Website Sagan Recruitment
Job Title: Senior Executive Assistant to the Owner/CEO
Location: Remote – South Africa
Compensation: USD 2,750–3,500 per month
Independent contractor position
Company Overview
Sagan connects experienced international professionals with U.S.-based businesses.
About the Role
Support an owner and CEO with complex executive coordination while proactively improving workflows through AI and automation. Own calendars, inbox triage and deadline follow-through, and confidently make calls on the executive’s behalf. A video recording is required as part of your application.
Key Responsibilities
• Manage complex executive calendars and triage high-volume inboxes.
• Enforce project deadlines and follow through on outstanding actions.
• Proactively build useful AI workflows, prompts and automations.
• Call unfamiliar people and institutions on the executive’s behalf.
Qualifications
• At least five years of executive-assistant experience supporting executives.
• Hands-on use of Claude or ChatGPT projects and prompts, plus experience building automations with Zapier, Make, n8n or light API work.
• Proven calendar, inbox and deadline-management skills.
• Excellent spoken and written English for answering the executive’s phone and making external calls.
• Comfort with cold-calling and a cheerful, enthusiastic, proactive approach.
Resume Submission Guidelines
Provide your full resume in English. You may upload an English PDF and must also complete the required resume text.
Senior Executive Assistant to the Owner/CEO
Sagan connects experienced international professionals with U.S.-based businesses.