Executive Assistant - Reston, VA | leidos Job

Join Leidos’ Growth organization as an Executive Assistant in support to the Sr. Vice President of Capture Operations & Excellence (CO&E). Based at our headquarters in Reston, VA, you’ll play a vital role in keeping priorities on track, anticipating needs, and enabling leadership to focus on what matters most, winning and growing our business. CO&E is a fun, fast-paced environment where we operate as team.

You’ll bring initiative, organization, and attention to detail to a broad range of executive and administrative support responsibilities, including:

• Managing scheduling, preparing research and correspondence, coordinating meeting logistics, preparing expense reports, and coordinating travel
• Prioritize and carry out special projects and complex assignments as needed, exercising frequent independent judgment, initiative, and tact
• Manage multiple and competing requirements with efficiency, attention to prioritization, detail orientation, and execution
• Regularly interact with senior management and executive levels on matters concerning several groups, functional areas, line organizations, customers, and other outside entities
• This is a highly visible position in a fast-paced environment that demands a high degree of professionalism, sense of urgency, pro-active spirit, polish, and diplomacy.

Required Education, Skills, and Experience:

• Requires 3+ years of administrative support experience of an increasingly responsible nature at a senior level.
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration in a related field preferred; four additional years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.
• Must possess an upbeat, positive, outgoing and personable demeanor with an ability to interact and work well across the organization, including the corporate office.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, sound decision-making and prioritization ability, and attention to detail are critical.
• Must have excellent calendar management skills including the ability to coordinate complex meetings. Must have a mastery of Microsoft Outlook. Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint is required.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment on multiple projects simultaneously with a commitment to completion of projects on a timely basis.
• Must have strong problem-solving skills, a proactive mindset, and an ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues.
• Must be able to provide in person support 4-5 days/week.

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