Administrative Assistant

Akamai Technologies, Inc. • Des Moines, IA • 1h ago

Do you love working with a highly motivated and successful team?

Do you enjoy working with executives and supporting them with your expertise?

Join Our CTG Team!

At Akamai we build innovative and tailored solutions for our customers to help them achieve their vision. We collaborate to understand our customers' needs to deliver results and possibilities for their success. We build trusted relationships through clear communication, honesty and listening to our customers.

Partner with the best

As an Administrative Assistant you will provide support to three Vice Presidents within CTG. This includes handling global calendars, travel schedules, expense reporting and managing internal functional events. You will make proactive decisions in a changeable and dynamic environment.

As an Administrative Assistant, you will be responsible for:

Providing high-level administrative and organizational support (extensive calendar management, global travel, expenses)

Carrying out the task-in-hand thoroughly and with accuracy, working with consistent high-quality of attention to detail

Creating procurement requests and purchase orders and receiving goods within multiple internal systems

Creating, augmenting, and circulating reports, presentations, worksheets, and charts using Microsoft & Google Suites

Partnering with administrative staff across our business in the orchestration of meetings, report generation and projects

Partnering with the IT, Finance and other teams in communicating requests, feedback, and issues, as necessary

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

Have +5 years of relevant experience in an Administrative role and a High School / Bachelor's degree.

Have excellent ability to maintain a professional demeanor in a busy environment, handling scheduling demands and conflicts that change rapidly

Display a good aptitude for dealing with ambiguity and uncertainty through creative problem solving

Have excellent verbal and written communication skills, and be a collaborative team member

Be comfortable communicating in a wide variety of formats: chat, email, video conference, phone, etc

Demonstrate proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google Workspace tools such as Outlook, Word/Docs, Excel/Sheets, PowerPoint/Slides

There are occasions where this role will require your presence in a local Akamai office. Although infrequent, applicants should be aware that limited office attendance will be required.

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.

Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.

Our focus is simple:

Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.

Security : Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.

Content Delivery : Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.

AI : Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.

At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.

Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits. (https://www.akamai.com/careers/working-at-akamai?utm\source=akamai&utm\medium=social&utm_campaign=benefits)

FlexBase adapts to your job's needs

Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.

We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.

Connect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is like!

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $65,700 - $118,300/year; a candidate's salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.

Equal Employment Opportunity Rights

Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.

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