We're Karat, the leader in technical interviewing and pioneer of the Interviewing Cloud

Karat’s purpose is to unlock opportunity, and we created the world’s first Interviewing Cloud to conduct predictive, fair, and enjoyable technical interviews 24/7. Karat helps companies such as Wayfair, American Express, and Indeed expand interviewing capacity, unlock developer time, and raise engineering quality so they can hire smarter and grow faster, and create more opportunities for software engineers. From our industry-leading solutions to Karat’s Brilliant Black Minds program, the work we do here matters. We’re a passionate, smart, human-centric, and committed team, and we want you to join us!

Come join our Leadership Operations team

Our Leadership Operations team is deeply committed to empowering and enabling Karat through the strategic and tactical support of its growing Leadership Team. As a core point of contact among executives, employees, and clients and partners, we ensure information flow is accurate, timely, and valuable.

What you will do

As an Executive Business Partner at Karat, you will be a thought partner to our VP of Product and SVP of Engineering, aligning with their goals and priorities to further enable efficiency and execution, and positively impact the growth and expansion of the R&D function. As both a strategic and administrative partner, you will manage a wide variety of both high-engagement and tactical responsibilities regularly.

Karat’s HQ is based in Seattle, Washington, but we are open to remote U.S.-based candidates for this role. Immigration sponsorship is not available for this position.

• Arrange time against priorities and goals according to the R&D function and its Executives’ objectives.
• Manage calendars end-to-end, using flexibility and foresight to orchestrate successful meetings. 
• Plan and execute internal and external meetings with sound business judgment.
• Prepare expense reports.
• Communicate with minimal guidance on behalf of R&D Executives; ensure timely communications with airtight confidentiality.
• Serve as a liaison across teams within the company as-needed; help ensure alignment and communication between executives and employees/clients/other partners.
• Provide an extra layer of transparency on pending projects for follow-up and execution; identify potential issues for escalation.

The experience you will bring

• 5+ years providing direct administrative and partnership support to seasoned executives with varying personalities and work styles
• Experience supporting technical Executives at a high-growth organization strongly preferred
• History (and comfort) supporting executives as a whole person (e.g. personal/family support where needed)
• Proven success in being adaptable and resourceful in a dynamic environment; start-up experience a plus
• Strong communicator (verbal and written) who feels comfort in multi-tasking a wide variety of priorities at once
• Detail-oriented with strong listening & problem-solving skills
• Ability to operate autonomously and self-starting partner; has successfully managed projects to completion
• History exercising discretion and independent judgment with positive ROI

Benefits of joining Karat

Karat strives to offer everything you need to best support you today, tomorrow, and beyond. We’re proud of our current offerings, and highlight some of our team’s favorites below. There are more, just feel free to ask!

Compensation / Time Off:

• Highly competitive salary and stock options
• 401(k) with company match
• Generous paid PTO (see below) and Sick Leave (10 days per year)
• Flexible Time Off Policy for salaried positions
• Three weeks accrued per year for hourly positions
• Global Parental Leave (16 weeks paid with additional 8 weeks transition back to work in part-time capacity)
• 20 paid Company Holidays for 2022

Benefits / Wellness:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance via Cigna or Kaiser (for CA-based employees)
• 100% premium covered for employees
• 70% premium covered for dependents
• FSA, STD, LTD, Standard Life Insurance, and Optional Life Insurance
• Mental Wellness offerings such as Calm, Happify, Talkspace, Modern Health, and more
• $150 per month contribution to miscellaneous benefit/wellness of employee’s choice

Learn more about usStatement of Inclusivity:

In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on “protected categories,” we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at Karat.

We value a diverse workforce: people of color, womxn, and LGBTQIA+ individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at [email protected].