Executive Business Partner to the CEO

Knak is a mission-driven companyWhy? Because our time is limited, our competition is fierce, and our margin for error is small. For us to have the greatest impact on the world, we need to be laser focused on our core mission, which is...Empowering people to be creative.That’s why Knak exists.We are a world-class enterprise email and landing page creation platform with a focus on making successful and happy customers by providing them with an incredibly powerful, yet easy to use creation platform.Our industry leading SaaS solution is built by Marketers, for Marketers. We know that it’s the small things that make the biggest impact and that emails and landing pages are where the rubber hits the road when it comes to Marketing Automation. We change the way Marketers work by making them more efficient, while improving conversion rate of their campaigns and helping them stay on brand.Oh, and we have a bit of fun while doing it, too!About KnakKnak is a fast-growing B2B SaaS company helping enterprise marketing teams create beautiful, on-brand, production-ready campaigns faster. We work with some of the world’s leading brands and are building the future of marketing production in an AI-first world.As CEO, I am looking for an exceptional Executive Business Partner who can help me operate at a higher level by giving me back time, increasing follow-through across the company, and ensuring that important personal and professional priorities do not fall through the cracks.This is not a traditional administrative EA role. Calendar, inbox, travel, and meeting coordination are important, but they are only the foundation.This role is about creating leverage for the CEO. That means protecting time, anticipating needs, owning follow-through, reducing friction, routing information to the right people, and ensuring that commitments across the organization actually turn into completed outcomes.The right person will act as a true extension of the CEO: proactive, organized, trusted, discreet, and capable of driving things forward without waiting to be told exactly what to do.The RoleThe Executive Business Partner will support the CEO across both business and personal priorities. This person will help manage the CEO’s time, meetings, communications, follow-ups, travel, personal administration, key relationships, and the flow of important information across the organization.The ideal candidate is highly organized, resourceful, proactive, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment where priorities can shift quickly. They should be able to attend meetings, capture action items, follow up with leaders, prepare decision points, and help ensure the CEO is spending time only where he is truly needed.The goal of this role is simple: help the CEO get time back and operate with more leverage.What You’ll OwnCEO Time, Calendar, and PrioritizationYou will manage the CEO’s calendar with a high level of judgment, not just by booking meetings, but by understanding what deserves time and what does not.Responsibilities include:Managing and optimizing the CEO’s calendar.Prioritizing meetings based on business impact, urgency, and CEO involvement required.Protecting focus time and preventing unnecessary calendar creep.Ensuring the CEO is prepared for meetings with the right context, materials, and decision points.Helping determine which meetings the CEO should attend, delegate, shorten, or skip.Proactively flagging conflicts, gaps, risks, and opportunities in the schedule.Looking ahead to identify scheduling issues before they become problems.Ensuring there is enough time between meetings, travel, calls, and personal commitments.Proactively informing people when the CEO is running late or when timing needs to shift.Inbox and Communication ManagementYou will manage the CEO’s inbox in a proactive way. Sorting emails is not enough. The expectation is that you will help reduce the number of things that require the CEO’s direct involvement.Responsibilities include:Reviewing, organizing, and prioritizing the CEO’s inbox.Identifying emails that can be handled without CEO involvement.Drafting replies for review.Responding on behalf of the CEO where appropriate.Proactively completing tasks that do not require CEO decision-making.Escalating only what truly needs the CEO’s attention.Tracking outstanding requests and ensuring follow-through.Summarizing long threads and surfacing only the key decision, issue, or action required.Reducing email noise and helping the CEO focus on what matters most.Meeting Support and Action-Item OwnershipThis is one of the most important parts of the role. You will attend key meetings with the CEO, capture decisions and action items, and ensure commitments are followed up on.Responsibilities include:Attending selected meetings with the CEO.Taking clear notes and capturing decisions, owners, deadlines, and next steps.Following up with team members on commitments.Holding people accountable for the things they said they woul