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Executive Assistant, Legal
San Mateo, CA (preferred) - will consider fully remote*

The Executive Assistant reports to a Vice President - Deputy General Counsel. This position will also provide support to this executive and two or three other department vice presidents or senior directors. 

The ideal candidate is someone who enjoys proactively managing executives and their calendars and also likes coordinating and co-managing a multitude of multi-stakeholder projects and activities. This position requires someone who is discreet, diplomatic and an excellent communicator, knowing when and how to communicate a message most effectively. The successful candidate has proven experience in leveraging information technology across different platforms and functions and can combine those skills with the interpersonal skills needed to make them and their executives more productive and successful. 

The ideal candidate would also be someone who has significant experience with the tracking and monitoring of legal budgets, including the use of budgeting features available in billing systems such as SimpleLegal or CounselLink, and is comfortable regularly communicating with outside law firms and vendors about the timing of invoice submissions.  

The executives supported by this role have responsibilities that include a significant number of global activities that involve working with colleagues in Europe and Asia, so the successful Executive Assistant will have a love of ambassadorship and collaborative teamwork with other members of the legal department, both domestically and abroad. The ideal candidate is a relationship builder and an ambassador for their executives and the Legal Department.

Responsibilities:

• Professionally represent the executives through initial telephone conversations, email correspondence and contact meetings.
• Handle swiftly and adeptly the complex and ever-changing calendars for the assigned Legal Department Executives.
• Prepare for, coordinate and open communication lines (telephone, video and web) for group meetings, making sure that the “trains run on time.”
• Schedule travel plans and accommodations for the assigned Legal Department Executives and handle all of the details of expense reporting through the Finance Department’s electronic systems.
• Ensure a timely flow of information, obtain signatures and authorizations, answer and screen phone calls and manage correspondence and communication flow.
• Act as administrative liaison between the executives and Sony group companies, vendors, and industry contacts.
• Provide logistical support for key department team meetings, events, and conferences, working in collaboration with Facilities, IT, and external parties.
• Function as a communications hub for each of the executives’ teams.
• Knowledge of contract workflow with ability to follow through with the process with minimal direction.
• Liaise effectively with Executive Assistant and Administrative Assistant counterparts across SIE’s business and organization and build strong working relationships with a wide range of company stakeholders at all levels.
• Continually improve processes and procedures to reduce work time and cost without compromising work quality.

Qualifications:

• At least 3 years of executive administrative or other, directly relevant work experience.
• A bachelor’s degree from a 4-year university or another, equivalent educational degree.
• Power-user proficiency with Outlook, electronic expense reimbursement systems such as SAP Concur, electronic finance and accounting systems such as SAP.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel (Pivot Tables) and PowerPoint, and Google Drive products.
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral.
• Process-oriented, with attention to detail and the ability to juggle multitasks adeptly.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work independently on difficult projects with minimal supervision.
• Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality and use a lot of discretion when needed.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with a friendly, outgoing, and flexible manner.
• An interest in interactive entertainment.

*PlayStation offers a global hybrid office/remote working model — Flex Modes — which aims to combine the flexibility of remote working with the magic of in-person collaboration. The model is built upon the principle of working together in-person as work requires, with the freedom to work remotely otherwise. We will consider fully remote candidates who are able to come in monthly or for 'Moments that Matter'.