Executive Assistant

Impact the Moment
When was the last time you experienced the impact of your work? Our Higher Ed Sales team thrives on building meaningful relationships with educators and learners. With that comes the unique opportunity to impact lives across the world and experience first-hand the difference your hard work makes.

We're looking for an Executive Assistant to join our Higher Ed organization at McGraw Hill. This role reports to the Chief Sales Officer and works collaboratively across teams.

How can you make an impact?

McGraw Hill Higher Ed is hiring an Executive Assistant to support senior sales leadership and field sales teams in a fast-paced, high-volume sales and customer success organization. In this role, you will focus on proactive problem solving, cross-functional collaboration, calendar and travel management, communications, and project coordination to maximize effectiveness. Our Executive Assistants are known for their responsiveness, professionalism, kindness and care for their team members. We are looking for a collaborative professional that takes a positive approach to their work and all interactions with teams across the company.

The ideal candidate we are looking for is a proactive problem solver, capable of identifying issues early and driving effective solutions. They possess a collaborative mindset, excelling at building relationships across functions and influencing outcomes without direct authority. Strong time and task management skills are crucial, with the ability to prioritize effectively and ensure consistent follow-through. The candidate must be a strategic communicator, demonstrating concise, executive-quality writing and presentation skills. Adaptability and resilience in a fast-changing environment are vital attributes for thriving in this dynamic role.

This role supports leaders and field sales team members across all time zones in the United States. Travel is required several times per year for meetings, trainings and our National Sales Meeting. This role is open to candidates that permanently reside within the United States and works remotely from a home office.

What you will be doing:

• Provide high-level administrative and operational support to senior sales leaders as well as field sales team members, including organizing travel, expense reporting, and meeting logistics.
• Anticipate needs and proactively identify and resolve scheduling conflicts, operational bottlenecks, and communication gaps.
• Serve as a primary liaison between sales leadership and internal teams including sales operations, marketing, finance, HR, and legal to coordinate initiatives, gather inputs, and track deliverables.
• Coordinate cross-functional projects and initiatives including territory launches, incentive rollouts, and customer events by creating timelines, assigning owners, following up, and reporting status.
• Manage and prioritize incoming requests, escalating when appropriate and ensuring timely responses.
• Organize and support high-impact meetings and action-item tracking.
• Maintain confidential files and handle sensitive information with discretion.
• Support ad-hoc problem solving including analyzing issues, proposing options, coordinating stakeholders, and driving resolution to completion.
• Maintain and improve administrative processes and tools to increase efficiency for the sales leadership team.

Your success in this role will be measured by:

• Timely execution of executive priorities and meeting objectives.
• Reduction in scheduling conflicts and administrative friction for leaders.
• On-time delivery of cross-functional projects and clean meeting/action-item closure rates.
• Positive stakeholder feedback across sales and partner teams.

We're looking for someone with:

• 5+ years of executive assistant experience supporting senior leaders, preferably in large sales organizations, tech, or fast-growth companies.
• Proven track record of problem solving and independently managing complex schedules and projects.
• Strong experience coordinating across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Advanced proficiency with calendar systems (Outlook), Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word), and collaboration tools (Teams, Smartsheet)
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• High level of discretion and professionalism handling confidential matters.
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize under pressure.
• Travel is required as business needs arise. This includes our National Sales Meeting which is mandatory.

Preferred experience:

• Experience supporting multiple executives or a revenue leadership team.
• Experience working with sales and customer success team of 100+.
• Familiarity with CRM systems (Salesforce) and sales operations processes.
• Event planning or large-meeting logistics experience.
• Experience with Workday system.

This role can be a senior level role based on experience. The pay range for this position is between $65,000 - $90,000 annually. However, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. Additionally, a full range of medical and/or other benefits may be provided, depending on the position offered. Click here to learn more about our benefit offerings.

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