Executive Assistant to CTO
Support the CTO of a fast-growing fintech startup by managing calendars, coordinating engineering teams, and handling sensitive operational tasks in a high-growth environment.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Bengaluru (India)
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- C level
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Category
- Administration
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 8+ years of experience as an Executive Assistant, with direct experience supporting CTO, VP of Engineering, or other senior technology leaders.
- Prior experience at high-growth startups or fast-scaling technology companies is required. You need to have operated in environments where engineering organizations are growing rapidly and priorities
- Comfort operating in a technical environment. You don't need to write code, but you should understand the basics of how engineering teams work — sprints, roadmaps, releases, and cross-team dependencie
- Expert-level calendar and time management skills across multiple global time zones.
- Exceptional organizational skills with strong attention to detail and follow-through.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in English.
- High discretion and mature judgment in handling confidential information.
- Ability to operate independently with minimal direction in a fast-moving environment.
Full description
About Us
OpenFX is on a mission to move money as freely as data, unrestricted by time zones, banking hours, or legacy systems. We are building the infrastructure that will power the next generation of cross-border payment systems for institutions. The team's execution has been exceptional, and we're scaling at a remarkable pace. Our stellar early team comes with experience in companies like J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, FalconX, Paypal, Affirm, Polygon, Kraken, Nium & others. We’re backed by Accel, Lightspeed, NfX and other top-tier investors.
Role Overview
We're hiring an Executive Assistant to support our CTO. This is not an entry-level EA role or an office management position. We are looking for someone with 8+ years of experience as an Executive Assistant, with direct experience supporting C-suite or senior engineering/technology leaders at high-growth startups or fast-scaling technology companies. You should understand the rhythms of an engineering organization and be comfortable operating in a technical environment.
You would be based in Bangalore and report to the COO. You will be the CTO's primary point of operational support: managing his calendar, coordinating across engineering leads, preparing materials for technical reviews and planning sessions, tracking deliverables, and ensuring the operational machinery of the engineering organization runs smoothly.
The right person for this role has supported senior technology leaders at companies that were growing fast — where sprint cycles, technical roadmaps, and cross-functional dependencies are part of the daily landscape. If your experience is primarily at large, stable corporations or in non-technical environments, this will feel very different.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the CTO's calendar across global time zones, proactively resolving conflicts and ensuring time allocation aligns to engineering and product priorities.
- Coordinate across engineering leads, product managers, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure the CTO has the right context for every meeting.
- Prepare agendas, pre-reads, and briefing materials for technical reviews, architecture discussions, planning sessions, and leadership meetings.
- Track and follow up on action items from engineering leadership meetings, sprint reviews, and cross-functional syncs.
- Coordinate logistics for engineering offsites, team events, and technical recruiting events.
- Manage complex international travel logistics when required.
- Handle sensitive and confidential information — including hiring plans, compensation data, and organizational changes — with the highest level of discretion.