Executive Assistant to the Managing Director (all humans)

Executive Assistant to the Managing Director (all humans)

Location: Wien

Working hours: Full-time

Occupational Area: IT

Company: Erste Digital

Erste Digital is the technology engine of Erste Group - one of the leading banking groups in Central and Eastern Europe, serving more than 16 million customers. More than 1,800 experts at our locations in Vienna, Bratislava and Prague develop innovative digital products, platforms and infrastructures that shape the banking of tomorrow.

We combine technological excellence with the ambition to create real value for our customers - agile, sustainable and with a clear view of the bigger picture. This is exactly why we need you.

As an Executive Assistant, you are the Managing Director's closest professional sparring partner and take on a strategic-operational key function with direct influence on central decisions and priorities of the company. You act across departments, resolve operational bottlenecks, drive strategic projects forward and prepare critical decisions at C-level.

Your Tasks:

• Strategic planning & communication: Supporting management in the formulation, communication and implementation of corporate goals and vision. Preparing strategic content for a wide range of target groups - both internal and external.
• Project management & steering of initiatives: Leading and overseeing company-wide, complex initiatives as a direct staff function to the Managing Director. Ensuring that strategic projects are implemented on time and in a targeted manner.
• Interface management: Acting as the link between management and the respective division and department heads. Acting as the central point of contact for the holding company, the bank and external partners on strategic topics.
• Decision preparation: Gathering information and conducting data analyses to support well-founded decision-making. Preparing decision documents that provide management with clarity and foresight.
• Operational crisis management: Identifying operational friction points and bottlenecks at an early stage. Independently stepping in with a solution-oriented approach to get projects back on track.
• Presence at leadership level: Actively participating in leadership rounds, board meetings and strategic alignments. Continuously staying up to date on all business-critical topics.

You check these boxes:

• Several years of relevant professional experience in operations, strategic management or management consulting - with proven implementation capability.
• Excellent communication and translation skills between business departments, IT and top management.
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills, combined with the ability to quickly structure complex issues and prepare them for decision-making.
• Strong diplomatic skills combined with a high level of assertiveness.
• High resilience and ability to work under pressure in a dynamic environment.
• Clear prioritisation skills and decisiveness, including the ability to delegate, critically question and consciously say no.
• High degree of personal responsibility, results orientation and a structured, proactive way of working.
• Strong conflict management skills and willingness to consistently address uncomfortable topics.
• Business-fluent German and English skills.
• Experience in financial services or technology, group or holding structures, data analysis and decision documents for top management is considered an advantage.

Our Offer

• Possibility to benefit and learn from the international, talented and passionate community at Erste.
• Interest groups and clubs with opportunities to take part in discussions and projects.
• Health Centre at Erste Campus with medical services during working hours.
• Employee benefits for financial services, insurances, supermarkets, clothing stores and more.
• Employee Referral Program for career opportunities in IT.
• A competitive and performance-related salary; the minimum wage for this position is EUR 70.000 gross per year.