approves on behalf of executive if appropriate
  • Works with Accounts Payable in order to ensure department bills are paid in a timely manner
  • May serve as point person for departmental purchases, including but not limited to PC tracking and overall asset management
  • May manage budget and departmental costs, including reclassifications as necessary
  • Drafts letters, memos and emails
  • Responsible for general office administration tasks such as filing, copying, collating/stapling, etc
  • May work with Facilities department to coordinate space planning for division or business unit
  • May be responsible for maintaining and updating websites, including building or redesigning pages

Skills

  • 4-6 years' experience providing administrative support for senior level executive
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced work environment that requires strong multitasking skills, time management, and self-starter mentality
  • Willing to adapt to rapidly changing environment and new processes and responsibilities
  • Proven ability to work under pressure, communicate effectively, and meet deadlines
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Mac and Windows operating systems and related business applications such as Slack, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft SharePoint
  • Excellent oral and written English communication skills
  • Team player who is results-oriented with strong interpersonal skills
  • Ability travel to events or internal meetings, locally and internationally as needed

Benefits

  • Annual cash bonuses
  • Commissions for sales roles
  • Stock grants
  • Comprehensive benefits package

Company Overview

  • Autodesk develops 3D design software for use in the architecture, engineering, construction, and media industries. It was founded in 1982, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.autodesk.com.

  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Autodesk has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 233 in 2025, 243 in 2024, 269 in 2023, 359 in 2022, 298 in 2021, 260 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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