Executive Assistant (Contract)

Posted 9 Days Ago
2 Locations
Remote
Senior level
Sports
The Role
The Executive Assistant manages calendars, inboxes, and logistics for executives, ensuring communication and priorities are met, while handling sensitive information discreetly.
Summary Generated by Built In

At Underdog, we make sports more fun.

Our thesis is simple: build the best products and we’ll build the biggest company in the space, because there’s so much more to be built for sports fans. We’re just over five years in, and we’re one of the fastest-growing sports companies ever, most recently valued at $1.3B. And it’s still the early days.

We’ve built and scaled multiple games and products across fantasy sports, sports betting, and prediction markets, all united in one seamless, simple, easy to use, intuitive and fun app. 

Underdog isn’t for everyone. One of our core values is give a sh*t. The people who win here are the ones who care, push, and perform. If that’s you, come join us.

Winning as an Underdog is more fun.

Please note: this is an on-going, contract position.

About the role and why it’s unique:
  • Manage and maintain calendars for multiple executive stakeholders (CFO and CMO primarily), including scheduling appointments, coordinating meetings, and ensuring optimal time management.
  • Oversee shared and individual executive inboxes, ensuring emails are promptly addressed and responded to with professionalism.
  • Track key action items and ensure executives remain informed and aligned on priorities and deliverables.
  • Serve as a liaison between executives and internal teams or external partners, including the C-suite and their Executive Assistants and/or teams, to facilitate smooth and timely communication.
  • Handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion and integrity.
  • Coordinate team processes and logistics, including meeting preparation, planning of off-sites, and full travel management (flights, hotels, transportation, reservations).
Who you are:
  • 5+ years of experience as an Executive Assistant supporting senior leaders in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively interact across all levels of the organization.
  • Proficient with leading communication and productivity tools (e.g., Slack, Google Workspace, Notion).
  • Highly organized and skilled at prioritization and time management.
  • Able to manage multiple priorities and adapt to the evolving needs of multiple executives.
  • Discreet, reliable, and trusted to handle sensitive and confidential information with professionalism.

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This position may require sports betting licensure based on certain state regulations.

Underdog is an equal opportunity employer and doesn't discriminate on the basis of creed, race, sexual orientation, gender, age, disability status, or any other defining characteristic.

California Applicants: Review our CPRA Privacy Notice here. 

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The Company
HQ: Brooklyn, NY
500 Employees
Year Founded: 2020

What We Do

Underdog, the fastest-growing sports gaming company in the U.S., was founded in 2020 with the simple objective of making sports more fun. Our core operating principle: There’s so much more to be built for sports fans in America. As the only top-tier sports gaming operator in the country built on its own proprietary technology, we have a unique ability to create new, engaging products for the U.S. consumer. Our products provide the best way to enjoy fun, approachable sports games. We offer fantasy sports games, licensed sports betting, access to sports prediction markets and a growing media network featuring former professional athletes, coaches, analysts, and the fastest breaking news. Underdog is built for and by sports fans to make sports more fun. For more information, visit underdogfantasy.com.

Why Work With Us

As the only company built on its own proprietary technology across fantasy sports and sports betting regulatory frameworks, and now the first and only sports prediction market exchange offered on a major sports gaming operator app, Underdog is poised for significant growth over the next year and beyond.

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