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Forterra

Robot type
Autonomous Vehicle · Defense
Location
ArlingtonVirginiaUSA
Job type
Business Operations
Posted
Sep 24, 2026
Full-time

Executive Assistant

Job description

Forterra seeks an experienced Executive Assistant to provide high-level support in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. This role is responsible for managing complex priorities, anticipating needs, and ensuring leaders can operate efficiently and stay focused on the highest-impact work. The Executive Assistant will serve as a trusted partner, managing calendars, travel, meetings, communications, and day-to-day coordination while helping drive follow-through across a wide range of priorities.

Job responsibilities

  • Provide high-level executive support, serving as a trusted partner and helping manage competing priorities in a fast-moving environment.
  • Own complex calendar management, proactively prioritizing meetings, resolving conflicts, protecting focus time, and ensuring schedules reflect the most important business priorities.
  • Coordinate domestic and international travel, including flights, accommodations, ground transportation, itineraries, and last-minute changes.
  • Anticipate needs and proactively address issues before they become problems, using sound judgment to determine when to act independently and when to escalate.
  • Plan and coordinate meetings, leadership sessions, offsites, customer engagements, and other events, ensuring logistics and materials are handled from start to finish.
  • Prepare leaders for meetings and engagements by coordinating agendas, materials, background information, and other relevant context.
  • Track commitments, decisions, and follow-ups to help ensure priorities continue moving forward.
  • Serve as a key point of coordination across teams, helping facilitate communication and maintain alignment among internal and external stakeholders.

Job requirements

  • 3+ years of experience supporting senior executives in a fast-paced environment
  • Demonstrated experience managing complex executive calendars and travel
  • Exceptional organization, attention to detail, and ability to manage competing priorities
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Sound judgment and ability to operate independently while handling confidential information
  • Proficiency with Outlook, Slack, PowerPoint and other productivity tools

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