Executive Assistant to Chief People Officer 

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Executive Assistant to support a Chief People Officer (CPO). This role is an integral partner to a C-suite leader, requiring exceptional judgment, self-awareness, discretion, and the ability to manage priorities across a complex global business.

As a trusted advisor, you will help drive efficiency, foster strong cross-functional relationships, and ensure the executive’s time and attention are optimized for maximum business impact. You will also play a key role in enabling alignment across the People organization and broader leadership team.

The Executive Assistant will also play an influential role within the broader executive administrative community, collaborating closely with other leaders and administrative professionals across the organization.

Executive Partnership & Prioritization

Serve as a trusted partner to the CPO, managing priorities and driving alignment across executive commitments

Anticipate needs, proactively resolve issues, and ensure seamless execution of business priorities

Act as an extension of the executive in managing workflows, communications, and decision-making cadence

Calendar & Scheduling

Manage and prioritize a highly dynamic, global calendar in a timely manner

Exercise strong judgment to optimize time allocation and align meetings to business priorities

Ensure meeting readiness through agenda preparation and coordination

Meeting & Executive Readiness

Plan and execute internal and external meetings, leadership offsites and organizational events, ensuring seamless end-to-end coordination in partnership with internal stakeholders

Prepare agendas, briefings, presentations, and executive materials

Track actions and ensure follow-through

Communication & Stakeholder Management

Serve as a proxy for communications and approvals

Manage executive communications and stakeholder coordination

Ensure timely follow-up and workflow efficiency

Handle highly sensitive and confidential information with the utmost discretion, serving as a trusted steward of executive communications, organizational decisions and board-level materials.

People Team & Cross-Functional Coordination

Partner with HR/People teams to support leadership rhythms and priorities

Lead cross-functional collaboration on strategic initiatives and international engagements, aligning with local country teams to ensure an impactful, cohesive agenda Track deliverables and drive execution across stakeholders

Travel Management

Coordinate complex domestic and international travel

Ensure seamless execution and real-time support

Operational Excellence & Tools

Manage expenses, purchase orders, and internal systems

Partner with technical teams to support tools and workflows

Identify and implement process improvements

Coordinate with external vendors to ensure seamless alignment with our internal process and procedures for timely remittance

Project Support & Execution

Support strategic initiatives and research

Analyze issues and inform executive decision-making

Drive coordination across multiple priorities

Leadership & Team Collaboration

Mentor and support administrative peers

Drive consistency and alignment across admin team

Contribute to a high-performing administrative function

Required:

10+ years supporting C-suite executives

Experience supporting senior executives within multi-billion-dollar revenue public companies or similarly large, complex global organizations

Experience supporting People/HR leadership strongly preferred

Strong judgment, discretion, and professionalism

Proven ability to manage complex priorities

Excellent communication and organizational skills

Preferred:

Experience supporting executives with board interactions

Experience managing multiple executives

Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office

Additional Expectations:

Daily on-site presence at the Milpitas office

Flexibility to travel up to 15–20% as needed

Sandisk is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employmen…