As our Executive Assistant, you will be the trusted right hand to Remi Cadene, CEO of UMA, technical founder and builder of Tesla Autopilot & Optimus, and Hugging Face’s open-source project: LeRobot.
You will be at the center of the most ambitious humanoid robotics companies in Europe, working alongside a team that has already shaped impactful technologies and products at Tesla, Google DeepMind, and HuggingFace, and is now developing the critical infrastructure of tomorrow: intelligent robots that enhance quality of life for everyone.
Your mission: create clarity, structure, and momentum so the CEO can focus on what matters most. Anticipate needs before they arise, bring order to complexity, and execute with discretion, judgment, and speed. This is a force-multiplier position at the heart of a company that will address key challenges of our generation.
Key responsibilities :
Manage the CEO's calendar, prioritize competing demands, and protect leadership time with efficiency
Support internal communication and ensure information flows efficiently across a fast-moving team.
Use AI agents and automation tools to eliminate repetitive workflows and multiply your own impact, in close collaboration with the DevOps team.
Follow up on action items, deadlines, and cross-functional coordination so nothing falls through the cracks.
Coordinate meetings, prepare agendas, briefings, deadlines and follow-ups
Handle day-to-day administrative support for the CEO.
Support office and operational needs when relevant, in close collaboration with the Operations teams.
Act as a reliable, discreet, and proactive partner in a highly confidential environment.
Senior-level experiences as an Executive Assistant, Personal Assistant or in a high-impact operations role in a top startup or scale-up in Europe or internationally.
An entrepreneurial mindset, you act before being asked, and thrive in fast-moving, high-stakes environments.
Strong organizational skills and an excellent ability to manage multiple priorities and how to structure chaos, juggle priorities, and meet deadlines.
Direct exposure to the entrepreneurial ecosystem you understand how startups operate, what matters at each stage, and how to support a CEO who is building at full speed.
Experience in a deep-tech environment or a strong interest in deep tech robotics, AI, hardware, or any frontier technology. Experience in a high-growth scaling company is a strong plus.
Comfortable with AI tools, agents, and automation
Autonomy, discretion, and prioritization you operate in a highly confidential environment and exercise judgment like a founder would.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in French and English.
No full remote, but flexible schedule.
Contract Type : full-time (Permanent FR contract)
Skills Required
- Senior-level experience as an Executive Assistant, Personal Assistant, or high-impact operations role at a startup/scale-up
- Entrepreneurial mindset; proactive and able to act before being asked in fast-moving environments
- Strong organizational skills; ability to structure chaos, juggle priorities, and meet deadlines
- Direct exposure to the entrepreneurial ecosystem and understanding of startup operations
- Experience in a deep-tech environment or a strong interest in deep tech robotics, AI, or hardware
- Experience in a high-growth scaling company
- Comfortable using AI tools, agents, and automation
- Autonomy, discretion, and high judgment in confidential environments
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in French and English
- No full remote (flexible schedule) and willingness to work under a French permanent full-time contract
What We Do
We build general-purpose mobile and humanoid robots capable of human-level dexterity and understanding of the physical world. It will enable people to focus on what truly matters in their lives. We are based in Paris, FR. Join us: https://app.dover.com/jobs/uma
