Executive Assistant, Sales Leadership

Cognition
San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceExperience: 3+ yearsSkills: ["Organizational skills","Communication","Confidentiality","Judgment","Proactive problem-solving"]

Support a group of three Sales VPs as an operational backbone for Cognition’s fast-scaling go-to-market organization. Manage complex calendars, coordinate domestic and international travel, and run logistics for sales leadership meetings, QBRs, offsites, and customer visits. Serve as gatekeeper and first point of contact, handle confidential information, prepare communications, and process expenses and budgets while partnering cross-functionally across Sales, GTM Ops, Marketing, and Recruiting.

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Cognition
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Executive Assistant, Sales Leadership

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Job Summary

Support a group of three Sales VPs as an operational backbone for Cognition’s fast-scaling go-to-market organization. Manage complex calendars, coordinate domestic and international travel, and run logistics for sales leadership meetings, QBRs, offsites, and customer visits. Serve as gatekeeper and first point of contact, handle confidential information, prepare communications, and process expenses and budgets while partnering cross-functionally across Sales, GTM Ops, Marketing, and Recruiting.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Manage complex, ever-changing calendars across multiple Sales VPs, resolving conflicts and prioritizing based on business impact.
  • •Coordinate domestic and international travel, including itineraries, visa-related logistics, and last-minute changes.
  • •Own logistics for sales leadership meetings, QBRs, offsites, and customer/prospect visits, including scheduling, room setup, and follow-up.
  • •Serve as gatekeeper and first point of contact, preparing and editing correspondence, presentations, and internal communications for the supported leaders.
  • •Process expense reports and manage budgets related to travel, events, and team activities while partnering with GTM Operations, Recruiting, and Marketing on cross-functional initiatives.

Key Requirements

  • •3+ years of experience as an Executive Assistant, ideally supporting multiple executives or a sales/GTM leadership team in tech.
  • •Thrives in fast-paced, high-growth, ambiguous environments (startup or hyper-growth tech experience strongly preferred).
  • •Exceptional organizational skills and strong context-switching across multiple executives’ priorities without losing detail.
  • •Strong written and verbal communication skills, with comfort interfacing with senior leaders, customers, and external partners.
  • •Proficiency with calendar, travel, and productivity tools (e.g., Google Workspace, Slack, Ramp, Salesforce) and sound judgment/discretion with confidential information.
Experience:3+ yearsTechStartupHyper-growth
Skills:Organizational skillsCommunicationConfidentialityJudgmentProactive problem-solving
Tech Stack:Google WorkspaceSlackRampSalesforce

Company Brief

Cognition
Builds Devin, an autonomous AI software engineer and AI-native developer tools (Windsurf, DeepWiki) to automate software engineering workflows for enterprise customers.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Revenue: USD 50M to 100M
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2023
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Glassdoor: 4.7
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