Zillow

Senior Executive Assistant

Zillow
Posted 10/21/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $122,000 - $195,000 per yearWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive executive support experience with a focus on managing complex projects, operational initiatives, and executive logistics. Proficient in budget management, stakeholder communication, and implementing AI and automation workflows to enhance team efficiency.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Executive Support ExperienceProject ManagementBudget ManagementGoogle Workspace ProficiencyAI and Automation Implementation

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Serve as primary executive partner to the SVP of Communications and provide additional support to the VP of External Affairs & Business Communications
  • Own complex executive calendars strategically and resolve competing demands
  • Represent Communications with senior leaders, partner teams, executive assistants, and external stakeholders
  • Resolve operating and prioritization issues and drive stakeholders toward resolution
  • Maintain awareness of Communications team priorities, identify operational gaps and risks, and ensure follow-through
  • Drive complex projects, review and approval processes, and initiatives from ambiguity through completion
  • Improve operating rhythms, processes, and systems for the Communications team
  • Manage budgets, purchase orders, expenses, procurement, and vendor coordination
  • Identify and implement AI, automation, and technology workflows to reduce manual work
  • Anticipate needs, decisions, meetings, and follow-ups; prepare context and materials for executives
  • Develop executive-ready presentations, agendas, summaries, prebriefs, and workbacks
  • Lead project delivery for zRetreats, All Hands, leadership meetings, and other high-impact team events
  • Manage scheduling, travel, expenses, procurement, and other executive logistics
  • Build partnerships across Zillow’s assistant community and mentor other assistants

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 10+ years of progressive executive support experience, including significant experience directly supporting senior executives in complex, fast-paced organizations
  • Demonstrated experience owning complex projects and operational initiatives
  • Proactive, highly accountable operator who anticipates needs and takes ownership
  • Strong communication, influencing, and stakeholder-management skills
  • Exceptional judgment and discretion handling highly confidential, sensitive, and non-public information
  • Experience managing budgets and financial processes, including spend tracking, purchase orders, and coordination with Finance, Procurement, and vendors
  • Strong proficiency with Google Workspace and presentation development
  • Technological fluency and ability to learn new tools
  • Curiosity about and experience experimenting with AI and automation; ability to build or learn to build lightweight workflows
  • Strong business curiosity and organizational awareness
  • Ability to support executives and stakeholders across multiple time zones and adapt to last-minute changes and urgent needs
  • Ability to flex around senior executive schedules
  • U.S. employees may live in any of the 50 United States, with limited exceptions

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Remote work from a physical location of choice with no permanent corporate office workplace
  • Eligible for equity awards
  • Up to 25% annual travel opportunity/requirement
  • Cloud HQ distributed-work flexibility
  • Equal employment opportunity and accommodation support

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Hard Skills
Project ManagementBudget ManagementPresentation DevelopmentOperational Initiative OwnershipWorkflow Automation
Soft Skills
Strong Communication SkillsStakeholder ManagementProactive Problem SolvingExceptional JudgmentOrganizational Awareness
Tools & Technologies
Google WorkspaceAI ToolsAutomation Tools
Industry Keywords
Executive LogisticsVendor CoordinationFinancial ProcessesProcurementConfidential Information Handling