What are the responsibilities and job description for the Executive Assistant to the CEO position at Weatherford?
Job Description
Position Category: Administrative Support
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
Location: 2000, St James Place (onsite)
The Executive Assistant to the CEO serves as a high-impact strategic and administrative partner, enabling the CEO’s effectiveness, prioritization, and execution across a complex, global organization. This role requires strong business acumen, sound judgment, and the ability to anticipate needs in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
As a central hub for coordination and communication, the Executive Assistant ensures alignment to business priorities, seamless CEO office operations, and effective engagement with senior leadership, the Board of Directors, and external stakeholders.
Responsibilities
Executive & Administrative Support
Weatherford is a leading global energy services company. Our world-class experts partner with customers to optimize their resources and realize the full potential of their assets. Across our operating locations, including manufacturing, research and development, service, and training facilities, operators choose us for strategic solutions that add efficiency, flexibility, and responsibility to any energy operation.
We are focused on technology development, digital solutions, and defining our footprint in the new energy space. Our ability to provide integrated solutions across our segments will be critical to growth in our core operations and the energy transition.
Energy producers face unique challenges every day, so it is our job to create solutions that enhance safety, streamline operations, and sustain uptime to meet or exceed their targets. We operate across the global energy landscape employing some of the best diverse talent in the industry. At Weatherford, we understand the value each individual brings to the table. We celebrate diversity in all its forms and are immensely proud of our workforce. We invite you to join our passionate, talented, world-class team.
When you join Weatherford, you instantly feel connected to something bigger – a community that is grounded by our core values and driven to create innovative solutions for our customers. We celebrate each other’s successes, grow together, and learn from each other constantly. Individually, we are impressive. Together, we are unstoppable. We are One Weatherford.
Join Us
Weatherford is producing energy for today and tomorrow- with global opportunities as unlimited as your sense of adventure. Join us to make an impact on our customers, the industry, and the world.
Weatherford is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Position Category: Administrative Support
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
Location: 2000, St James Place (onsite)
The Executive Assistant to the CEO serves as a high-impact strategic and administrative partner, enabling the CEO’s effectiveness, prioritization, and execution across a complex, global organization. This role requires strong business acumen, sound judgment, and the ability to anticipate needs in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
As a central hub for coordination and communication, the Executive Assistant ensures alignment to business priorities, seamless CEO office operations, and effective engagement with senior leadership, the Board of Directors, and external stakeholders.
Responsibilities
Executive & Administrative Support
- Manage and optimize a highly complex, high-volume CEO calendar, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities
- Serve as the primary gatekeeper of the CEO’s time, balancing competing demands and priorities
- Coordinate global travel logistics with precision, including itineraries and contingency planning
- Prepare meeting materials, including agendas, presentations, and executive briefing documents
- Track action items, deliverables, and deadlines to ensure timely follow-through and accountability
- Optimize meeting cadence, preparation, and follow-ups across all engagements
- Coordinate Board and committee activities, including scheduling, materials, and logistics
- Support executive leadership meetings, forums, and company operating rhythms (e.g., monthly operating reviews)
- Ensure readiness for Board-level and executive discussions through thorough preparation and coordination
- Support CEO agenda planning to ensure focus on highest-impact business priorities
- Assist with planning and execution of town halls, leadership events, and key communications
- Coordinate logistics for investor-related activities
- Drive efficiency through workflow coordination and process improvements
- Proactively identify issues, risks, and conflicts, recommending solutions and adapting to shifting priorities
- Operate effectively in areas that extend beyond traditional EA responsibilities as business needs evolve
- Serve as a primary point of contact for the CEO’s office
- Engage effectively with senior executives, Board members, and external partners
- Navigate a global, matrixed environment across time zones
- Build relationships to enable alignment and effective coordination
- Strong organizational, prioritization, and time-management skills
- Demonstrated project management and cross-functional coordination experience
- Proven ability to manage highly confidential information with discretion
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel)
- Demonstrated ability to operate in high-pressure, fast-paced environments
- Strong sense of urgency with a consistent track record of execution and follow-up
- Judgment & Emotional Intelligence: Applies sound judgment and discretion in high-visibility, sensitive situations
- Proactivity & Ownership: Anticipates needs and independently drives actions
- Resilience & Agility: Performs effectively under pressure and adapts to shifting priorities
- Execution Excellence: Delivers high-quality work with strong organization and attention to detail
- Communication & Influence: Communicates effectively across all levels and influences outcomes
- Proven experience supporting C-suite executives, ideally a CEO
- Experience in global, matrixed organizations
- Exposure to Board-level interactions and executive operations
- Background in mid-to-large, fast-paced organizations preferred
Weatherford is a leading global energy services company. Our world-class experts partner with customers to optimize their resources and realize the full potential of their assets. Across our operating locations, including manufacturing, research and development, service, and training facilities, operators choose us for strategic solutions that add efficiency, flexibility, and responsibility to any energy operation.
We are focused on technology development, digital solutions, and defining our footprint in the new energy space. Our ability to provide integrated solutions across our segments will be critical to growth in our core operations and the energy transition.
Energy producers face unique challenges every day, so it is our job to create solutions that enhance safety, streamline operations, and sustain uptime to meet or exceed their targets. We operate across the global energy landscape employing some of the best diverse talent in the industry. At Weatherford, we understand the value each individual brings to the table. We celebrate diversity in all its forms and are immensely proud of our workforce. We invite you to join our passionate, talented, world-class team.
When you join Weatherford, you instantly feel connected to something bigger – a community that is grounded by our core values and driven to create innovative solutions for our customers. We celebrate each other’s successes, grow together, and learn from each other constantly. Individually, we are impressive. Together, we are unstoppable. We are One Weatherford.
Join Us
Weatherford is producing energy for today and tomorrow- with global opportunities as unlimited as your sense of adventure. Join us to make an impact on our customers, the industry, and the world.
Weatherford is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.