Location Designation: Hybrid - 3 days per week
The Executive Assistant will provide high-level support to the Senior Vice President within the Field Experience Value Stream. This role requires strong organizational skills, excellent communication abilities, adaptability to shifting priorities, and discretion in handling sensitive information. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, collaborates effectively with other administrative staff, and demonstrates a proactive, solution-oriented approach.
What You'll Do:
- Manage SVP calendar: balance and prioritize demands on time, handle last-minute changes, and resolve scheduling conflicts.
- Provide administrative support to the team, supply ordering, and coordinating meetings.
- Assist HR and divisional managers with onboarding of new employees.
- Plan and coordinate internal and external events, meetings, and conferences.
- Manage special projects and initiatives assigned.
- Process and reconcile travel and expense reports.
- Manage secure and sensitive information with discretion and professionalism.
- Schedule meeting rooms and ensure environment is appropriate for attendees.
- Support speaker and attendee preparation.
- Ensure A/V needs are met and technology functions smoothly.
What You'll Bring:
Administrative Skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
- Strong organizational and multitasking abilities.
- Attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Professional demeanor and ability to maintain confidentiality.
Key Competencies
- Interpersonal Skills: Build and maintain strong working relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
- Time Management: Prioritize tasks effectively to meet deadlines.
- Flexibility: Adapt quickly to changing priorities and unforeseen challenges.
- Initiative: Proactively seek opportunities to support executives and improve processes.
- Sense of Urgency: Demonstrates awareness of business-critical priorities.
Qualifications
- Minimum 7-10 years of administrative support experience, including at least 5 years supporting senior executives.
- Bachelor's degree preferred.
- Team player with a commitment to discretion and professionalism.
Job Level: LEVELAA4
Pay Transparency
Salary Range: $73,500-$105,000
Overtime eligible: Nonexempt
Discretionary bonus eligible: Yes
Sales bonus eligible: No
Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual's experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.
Our Benefits
We provide a full package of benefits for employees - and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work.Click hereto discover more about our comprehensive benefit options or visit our NYL Benefits Site.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
At New York Life, fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to who we are and how we serve our communities. We have a longstanding commitment to creating an environment where individuals can contribute their best and succeed together. This foundation is rooted in our core values of humanity and integrity, ensuring that every employee feels valued and supported. By embracing a broad range of perspectives and experiences, we achieve greater success and fulfill our promise of providing financial security and peace of mind to families across all communities. Click here to learn more about New York Life's leadership in this space.
Recognized as one of Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies, New York Life is committed to improving local communities through a culture of employee giving and volunteerism, supported by the Foundation. We're proud that due to our mutuality, we operate in the best interests of our policy owners. To learn more about career opportunities at New York Life, please visit the Careers page of www.NewYorkLife.com.
Job Requisition ID: 94481
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Skills Required
- Minimum 7-10 years administrative support experience, including at least 5 years supporting senior executives
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Strong organizational and multitasking abilities
- Attention to detail and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Professional demeanor and ability to maintain confidentiality
- Experience managing executive calendars and resolving scheduling conflicts
- Experience planning and coordinating internal and external events, meetings, and conferences
- Experience processing and reconciling travel and expense reports
- Bachelor's degree
What the Team is Saying
What We Do
At New York Life, our 180-year legacy of integrity, mutuality, and financial strength fuels a future defined by bold transformation. As the largest mutual life insurance company in the U.S., we operate on behalf of our policy owners—not shareholders. That structure allows us to take a long-term view, investing in people, purpose, and innovation that endures. Guided by a clear enterprise vision to become a technology-, data-, and AI-powered company, we’re modernizing our platforms, rearchitecting experiences, and embedding intelligence across our products and services. Our mission has always been about helping people through life’s most meaningful moments. Today, technology is amplifying that mission—enabling us to serve clients, advisors, and communities in more personalized, proactive ways. With a diversified business portfolio spanning insurance, investments, retirement, group benefits, and direct-to-consumer offerings, New York Life delivers the stability of a Fortune 100 company with the agility of one that’s continuously evolving. We’re powered by a values-led culture, inclusive teams, and a shared belief that when our people thrive, so does our company. Here, tradition fuels momentum—and your ideas, energy, and growth power what’s next.
Why Work With Us
New York Life is transforming from the inside out—blending 180 years of trust with the velocity of innovation. What makes us different is our culture: grounded in integrity, humanity, and shared success—values that show up in how we work, lead, and grow. If you want a place where innovation has purpose—build what's next with us.
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