Job Description

Position Category: Administrative Support

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer

Location: 2000, St James Place (onsite)

The Executive Assistant to the CEO serves as a high-impact strategic and administrative partner, enabling the CEO’s effectiveness, prioritization, and execution across a complex, global organization. This role requires strong business acumen, sound judgment, and the ability to anticipate needs in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.

As a central hub for coordination and communication, the Executive Assistant ensures alignment to business priorities, seamless CEO office operations, and effective engagement with senior leadership, the Board of Directors, and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Executive & Administrative Support

Manage and optimize a highly complex, high-volume CEO calendar, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities
Serve as the primary gatekeeper of the CEO’s time, balancing competing demands and priorities
Coordinate global travel logistics with precision, including itineraries and contingency planning
Prepare meeting materials, including agendas, presentations, and executive briefing documents
Track action items, deliverables, and deadlines to ensure timely follow-through and accountability
Optimize meeting cadence, preparation, and follow-ups across all engagements

Board & Leadership Support

Coordinate Board and committee activities, including scheduling, materials, and logistics
Support executive leadership meetings, forums, and company operating rhythms (e.g., monthly operating reviews)
Ensure readiness for Board-level and executive discussions through thorough preparation and coordination

Strategic & Operational Support

Support CEO agenda planning to ensure focus on highest-impact business priorities
Assist with planning and execution of town halls, leadership events, and key communications
Coordinate logistics for investor-related activities
Drive efficiency through workflow coordination and process improvements
Proactively identify issues, risks, and conflicts, recommending solutions and adapting to shifting priorities
Operate effectively in areas that extend beyond traditional EA responsibilities as business needs evolve

Stakeholder Management

Serve as a primary point of contact for the CEO’s office
Engage effectively with senior executives, Board members, and external partners
Navigate a global, matrixed environment across time zones
Build relationships to enable alignment and effective coordination

Qualifications

Strong organizational, prioritization, and time-management skills
Demonstrated project management and cross-functional coordination experience
Proven ability to manage highly confidential information with discretion
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel)
Demonstrated ability to operate in high-pressure, fast-paced environments
Strong sense of urgency with a consistent track record of execution and follow-up

Required Capabilities

Judgment & Emotional Intelligence: Applies sound judgment and discretion in high-visibility, sensitive situations
Proactivity & Ownership: Anticipates needs and independently drives actions
Resilience & Agility: Performs effectively under pressure and adapts to shifting priorities
Execution Excellence: Delivers high-quality work with strong organization and attention to detail
Communication & Influence: Communicates effectively across all levels and influences outcomes

Experience Profile

Proven experience supporting C-suite executives, ideally a CEO
Experience in global, matrixed organizations
Exposure to Board-level interactions and executive operations
Background in mid-to-large, fast-paced organizations preferred

About Us

Weatherford is a leading global energy services company. Our world-class experts partner with customers to optimize their resources and realize the full potential of their assets. Across our operating locations, including manufacturing, research and development, service, and training facilities, operators choose us for strategic solutions that add efficiency, flexibility, and responsibility to any energy operation.

We are focused on technology development, digital solutions, and defining our footprint in the new energy space. Our ability to provide integrated solutions across our segments will be critical to growth in our core operations and the energy transition.

Energy producers face unique challenges every day, so it is our job to create solutions that enhance safety, streamline operations, and sustain uptime to meet or exceed their targets. We operate across the global energy landscape employing some of the best diverse talent in the industry. At Weatherford, we understand the value each individual brings to the table. We celebrate diversity in all its forms and are immensely proud of our workforce. We invite you to join our passionate, talented, world-class team.

When you join Weatherford, you instantly feel connected to something bigger – a community that is grounded by our core values and driven to create innovative solutions for our customers. We celebrate each other’s successes, grow together, and learn from each other constantly. Individually, we are impressive. Together, we are unstoppable. We are One Weatherford.

Join Us

Weatherford is producing energy for today and tomorrow- with global opportunities as unlimited as your sense of adventure. Join us to make an impact on our customers, the industry, and the world.

Weatherford is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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