Executive Assistant to the CEO

About the role

Garage is building the platform that powers commerce across America's essential industries. We started by serving fire departments, where buying mission-critical vehicles and equipment used to take months of paperwork, phone calls, and waiting. We automate the entire transaction: payments, freight, paperwork, warranty, and financing. Months become minutes. In under a year, we now serve local governments across all 50 states and have grown revenue >10x. We recently closed a $13.5M Series A ($18M total raised) from Infinity Ventures, Y Combinator, Initialized Capital, FJ Labs, and other top investors. We're early, we're moving fast, and we're just getting started. Our CEO and Co-Founder, Martin, needs a right hand. As Executive Assistant to the CEO, you'll be the person who keeps his world running smoothly. You'll own his calendar, inbox, travel, and play a critical role in the most critical tasks to keep the executive function running flawlessly. This is a high-trust, high-impact seat at the center of a fast-growing startup. You'll see how the business runs from the inside and work directly with the leadership team. It's a fit for someone who loves ambiguity, takes pride in flawless execution, and thrives when no two days look the same. This is an exceptional opportunity for an operator to grow into a future Chief of Staff or Business Operations role. Because this position sits cross-functionally across the company and works closely with the CEO and leadership team, you'll gain direct exposure to how a high-growth startup is built and scaled from the inside. In this role, you will: Be a reliable partner to the leadership team, anticipating needs, spotting gaps, and keeping high-priority work moving. Manage the CEO's calendar, inbox, scheduling, and support his day to day to ensure priorities and communications are handled efficiently. Coordinate all travel and event logistics for the CEO, including air, lodging, itineraries, transportation bookings and all expenses. Maintain an understanding of the business and how it operates while navigating through continuous changes. Manage the CEO's expense reporting, reconciliation, and document coordination. Grow with the role. As the company scales, so do you, with room to take on bigger scope over time. We're looking for someone who: Thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment where priorities shift quickly and no two days look exactly the same. Is extremely organized with exceptional attention to detail, ensuring nothing falls through the cracks while managing multiple priorities simultaneously. Has a proactive, ownership-driven mindset with a no-task-too-small attitude and a willingness to jump in wherever needed. Brings a warm, positive, and highly professional demeanor when interacting with executives, candidates, customers, and external partners. Is highly reliable, resourceful, and an excellent communicator with strong judgement and the ability to operate independently. Has fluency working with Google Workspace (Drive, Gmail, etc.) and Slack.

Requirements

• Exceptional organizational and project management skills with meticulous attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact professionally across all levels of an organization.
• Proven ability to manage sensitive information with discretion, professionalism, and sound judgement.
• Experience coordinating calendars, travel logistics, managing expenses and reporting.
• Comfortable juggling multiple work-streams simultaneously while maintaining a high level of responsiveness and accuracy.
• You could work anywhere, so why Garage?
• We've grown revenue over 10x in the last year and are well capitalized after a recent $13.5M Series A ($18M in funding raised total).
• Our product is something people use everyday to buy the equipment local communities everywhere depend on.
• We have a talent-dense, high-performance team where everyone joining now has an outsized impact.
• What we've built works. We're backed by world-class vendors: Y Combinator, Infinity Ventures, Initialized Capital, FJ Labs, and more.
• You'll be one of our first 35 employees, operating as a foundational member of the team, partnering alongside the company's founders.
• The values that fuel us at Garage:
• Growth oriented. We invest in people who grow as the company grows. We all should be constantly learning.
• Humility. Everyone has a lot to give and a lot to learn. We believe in creating an environment where the best ideas win and acknowledging when we are wrong.
• Customer focused. We have a genu

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Executive Assistant to the CEO at Garage (YC W24)

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