Executive Business Partner
New York, NY · US - NY - NYC - Remote · 8-12 years experience · Posted Sep 22, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 8-12 years experience
- Location
- New York, NY · US - NY - NYC - Remote
About the role
- Block is seeking a strategic Executive Business Partner to amplify the impact of executives and their teams by keeping priorities clear, decisions moving, and information flowing across the organization.
- The role operates at the intersection of major initiatives to shape operating rhythms, manage complex priorities, improve workflows, and create leverage.
- At a principal level, this position architects scalable support models, designs repeatable frameworks, mentors other members of the function, and leads improvements.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic and administrative partnership for 1–2 senior executives, balancing day-to-day operational excellence with long-term executive effectiveness.
- Proactively manage complex calendars, travel, expenses, meeting cadence, and executive workflows with strong judgment, discretion, and attention to shifting business priorities.
- Design and maintain executive operating rhythms, including leadership meetings, staff meetings, business reviews, planning cycles, all-hands, offsites, and follow-up mechanisms.
- Drive adoption of AI, automation, and workflow tools to increase executive leverage, reduce manual work, improve information flow, and create scalable practices for the executive and broader team.
- Ensure executives are prepared and effective by synthesizing context, managing information flow, identifying decision points, tracking follow-through, and surfacing risks or gaps.
- Build strong relationships across cross-functional partners, and the Executive Operations team to improve alignment, communication, and execution.
- Anticipate needs, resolve ambiguity, and independently drive solutions in fast-moving, sensitive, or high-stakes situations.
- Identify and improve systems, workflows, and processes that create leverage for executives and their teams, including reporting, goal tracking, meeting hygiene, documentation, and stakeholder communication.
- Own or support high-impact executive programs, team moments, offsites, planning processes, and cross-functional initiatives from planning through execution and follow-up.
- Capture and scale institutional knowledge by creating clear documentation, templates, playbooks, or repeatable practices that improve continuity and decision-making.
Requirements
- 8–12+ years of experience as an Executive Assistant, Executive Business Partner, Administrative Business Partner, Chief of Staff partner, or similar role supporting senior executives
- Demonstrated ability to operate as a trusted strategic partner to senior leaders, with strong judgment, discretion, and ability to manage sensitive information
- Exceptional calendar, workflow, travel, and executive operations management skills, including the ability to prioritize across competing demands and shifting business needs
- Strong business acumen and ability to connect day-to-day executive support to broader team, product, and company priorities
- Proven experience designing or improving operating rhythms, executive workflows, planning processes, meeting systems, documentation, or cross-functional coordination mechanisms
- Excellent relationship-building and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across functions, levels, and working styles
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex context, prepare executive-ready materials, and communicate with clarity and sound judgment
- High emotional intelligence, composure, and ability to navigate ambiguity, organizational dynamics, and high-pressure situations
- Advanced proficiency with Google Workspace, including Calendar, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, and related collaboration tools
- Comfort using data, AI, automation, or workflow tools to improve executive effectiveness, reduce manual work, and scale repeatable processes
Preferred qualifications
- Experience supporting C-Suite
- Experience supporting executives in hybrid or distributed teams
- Experience planning leadership offsites, all-hands, business reviews, or annual/quarterly planning processes
- Experience building templates, playbooks, dashboards, or systems that improve team operations at scale
Benefits
- Remote work
- Medical insurance
- Flexible time off
- Retirement savings plans
- Modern family planning
Workplace
- Location includes New York, NY and Remote
Skills
- Google Workspace
- AI Tools
