Executive Assistant

Our client is an early-stage, venture-backed AgTech startup leveraging genomics, AI, and machine learning to help modernize agriculture. They’re building a category-defining company with a small, high-caliber team tackling meaningful, real-world problems.

They’re looking for an Executive Assistant/Founder’s Associate to work directly alongside the CEO as a trusted partner across both business and personal operations. This is much more than a traditional EA role, it’s an opportunity to work side-by-side with a founder and gain firsthand exposure to building and scaling a high-growth startup.

You’ll travel with the CEO, meet customers and investors, solve problems, and help keep the business running smoothly. If your long-term goal is to become a founder, operator, or startup leader, this role offers an exceptional level of ownership and visibility.

Responsibilities

• Partner directly with the CEO across business and personal operations.
• Manage calendars, travel, meetings, and communications.
• Coordinate logistics and keep high-priority initiatives moving.
• Support recruiting, board meetings, customer visits, and special projects.
• Handle confidential information with professionalism and discretion.
• Jump in wherever needed to help the business succeed.

What We’re Looking For

• Highly organized, proactive, and resourceful.
• Thrives in fast-paced, high-ownership environments.
• Comfortable with frequent travel and changing priorities.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
• Interested in building a long-term partnership with a founder.
• Passionate about startups, innovation, and making an impact.

Qualifications

• Reside in or be willing to relocate to the Santa Cruz area before your start date.
• Able to travel extensively, including overnight trips or longer.
• Comfortable driving long distances throughout California and Arizona.
• Valid driver’s license and clean driving record.
• Experience supporting executives, founders, startups, consulting, operations, or other fast-paced environments is a plus.

If you’re looking for a traditional Executive Assistant role, this probably isn’t it. If you’re excited by ownership, accelerated learning, and the opportunity to help build a company from the ground up, we’d love to hear from you.