At Williams, we’re powering a cleaner, more connected future, and that starts with you. Here, your work fuels communities, drives innovation, and helps deliver reliable energy the world depends on. Join a Fortune 500 team that invests in your growth, values your contributions, and challenges you to make a lasting impact every day.
The Executive Assistant VP will support our Government Affairs and Outreach team and plays a key role in providing administrative and office support. To be successful in this role, you’ll need to be exceedingly well organized, proactive, possess the ability to handle a range of sophisticated assignments requiring the use of experience, innovation and judgment. You’ll work closely with multiple executives and a team of professionals who are located both in the office and at remote locations. You’ll plan events and coordinate with leaders and members of Williams Political Action Committee including annual visits with PAC executives.
Responsibilities/Expectations:- Provides administrative and clerical support for one or more persons, including work of a confidential nature
- Responds to inquiries from our internal and external business partners
- Assists in the technical and functional services of the department by providing support on projects, invoice management, preparing documents for approval, preparing presentations, monitoring data, reporting
- Maintains cost center data and analysis
- Assists with preparation of budgets and forecasts
- Supervises work of personnel on assigned projects
- Mentors others
- Serves as front-facing role for the D.C. office; manages relationship with building facilities and serves as liaison between various departments and office locations
- Manages schedules and plans travel for senior executives
- Plans and coordinates events with internal and external partners; supports in-person meetings
- Develops briefing memos for lobbying activities and trade association event participation
- Provides support for federal and state lobbyists, including the development of materials, briefing books, schedules, and meeting trackers
- Other duties as assigned
- Required: High school diploma or GED; a minimum five (5) years’ experience supporting executive management
- Preferred: Bachelor’s degree
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrates excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority
- Needs advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Application and PC skills, including Microsoft Teams
- Excellent time management skills, including the coordination of executive meetings, calendars and travel
- Demonstrates ability to handle confidential and sensitive information
- Preferred: Beginner to Intermediate knowledge of SharePoint
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects for various executives and team spanning multiple locations
- Ability to manage various team members travel and events
We invest in our people in ways that actually show up in your day-to-day, not just on paper. Our Total Rewards are built to support how you work, live, and plan for what’s next.
Here’s a look at what that means:
- Strong pay plus an annual incentive program
- Hybrid work for most office roles, plus real flexibility in many field positions
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage with options that fit your life, not the other way around
- 401(k) with company match and an annual company contribution
- Paid time off, including company and floating holidays
- Paid parental leave (up to six weeks per parent), plus fertility and adoption support
- Advanced AI tools and resources to help level up and work smarter
- Clear paths to grow your career, with a strong culture of promoting from within
- Tuition reimbursement and support for continuing education
- HSA and FSA options
- Company-paid life insurance and disability coverage
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Domestic partner benefits
- Employee resource groups, wellness support, paid volunteer time, and company matching for causes you care about
Eligibility and benefits are governed by the terms of the applicable plan or program document which can be amended or terminated at any time.
For more information, please visit Total Rewards | Williams Companies.
Williams is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected under applicable discrimination law.
Education Requirements:Skill Requirements:
Skills Required
- High school diploma or GED
- Minimum five (5) years experience supporting executive management
- Bachelor's degree
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills; safety focused
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and PC skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Teams
- Beginner to intermediate knowledge of SharePoint
- Excellent time management; coordinate executive meetings, calendars, and travel
- Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects across locations
- Ability to manage travel and events for various team members
What We Do
Williams has been around for more than a century, but our work has never been more important. Our employees impact people’s lives every day, fueling the clean energy economy with large-scale energy infrastructure that connects natural gas supplies to markets with growing demand for cleaner fuel. We handle 30% of the natural gas in the United States that is used every day to heat our homes, cook our food and generate our electricity. Williams works closely with customers to provide the necessary infrastructure to serve growing markets and safely deliver natural gas products to reliably fuel the clean energy economy. With interstate natural gas pipelines and gathering & processing operations throughout the country, we reliably deliver value to our employees, investors, customers and communities by running our business with authenticity and a safety-driven culture, leading our industry into the future. Our employees are our most valued resource and the driving force behind our reputation as a safe, reliable company that does the right thing, every time. At Williams, we make clean energy happen. And you can too, so bring your energy to ours.
