Executive Travel & Logistics Specialist (Part-time)
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Executive Travel & Logistics Specialist(Part-time)Work Model:Remote, US work hours.Time Zone:EST
Role Summary
We are seeking a highly experienced Executive Travel & Logistics Specialist to manage end-to-end travel logistics for senior leadership, including the CEO. This role covers both business and personal travel and requires exceptional speed, judgment, and self-sufficiency.
This is not a transactional booking role. Success requires proactive thinking, strong operational ownership, and the ability to anticipate needs in a fast-moving, high-context environment. The role works closely with an Executive Assistant and must comfortably support CEO-level calendars, confidentiality, and rapidly changing priorities.
Availability is required during active travel windows to troubleshoot issues in real time. Outside of travel periods, the role operates on an on-call basis for urgent needs.
Key Responsibilities
Executive & Personal Travel Management
* Manage all aspects of executive travel, including flights, hotels, ground transportation, dining, visas, and special accommodations.
Manage all aspects of executive travel, including flights, hotels, ground transportation, dining, visas, and special accommodations.
* Handle both business and personal travel for the CEO with a high degree of discretion and accuracy.
Handle both business and personal travel for the CEO with a high degree of discretion and accuracy.
* Build efficient, realistic itineraries that account for time zones, recovery time, and shifting priorities.
Build efficient, realistic itineraries that account for time zones, recovery time, and shifting priorities.
* Maintain and continuously refine executive travel profiles, preferences, and constraints.
Maintain and continuously refine executive travel profiles, preferences, and constraints.
* Monitor travel in real time and resolve disruptions proactively without unnecessary escalation.
Monitor travel in real time and resolve disruptions proactively without unnecessary escalation.
Calendar & Logistics Coordination
* Coordinate travel seamlessly with complex executive calendars across multiple managers and time zones.
Coordinate travel seamlessly with complex executive calendars across multiple managers and time zones.
* Identify and flag scheduling conflicts, unrealistic travel plans, or downstream impacts before they occur.
Identify and flag scheduling conflicts, unrealistic travel plans, or downstream impacts before they occur.
* Align travel logistics with meetings, events, and personal commitments.
Align travel logistics with meetings, events, and personal commitments.
* Support last-minute changes and rapid pivots calmly and accurately.
Support last-minute changes and rapid pivots calmly and accurately.
Real-Time Travel Support
* Be available during executive travel to troubleshoot delays, cancellations, rebookings, and itinerary changes immediately.
Be available during executive travel to troubleshoot delays, cancellations, rebookings, and itinerary changes immediately.
* Act as the single point of resolution so executives are not dealing directly with vendors.
Act as the single point of resolution so executives are not dealing directly with vendors.
* Make fast, sound decisions under pressure while keeping stakeholders informed.
Make fast, sound decisions under pressure while keeping stakeholders informed.
Operational Excellence
* Follow SOPs exactly as written while applying judgment in edge cases.
Follow SOPs exactly as written while applying judgment in edge cases.
* Track all travel-related tasks and commitments with zero drop-off.
Track all travel-related tasks and commitments with zero drop-off.
* Send proactive updates, confirmations, and summaries without prompting.
Send proactive updates, confirmations, and summaries without prompting.
* Maintain clean documentation and handoffs within Google Workspace.
Maintain clean documentation and handoffs within Google Workspace.
* Ensure error-free execution across all bookings and communications.
Ensure error-free execution across all bookings and communications.
Required Qualifications
Speed & Self-Sufficiency
* Proven ability to operate in a very fast-paced, high-expectation environment.
Proven ability to operate in a very fast-paced, high-expectation environment.
* High output with minimal supervision.
High output with minimal supervision.
* Strong retention of context and prior instructions, avoids re-asking covered items.
Strong retention of context and prior instructions, avoids re-asking covered items.
* Proactively communicates status, updates, and issues.
Proactively communicates status, updates, and issues.
Google Workspace Experience
* Proficient to advanced experience in Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, and Google Sheets.
Proficient to advanced experience in Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, and Google Sheets.
* Comfortable managing shared calendars, permissions, and complex scheduling logic.
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