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Clera

Executive Assistant

San Francisco · On-site · FullTime · Engineering

$90K – $120K

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ABOUT THE ROLE Support the founders and leadership team at an early-stage defense technology company. This is a broad operations role focused on keeping people, systems, and projects coordinated as the company grows. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Manage executive and team calendars, scheduling, and meeting coordination. - Coordinate travel bookings, hotels, and on-site logistics for team travel, demos, offsites, and visits. - Manage vendor relationships, renewals, contracts, and office administration. - Build and maintain useful internal documentation, trackers, and knowledge bases. - Administer internal tools and SaaS platforms, including provisioning, access management, and renewals. - Coordinate visitors, NDAs, scheduling, and site visits. - Support office operations and onboarding logistics. - Own special projects and operational work across engineering, operations, and leadership. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - 2 to 5 years of experience in executive operations, business operations, executive support, a founder's office, consulting, banking, or another high-output generalist role. - Experience managing executive scheduling and coordinating business travel. - Experience with vendor coordination, contracts, renewals, and office administration. - Experience creating internal documentation and administering SaaS tools, user access, and project management systems. - Background in a startup or high-growth technology environment, ideally where processes were still being built. - Strong organization, judgment, clear communication, discretion, and follow-through, with the ability to independently turn ambiguous problems into practical plans. - Must meet the U.S. Person eligibility requirements under U.S. law: U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected asylee or refugee. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Base salary: $90,000 to $120,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available. LOCATION On-site in San Francisco, California. The role requires consistent in-person attendance, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., with availability for most Saturdays and some evenings.