As an Executive Assistant, you will play a crucial role in supporting our Area VP /CEO for Microsoft in the Netherlands. We are looking for someone with a proactive and strategic mindset and well used to supporting at VP level in an international corporation. This opportunity will allow you to accelerate your career growth, develop deep business acumen, and become adept at managing executive-level operations. This is a hybrid role, where expectation will be to be onsite in Schiphol minimum 3 days per week. However, there may be occasions when circumstances require up to 5 days per week. **Responsibilities** • Based on a deep knowledge of business and executive needs, you will provide highly strategic calendar management. You’ll also maintain strategic alliances inside and outside the company by proactively driving communication between executives, central teams, and other business partners. • You will drive strategic oversight and direction for discipline development by assessing discipline capabilities to encourage a growth mindset environment. You’ll also showcase leadership by demonstrating executive presence, encouraging others to raise their own standards, and setting a foundation for success. • You will provide strategic oversight into event vision and manage overall events, including promotion, communication, executive briefings and resource allocation. You’ll also own expense management for the CEO office, partnering with finance on all aspects of budgets. • Working with executive leaders and Chiefs of Staff, you will create, build, and manage the annual rhythm of business (ROB). You’ll also prepare the team for the ROB cadence, while helping to manage workloads across multiple Rhythm Of Business (ROBs). • You will work with Executive Travel to coordinate travel arrangements for the CEO Office. This will involve creating detailed itineraries, managing all travel logistics, briefings and documents. **Qualifications** **Required Qualifications** Extensive experience working in an EA role Experience supporting at VP level in an international enterprise company Business level English and Dutch **Preferred Qualifications** Bachelors Degree in relevant field (e.g., Business Administration, Human Resources [HR], Marketing, Communications, Psychology, Sociology) OR equivalent experience Proven experience serving as mentor or direct/indirect (e.g., team leader) supervisor to others Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .