Executive Assistant (United Kingdom)

An overview of this role

As an Executive Assistant, you will help the VP of Engineering, Security and VP of Engineering, AI stay focused on the highest-impact work. This role creates leverage by bringing structure to fast-moving priorities, managing critical logistics, and making sure information, next steps, and follow-through stay on track in a dynamic, all-remote environment. You will work closely with these two executives while partnering closely with a broader network of Executive Assistants across GitLab.

This is a strong fit if you enjoy turning ambiguity into clarity, using tools and systems to keep work moving, and anticipating needs before they become urgent. In your first year, you'll build strong working relationships, create reliable operating rhythms for each executive, and improve calendar management, travel coordination, reporting, meeting planning, recruiting coordination, and team logistics. You will also use AI tools to streamline routine work and improve information synthesis so the VPs can make better choices, faster.

What you'll do

• Support the VP of Engineering, Security and VP of Engineering, AI across scheduling, logistics, communication, and day-to-day execution so priorities stay on track and follow-through is clear.
• Manage complex calendars by vetting requests, prioritizing meetings, proactively managing conflicting calendar times, recommending tradeoffs, ensuring appropriate spacing between meetings and breaks, and aligning schedules with GitLab meeting norms and practices to protect time for highest-impact work.
• Prepare complete agendas from high-level meeting descriptions and linked materials so leaders are ready for internal and external meetings with the right context and decisions.
• Coordinate and execute large-scale internal events, including organizational summits for two engineering orgs, as well as team-level hackathons and fastboots to support specific engineering projects.
• Maintain regular communication cadences with both leaders and proactively flag items that need review, decisions, or escalation so urgent issues are surfaced on time.
• Track updates from direct reports, functional peers, and cross-functional partners so leaders have clear visibility into progress, dependencies, and upcoming deliverables.
• Manage the rhythm of business for both engineering organizations, including the scheduling, agenda preparation, and tracking of recurring leadership meetings, staff meetings, and quarterly planning cycles.