The Requirements

To be a strong fit for the Executive Assistant to the COO opportunity, you should have:

• 5+ years of experience as an Executive Administrative Assistant including at least 2 years supporting a C-Level executive(s)  Quick question for you - click here
• A professional and articulate presence and comfort interacting with senior executives
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills (e.g. Word, Excel, and Outlook) including advanced PowerPoint skill. You should be able to create polished, high-level projects for varying audiences, both internal and external, including importing data from other applications such as Excel  Quick question for you - click here
• Graphic design experience is a plus, ideally Adobe InDesign  
• The ability to support varied work hours (early and/or extended hours) as needed to accommodate global interactions
• A bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university is preferred
• Experience working at a Public company is a plus

In addition, you will need the following core characteristics and competencies:

• Excellent gatekeeping, calendaring, travel and other planning skills
• Strong organizational and time-management skills with strict attention to detail
• The ability to multitask and balance a variety of activities and priorities
• Strong analytical thinking and problem solving skills
• Strong writing and editing skills including accurate grammar, spelling and punctuation
• A friendly, people-oriented approach and the ability to interact effectively with customers and coworkers
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to express ideas clearly
• A proactive, self-starter attitude with a strong sense of ownership
• Resourcefulness and the ability to achieve goals independently
• Reliability and punctuality

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The Role

In this critical role, you will directly support and serve as the right hand of the COO, keeping him organized, planning his travel, completing high-level presentation work, helping complete projects, acting as gatekeeper -- doing whatever is needed to allow him to optimally perform his role.

The COO role is newly added to our organization, making this Executive Assistant role new as well. You’ll get to know the COO, learn his work style and expectations and bring your own talent and experience to the table so that you can help shape and define your role. In addition to your technical skills, you’ll need a polished and professional style and the ability to interact effectively with the COO, other executive leaders, board members and peers throughout the office. In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Creating PowerPoints, Word docs and other presentation collateral, keeping in mind the audience that the presentation will address
• Developing spreadsheets and reports (such as variance reports)
• Tracking and managing expenses
• Schedule management
• Project prep-work/research
• Managing travel arrangements -- domestic and heavy international travel; knowledge of time zones and how to route/reroute based on schedule changes, layovers, weather or other unforeseen conditions  Quick question for you - click here
• Arranging meeting venues, business dinner reservations, and other meeting details
• Performing administrative duties such as updating databases, preparing materials for meetings, preparing Board materials, etc.

Note: this description is intended to give you a general overview of the position and is not an exhaustive listing of duties and responsibilities.

Why Digital Realty

Professional Development -- in this multi-faceted role, you're bound to gain experience in a variety of areas that are new to you. For example, you'll learn all about the data center business, if you don't already know it. We are committed to helping our people grow professionally, including providing training opportunities.

Career development -- this role can provide you with challenges and professional fulfillment well into the future. At the same time, if you have the aptitude and ambition, our ongoing growth -- here in San Francisco and in other locations -- will create advancement opportunities for strong performers. 

Visibility -- you'll be working in the corporate office where much of our leadership is seated (including the CEO). You'll have the opportunity to leverage your full-range of talents and demonstrate where you can add value, while also gaining insight into a thriving global organization. And in our close-knit atmosphere your successes will be noticed.

Great environment -- at Digital Realty you'll join a great team made up of diverse personalities in an easy-going but results oriented atmosphere. We value transparency and collaboration, and understand the value that each employee brings. You'll also enjoy a beautiful location right across the street from the ferry building!

Green standard for sustainability -- we are committed to improving the performance and energy efficiency of our data centers through the creation, adoption and promotion of industry-leading best data center practices and experience. We are pioneers in thinking about green data centers, as well as, adopting and building to LEED and BREEAM certification requirements. We are also a Contributing Member of The Green Grid.

Strong foundation -- our financial strength and stability provide our customers with the assurance that Digital Realty will be their partner for current data center needs and those in the future, and our investment credit ratings provide us access to paths for more capital. We view each of our customers as a long-term partner.

Excellent compensation -- in addition to a competitive wage and bonus opportunity (this is a non-exempt role so you will receive overtime), we offer a comprehensive benefits package.

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Keys to Success

The COO is proactive, fast-moving and pragmatic. At the same time he’s affable and approachable. You will be responsible for learning his work style and supporting him at his pace. To do so, you will be flexible and adaptable. There will be a lot going on, and priorities and deadlines will change frequently. You may start the day with a well laid out to-do list, but you can expect that list to change more than once! Your ability to create high-level presentations and perform other tasks on short notice will be key to your success.

To fit in well with our culture you will be down-to-earth, but also polished and professional. You’ll take direction with a "can do" attitude, be resourceful, learn quickly, and accomplish tasks autonomously. Of course, you should also know when to ask for help or clarification. 

To be an outstanding Executive Assistant to the COO, you will be a go-getter, ready to jump in and take ownership of your assignment. There will be tasks that you haven't done before, but you should be fearless about learning and managing new responsibilities. Fearless, however, is not careless. You'll take a logical approach and always rely on your strong judgment.

About Digital Realty

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. supports the data center and colocation strategies of more than 600 firms across its secure, network-rich portfolio of data centers located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Digital Realty's clients include domestic and international companies of all sizes, ranging from financial services, cloud and information technology services, to manufacturing, energy, gaming, life sciences and consumer products.

Digital Realty is a publicly traded company (NYSE: DLR) with investment grade ratings from all three major ratings agencies.

Digital Realty offers a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions.

Digital Realty is an equal opportunity employer, EOE/AA/M/F/Vets/Disabled

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