Executive Assistant

Playground Global is a venture capital firm backing the most technically ambitious founders working at the edge of engineering and science. With $1.7 billion under management, Playground invests in early-stage companies defining the future of next-generation compute, automation, energy, and engineered biology.

We are seeking an experienced Executive Assistant to partner with senior leaders across the firm. This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, relationship-driven environment and excels at managing complexity, anticipating needs, and driving execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic partner to senior leaders across the firm, driving alignment, execution, and communication across key initiatives while anticipating needs and ensuring priorities move forward efficiently.

• Provide high-level executive support, managing complex calendars, competing priorities, and shifting demands while optimizing executive effectiveness.

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with founders, portfolio company executives, investors, board members, executive search partners, candidates, and prospective founders, representing the firm with professionalism and discretion.

• Coordinate domestic and international meetings across multiple time zones, ensuring seamless scheduling and logistics while balancing competing priorities and sensitivities.

• Act as an extension of the executives you support by maintaining visibility into priorities, attending key meetings as needed, driving follow-through on action items, and supporting execution of strategic initiatives.

• Strengthen cross-functional collaboration by streamlining communication and coordinating efforts across teams to support firm-wide objectives.

• Serve as a trusted ambassador for the firm, ensuring a high-quality, welcoming, and professional experience for all founders, investors, candidates, portfolio company leaders, and external stakeholders.

Additional Experience We Value

• Experience supporting recruiting, executive search, or talent-related initiatives, including interview coordination, candidate communications, and stakeholder management.

• Prior experience supporting executives within venture capital, private equity, startups, professional services, or other high-growth organizations.

Skills & Traits

• Exceptional judgment with the ability to make sound, independent decisions in fast-moving and often ambiguous environments.

• Highly organized with strong operational rigor and the ability to manage multiple complex priorities simultaneously.

• Proactive and anticipatory mindset, consistently thinking several steps ahead to support executive effectiveness.

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to interact confidently and professionally with founders, investors, executives, and external partners.

• High degree of discretion and integrity when handling sensitive or confidential information.

• Calm under pressure, with the ability to navigate shifting priorities, tight timelines, and competing stakeholder needs.

• Strong relationship-building skills and a service-oriented mindset grounded in trust, responsiveness, and professionalism.

• Comfortable operating in fast-paced, high-expectation environments such as venture capital, startups, or high-growth organizations.

• Resourceful and solutions-oriented, able to resolve issues quickly and independently.

The annual base salary range is $140,000 to $180,000. The base salary will depend on numerous factors such as experience, knowledge, and skills. We offer a competitive benefits package and prioritize in-person collaboration. Our team works from our Palo Alto office, this role requires 5 days per week in office.

We believe great ideas come from diverse perspectives, and we’re committed to building a team that reflects the world we live in. If you’re passionate about our work, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences and encourage individuals of all identities to apply.

We believe great ideas come from diverse perspectives, and we’re committed to building a team that reflects the world we live in. If you’re passionate about our work, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences and encourage individuals of all identities to apply.