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Senior Executive Assistant, Legal

UL Solutions
Northbrook, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 5/23/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/21/2026
Job Description

At UL Solutions, we are driven by a shared purpose: working for a safer world. Our Legal team plays a critical role in advancing that mission—serving as a strategic partner that safeguards our integrity, enables innovation, and ensures we meet the highest standards of compliance and governance across a global organization.

Led by our Chief Legal Officer, the team operates at the center of key business decisions, advising on complex matters and shaping the frameworks that allow our company to grow responsibly and sustainably. We are collaborative, forward-thinking, and committed to excellence in everything we do.

As the Senior Executive Assistant to the Chief Legal Officer, you will be a trusted partner and an integral part of this mission-driven team. This role goes beyond traditional administrative support—you will help create focus, drive alignment, and enable leadership effectiveness at the highest levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

  • Provides a wide variety of complex administrative and staff support services.
  • Relieves the organizational unit of administrative work and project details where appropriate, including preparing varied to complex reports, typing documents, filing, answering questions regarding the organizational unit procedures and processes, screening phone calls as appropriate, etc.
  • Assists with high-level confidential projects, which may include creating supporting documentation such as graphs and charts.
  • Assists in the preparation and control of a variety of office records, statistics and reports regarding operations, personnel, etc.
  • Schedules, coordinates and maintains calendar and travel itineraries.
  • Makes meeting and travel arrangements.
  • Serves as administrative liaison within or outside the company regarding administrative issues related to the organizational unit assigned.
  • Assists in the budgetary process for the organizational unit.
  • Acts as a mentor for (Associate) Executive Assistant.
  • Read and follow the Underwriters Laboratories Code of Conduct and follow all physical and digital security practices. Performs other duties as directed.

Qualifications

  • Higher Secondary Education plus generally ten or more years of related administrative assistant experience or paraprofessional experience.
  • Ability to interact and communicate with Senior Leadership, influence prioritization of schedules.
  • Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks within the assigned area.
  • Demonstrated ability to make sound decisions based on information presented or researched.
  • Detailed knowledge of the organizational area assigned.

What We Offer:

Total Rewards: We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. The estimated salary range for this position is $100,000-115,000 and is based on multiple factors, including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, as well as other factors. This position is eligible for annual bonus compensation with a target payout of 10% of the base salary. This position also provides health benefits such as medical, dental and vision; wellness benefits such as mental and financial health; and retirement savings (401K) commensurate with the standard rewards offered in each individual location or country. We also provide full-time employees with paid time off including vacation (15 days), holiday including floating holidays (12 days) and sick time off (72 hours).

Salary : $100,000 - $115,000

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