Empatica

Empatica is a full-stack digital healthcare company and a pioneer in digital biomarker development and continuous patient monitoring driven by AI. We are building the world’s biggest and most trusted platform to understand health, utilizing smart algorithms and award-winning wearables to monitor, detect, research, and forecast various conditions.
If you are looking to join an innovative technology company and do meaningful work that can make a true impact in the world, you are in the right place.

About the role

As a CEO Assistant, you will be among the most dynamic and determined people in Empatica. This position requires a keen eye for detail, exceptional organizational skills, and the ability to navigate dynamic priorities. From coordinating schedules and communications to facilitating strategic initiatives, you will serve as the cornerstone of efficiency, ensuring that our CEO's time is optimized. This is more than just administrative support; it's about being at the forefront of innovation and progress, and thriving in a dynamic, forward-thinking environment.
By working at Empatica, you’ll have a real opportunity to improve lives around the world, as part of a tight-knit team who share knowledge and are eager to keep learning and improving to create top-notch products that have a meaningful impact.

Responsibilities
Your role will be formally within the People and Culture team. Your work will include:

• Managing our CEO’s extremely busy calendar, optimizing daily/weekly schedules for productivity and health (e.g., planning, trips, events and making sure he sleeps) implementing time-saving strategies where possible
• Acting as the first point of contact for the CEO with internal/external clients
• Planning and ensuring the CEO's schedule is followed and respected. Provides "gatekeeper" and "gateway" role, creating win-win situations for direct access to the CEO
• Managing a dynamic travel itinerary, taking into account time zones and multiple requirements
• Facilitating meetings in close collaboration with the Executive Team and Managers, taking notes, and following up as needed
• Taking care of last-minute special projects (e.g. product/company research, presentations, business modeling)
• Handling any task of all kinds that free up the CEO so he can focus on the big stuff
• Organizing events (e.g. conferences, the odd hackathon, company trips and events)

Requirements

The Ideal Candidate for this job:

• Is a very quick learner
• Is a very quick learner (it’s not a typo)
• Is fun and easy to work with
• Has an excellent execution mindset
• Is a hard-worker and collaborative
• Has outstanding planning, time management and multitasking skills
• Is focused on quality and excellence
• Is flexible in terms of working time and ability to travel
• Is a problem-solving hustler who can take on any big or small project
• Is passionate about our products and our mission
• Is proficient in English (mother tongue is highly appreciated)
• Has at least 2 years of previous experience in an Executive Assistant role
• Is committed to the role for a minimum of 2 years
• Has an excellent knowledge of Google suite

Some important details:

• Empatica is an international environment with offices in Europe and the US, and so we conduct all our work in English.
• This role will be based in our Milan office, with flexible options for hybrid work.

Life at Empatica

You will join a fast-growing, international, and diverse team of 100+ talented people who care passionately about what we do and the difference we are making in the world. You’ll get the opportunity to work directly with colleagues across all levels of the organization, no matter their seniority, and learn from the people that built the business and our products.
If you jump on board, we can guarantee it won't be an easy ride, but it will be one of the most rewarding experiences in your career, one that will allow you to learn a lot, have true ownership of your work, and test your whole skillset on multiple projects which are helping thousands of people worldwide.
Read our blog post and find out some reasons why we love working at Empatica.

Inclusion & Diversity

At Empatica we embrace diversity and inclusion. We have colleagues from 27 different countries, while more than 50% of our team is women (double the tech average!). We believe this makes Empatica a more exciting and stimulating place to work, and brings different points of view to the table while fostering a spirit of communication, collaboration, and care, where everyone’s opinion and thoughts matter.
Benefits

• Multiple opportunities to be challenged and step up your career in a fast-growth company in one of the hottest areas of tech
• Competitive salary
• Employee stock options - we want everyone who joins us to own part of the company and our success
• ️ We have offices in Milan City Center and Downtown Boston. And every summer, we hold an amazing beach retreat in Sardinia, Italy
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• ️ Gympass membership with access to gyms, online classes, personal training sessions, and nutrition plans
• Membership for mental health and wellness platforms
• Health Insurance
• Free healthy lunch every day
• Free Kindle and books
• Remote working option
• ️ Flexible working hours
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• Personal learning and development budget
• Much more…