We're Cruise, a self-driving service designed for the cities we love.

We’re building the world’s most advanced, self-driving vehicles to safely connect people to the places, things, and experiences they care about. We believe self-driving vehicles will help save lives, reshape cities, give back time in transit, and restore freedom of movement for many.

Cruisers have the opportunity to grow and develop while learning from leaders at the forefront of their fields. With a culture of internal mobility, there's an opportunity to thrive in a variety of disciplines. This is a place for dreamers and doers to succeed.

If you are looking to play a part in making a positive impact in the world by advancing the revolutionary work of self-driving cars, join us.

We are hiring a Senior Executive Assistant to support 1 Senior Director, and 2 Directors on Cruise’s People team. Our ideal candidate will enjoy our innovative, fast paced and people-focused organization. This person will embrace the opportunities for growing their skills and abilities in pace with the company. The ideal candidate is someone with strong organizational skills and is effective in a highly dynamic environment, driving efficiency and bringing productivity to the next level. If this sounds exciting, we'd love to talk to you!

About the Role

• Act as gatekeeper, time-advocate, and liaison for Executives
• Handle multiple lively calendars and schedules
• Quickly understand and flex with constantly evolving priorities of our team
• Prioritize multiple requests for Executives' time, applying strong decision-making skills in handling priority of requests and finding resolution
• Build efficiency and balance for the executives you support
• Partner to schedule and own the logistics of team meetings, team calendars, and team Slack channels. We have many!
• Gain familiarity with internal tools and systems used by team
• Arrange travel, schedule transit, and make reservations for our team
• Assist with preparation of presentation materials
• Plan, coordinate, and facilitate various meeting agendas, functions, and events including quarterly retreats and team-building offsites
• Format documents and presentations
• Expense reimbursements
• Help drive recruitment and hiring as-needed (project management of candidate screening, schedules, process support)
• Point person for team requests and problem-solve, helping to keep the team on track and organized
• Be a culture-contributor: track, highlight, and celebrate important team cultural/career moments such as team wins and successes
• Adapt to a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment

What you’ll be doing:

• BA/BS or equivalent experience
• 4+ years of related work experience and general knowledge within functional area
• Utmost professionalism and discretion
• Strong communication and social skills
• Self-starter that can take a task and run with it
• Acute attention to detail
• Not just reactive, but proactive - thinking ahead of issues that might emerge and solving them before being asked
• Creative problem solver
• Can balance setting boundaries for leads with being compassionate to the needs of our team
• Outstanding interpersonal skills and the ability to navigate various professional dynamics
• Excellent calendar management skills
• Solid understanding of G Suite
• Availability outside normal business hours in case of

Bonus Points!

• Experience in Human Resources or supporting a People Team
• Experience balancing multiple, busy executives
• Project management experience

Why Cruise?

• Our benefits are here to support the whole you:
  • Competitive salary and benefits 
  • 401(k) Cruise matching program 
  • Medical / dental / vision, AD+D and Life
  • One Medical membership
  • Subsidized mental health benefits
  • Flexible vacation and company paid holidays
  • Healthy meals and snacks provided for non-remote employees
  • Paid parental, jury duty, bereavement, family care and medical leave
  • Fertility Benefits
  • Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, subsidized by Cruise
  • Flexible Spending Account 
  • Monthly wellness stipend
  • Pre-tax Commuter Benefit Plan for non-remote employees
  • CruiseFlex - a working policy for US-Based Cruisers that lets you and your manager find what working style is best for you, whether it’s primarily in-person, primarily at home or a combination of home and in-office time.

• We’re Integrated
  • Through our partnerships with General Motors and Honda, we are the only self-driving company with fully integrated manufacturing at scale.

• We’re Funded
  • GM, Honda, Microsoft, T. Rowe Price & Walmart have invested billions in Cruise. Their backing for our technology demonstrates their confidence in our progress, team, and vision and makes us one of the leading autonomous vehicle organizations in the industry. Our deep resources greatly accelerate our operating speed.

• We’re Independent
  • We have our own governance, board of directors, equity, and investors. Our independence allows us to not just work on the edge of technology, but also define it.

• We’re Vested
  • You won’t just own your work here, you’ll have the potential to own equity in Cruise, too. We are competing in a market that is projected to grow exponentially, which gives our company valuation room to grow.
  • Recurring Liquidity Opportunity (RLO) - a unique equity program where employees, both current and former, have the option to sell any amount of their vested equity on a recurring basis, currently quarterly.

Cruise LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where contributions are valued and celebrated, and our employees thrive by being themselves and are inspired to do the best work of their lives. 

We seek applicants of all backgrounds and identities, across race, color, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or parental status, or disability. Applicants will not be discriminated against based on these or other protected categories or social identities. Cruise will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable laws.

Cruise is committed to the full inclusion of all applicants. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please let our recruiting team know or email HR@getcruise.com.

We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. To help us track the effectiveness and inclusivity of our recruiting efforts, please consider answering the following demographic questions. Answering these questions is entirely voluntary. Your answers to these questions will not be shared with the hiring decision makers and will not impact the hiring decision in any way. Instead, Cruise will use this information not only to comply with any government reporting obligations but also to track our progress toward meeting our diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging objectives.

Vaccine Mandate. 

At Cruise, we’re tasked with leading in the communities we serve — and doing our part to help keep our communities and our teams safe. Our #StaySafe culture transcends and informs all we do, and because of this, as of October 31, 2021 Cruise will be mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for all US-based Cruisers who need or want to access any of our US Cruise facilities and engage in any business travel — including attending any in-person Company-sponsored event. 

If you are unable to get a vaccine due to a medical condition, disability, or a strongly-held religious belief, Cruise will consider requests for an accommodation.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Cruise does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Furthermore, Cruise does not pay placement fees for candidates submitted by any agency other than its approved partners.