Executive Assistant to the Managing Director (all humans)

Erste Digital is the technology engine of Erste Group – one of the leading banking groups in Central and Eastern Europe, serving more than 16 million customers. More than 1,800 experts at our locations in Vienna, Bratislava and Prague develop innovative digital products, platforms and infrastructures that shape the banking of tomorrow.

We combine technological excellence with the ambition to create real value for our customers – agile, sustainable and with a clear view of the bigger picture. This is exactly why we need you.

As an Executive Assistant, you are the Managing Director’s closest professional sparring partner and take on a strategic-operational key function with direct influence on central decisions and priorities of the company. You act across departments, resolve operational bottlenecks, drive strategic projects forward and prepare critical decisions at C-level. As the link between management, the Heads of Division and Heads of Department, the holding company, the bank and external partners, you ensure that strategy turns into execution – quickly, soundly and with foresight. You are regularly present in leadership rounds, board meetings and strategic alignments and are always up to date on the company’s most important topics.

What to do:

• Strategic planning & communication

  • Supporting management in the formulation, communication and implementation of corporate goals and vision

  • Preparing strategic content for a wide range of target groups – both internal and external

• Project management & steering of initiatives

  • Leading and overseeing company-wide, complex initiatives as a direct staff function to the Managing Director

  • Ensuring that strategic projects are implemented on time and in a targeted manner

• Interface management

  • Acting as the link between management and the respective division and department heads

  • Acting as the central point of contact for the holding company, the bank and external partners on strategic topics

• Decision preparation

  • Gathering information and conducting data analyses to support well-founded decision-making

  • Preparing decision documents that provide management with clarity and foresight

• Operational crisis management

  • Identifying operational friction points and bottlenecks at an early stage

  • Independently stepping in with a solution-oriented approach to get projects back on track

• Presence at leadership level

  • Actively participating in leadership rounds, board meetings and strategic alignments

  • Continuously staying up to date on all business-critical topics