Executive Assistant to CEO

• Partner directly with the CEO to manage her calendar, priorities, commitments, and operating cadence across Africa
• Own complex calendar management and focus the CEO’s time on high-impact priorities
• Prepare the CEO for meetings with agendas, context, briefing materials, decisions, questions, stakeholders, and follow-ups
• Coordinate executive meetings, leadership forums, operational reviews, external engagements, and critical business meetings
• Track follow-ups and commitments, capturing decisions, owners, deadlines, and next steps
• Manage the CEO’s internal and external relationships through timely responses, preparation, and follow-through
• Coordinate complex domestic and international travel, including itineraries, visas, logistics, schedules, and contingency planning
• Support engagements with government officials, healthcare partners, customers, investors, and other stakeholders
• Support recruiting and hiring activities, including interview scheduling, candidate coordination, debriefs, and confidential follow-up
• Prepare presentations, briefing documents, meeting notes, and executive communications
• Surface priorities, deadlines, risks, and conflicts requiring the CEO’s attention
• Represent the CEO professionally and exercise discretion and sound judgment
• Improve management of the CEO’s time, information, meetings, and follow-through
• Act as a trusted partner and connector across the Africa leadership team and Zipline organization

• 8+ years of experience as an Executive Assistant, ideally supporting a CEO, executive, country leader, general manager, or other senior leader in a fast-paced organization
• Exceptional judgment and discretion when handling confidential executive, people, commercial, government, and operational information
• Excellent calendar, meeting, travel, and logistics management skills in a high-velocity environment with constantly shifting priorities
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills with senior internal and external stakeholders
• High ownership and follow-through
• Strong prioritization instincts and ability to protect executive focus while responding to urgent business needs
• Comfort operating across multiple countries, cultures, and time zones
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to anticipate needs, identify issues early, and proactively solve problems
• Confidence working with senior executives, government stakeholders, customers, partners, employees, and cross-functional teams
• Service-oriented mindset with backbone
• Energy, resilience, and enthusiasm for supporting Africa operations