Executive Assistant, India Public Policy

Work hard and make history with Amazon s International Public Policy and Government Affairs Team. An Executive Assistant to Vice President, Public Policy India will join a growing and dynamic team, that works across Europe, Middle East, Africa, India and Asia Pacific, in support of Amazon s global consumer retail business. Like our business interests, our policy issues are broad, forward-thinking, and driven by what is best for our customers. The International Public Policy team works with a wide range of national, local, and supranational policymakers, industry organisations, and non-governmental organisations across numerous policy issues spanning the consumer and commercial environment.

DESCRIPTION - ROLE

Amazon is seeking an exceptionally bright and motivated Administrative Professional with a strong history of high performance to support our India Public Policy Team, based in Gurugram. This role will support the effectiveness and efficiency, both internally and externally, of the Vice President, Public Policy India, as well as ensure smart business planning and coordination across the wider business and public policy teams.

This role requires outstanding skills in planning, time-management, and organization, superior attention to detail, an ability to meet tight deadlines and juggle multiple internal and external requests in a calm, friendly and efficient way. The successful candidate will be trusted to handle confidential and sensitive information, and be able to work professionally with senior business executives, government and public policy stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have experience of working well in a fast-paced, multi-stakeholder corporate or public policy environment.

A good sense of humor is critical, as is the ability to continually prioritize and change direction at a moment s notice. The successful candidate will possess the ability to complete complex tasks and projects quickly with little to no guidance, be very strong in anticipating team, and react with appropriate urgency and action to unanticipated developments or situations.



Key job responsibilities
Responsibilities for this position include:

Seamless administrative support to Vice President, Public Policy, India
Management of complex calendaring and scheduling, requiring internal and external coordination
Annual business calendar planning
Management and submission of expense reports
Organization of team meetings, and additional internal and external events as required
Tracking and driving to completion of key deliverables, and follow-up on outstanding items
Friendly and diplomatic handling of external partners and stakeholders
Administrative and events support for external visits to Amazon

An Executive Assistant will be willing to travel internationally, based on business need. This position will be based in Gurugram reporting to Vice President, Public Policy, India. - BA/BS required.
- Minimum of 8 years experience providing executive support at a senior level
- Experience managing multiple executives calendars
- Experience with international travel planning including requesting/obtaining visas
- Written and spoken fluency in Hindi and English.