Executive Assistant to the Managing Director (all humans)

Executive Assistant to the Managing Director (all humans)

Erste Digital is the technology engine of Erste Group - one of the leading banking groups in Central and Eastern Europe, serving more than 16 million customers. More than 1,800 experts at our locations in Vienna, Bratislava and Prague develop innovative digital products, platforms and infrastructures that shape the banking of tomorrow.

We combine technological excellence with the ambition to create real value for our customers - agile, sustainable and with a clear view of the bigger picture. This is exactly why we need you.

As an Executive Assistant, you are the Managing Director's closest professional sparring partner and take on a strategic-operational key function with direct influence on central decisions and priorities of the company. You act across departments, resolve operational bottlenecks, drive strategic projects forward and prepare critical decisions at C-level. As the link between management, the Heads of Division and Heads of Department, the holding company, the bank and external partners, you ensure that strategy turns into execution - quickly, soundly and with foresight.

Your Tasks:

• Strategic planning and communication: Supporting management in the formulation, communication and implementation of corporate goals and vision; preparing strategic content for a wide range of target groups.
• Project management and steering of initiatives: Leading and overseeing company-wide, complex initiatives as a direct staff function to the Managing Director and ensuring strategic projects are implemented on time and in a targeted manner.
• Interface management: Acting as the link between management and division and department heads, and as central point of contact for the holding company, the bank and external partners on strategic topics.
• Decision preparation: Gathering information, conducting data analyses and preparing decision documents that provide management with clarity and foresight.
• Operational crisis management: Identifying operational friction points and bottlenecks early and independently stepping in with a solution-oriented approach.
• Presence at leadership level: Actively participating in leadership rounds, board meetings and strategic alignments and staying up to date on business-critical topics.

You check these boxes:

• Several years of relevant professional experience in operations, strategic management or management consulting with proven implementation capability.
• Excellent communication and translation skills between business departments, IT and top management.
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills with the ability to structure complex issues and prepare them for decision-making.
• Strong diplomatic skills combined with assertiveness, resilience and ability to work under pressure.
• Clear prioritisation skills, decisiveness, personal responsibility, results orientation and a structured, proactive way of working.
• Strong conflict management skills and willingness to address uncomfortable topics.
• Business-fluent German and English skills.
• Experience in financial services or technology, group or holding structures, data analysis and decision documents for top management is an advantage.

Our Offer

• International, talented and passionate community at Erste.
• Interest groups and clubs for discussions and projects.
• Health Centre at Erste Campus with medical services during working hours.
• Employee benefits for financial services, insurance, supermarkets, clothing stores and more.
• Employee Referral Program for IT career opportunities at Erste Digital.
• Competitive and performance-related salary; minimum wage for this position according to the collective agreement is EUR 70,000 gross per year.

Application

Please add one short section to your application for each of the following two points: First 60 Days Plan and Prioritisation under uncertainty.