Administrative Business Partner
Apply NowCompany: Taara Connect, Inc
Location: Sunnyvale, CA 94087
Description:
About the Team:
Born at X, Google's Moonshot Factory, Taara is on a mission to connect billions of people lacking abundant and affordable internet today by pioneering the way we use light to deliver faster, cheaper, more reliable connectivity. Lead the charge in bringing our groundbreaking wireless optical communication and photonics chip technologies to the world. Drive our growth story as we scale innovative solutions across the world. Join us to light the way for bridging the digital divide and illuminating the future.
About the Role:
With a primary role as Administrative Business Partner (ABP), you're at the heart of your team's operations and activities and the soul that keeps your team moving forward. You anticipate the needs of your manager(s) and team members and help them stay focused on their projects by resolving operational and administrative issues before they arise. You move quickly with the changing environment and are able to be flexible and proactive in ambiguous situations. You also use your knowledge of tools and processes to strategically support your team's projects. In addition to being organized and analytical, you possess the solid judgement and communication skills needed to interact with a variety of people and job functions.
At Taara, our ABPs are invited to take on challenging and meaningful program management and leadership tasks, navigate ambiguity, and dive head-first into failing fast, looking at challenges from new angles, and asking "what if?" regularly. We are working together to make the impossible possible, and our ABPs are both the duct tape essential to making that happen and the lightning rods that carry our culture!
How you will make 10x impact:
What you should have:
It would be great if you also had these:
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $90,000 - $120,000 + bonus + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.
Born at X, Google's Moonshot Factory, Taara is on a mission to connect billions of people lacking abundant and affordable internet today by pioneering the way we use light to deliver faster, cheaper, more reliable connectivity. Lead the charge in bringing our groundbreaking wireless optical communication and photonics chip technologies to the world. Drive our growth story as we scale innovative solutions across the world. Join us to light the way for bridging the digital divide and illuminating the future.
About the Role:
With a primary role as Administrative Business Partner (ABP), you're at the heart of your team's operations and activities and the soul that keeps your team moving forward. You anticipate the needs of your manager(s) and team members and help them stay focused on their projects by resolving operational and administrative issues before they arise. You move quickly with the changing environment and are able to be flexible and proactive in ambiguous situations. You also use your knowledge of tools and processes to strategically support your team's projects. In addition to being organized and analytical, you possess the solid judgement and communication skills needed to interact with a variety of people and job functions.
At Taara, our ABPs are invited to take on challenging and meaningful program management and leadership tasks, navigate ambiguity, and dive head-first into failing fast, looking at challenges from new angles, and asking "what if?" regularly. We are working together to make the impossible possible, and our ABPs are both the duct tape essential to making that happen and the lightning rods that carry our culture!
How you will make 10x impact:
- Supercharge your manager(s) and team members by keeping a pulse of the program at all times, balancing team members' individual needs with those of the program.
- Perform an array of administrative tasks (managing calendars, booking travel, and scheduling facilities and equipment) with agility in a complex and dynamic environment
- Effectively communicate and coordinate with a diverse range of stakeholders internal and external to the organization, navigating multiple stakeholder interests and POVs
- Be the cultural alchemist, keeping the team tight knit and well integrated always. Help onboard new hires
- Stretch beyond your "core" role into new and ambiguous work streams, setting goals and owning delivery in a very fast-moving environment
What you should have:
- BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience
- 1 or 2 years of direct executive support or a combination of executive support and program management experience
- Strong organizational and business acumen with the ability to "see around corners" and proactively address potential issues
It would be great if you also had these:
- At least two years of experience managing day-to-day tasks while juggling and completing longer-term program manager duties and project(s)
- Ability to read situations and bring a balance of previous expertise to the table, while also knowing when to seek new answers or quickly learn new tools and technologies
- Experience planning events and socials or other activities related to team culture and building and visits from international executives, including making travel arrangements and optimizing logistics
- Experience in creating engaging and relevant content for social media platforms and making simple updates to the website
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $90,000 - $120,000 + bonus + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.