Executive Assistant to Startup CEO - EdTech
Wait a minute.
Deep inside you are looking for a new adventure with…
🗽Freedom & Responsibility : feeling free to work remotely or hybrid and being trusted to deliver
🔥Ambition : surrounded by sharp minds building something iconic and meaningful
😍Impact : contributing to transform people lives at scale and feel your own impact in the company
You recognize yourself if you are:
Pragmatic and problem solver
Service-oriented, with extreme attention to detail
Ability to manage various projects with a LOT of autonomy.
A Lover of digital tools
OUR BELIEFS
We believe self-help is broken.
Most learning platforms fail : generic theories, short-term motivation, little real change.
At Paradox, we believe people deserve more
They deserve a system that knows them, one that adapts, challenges, and grows with them through AI personalization, lean experimentation, and deep psychological understanding.
Personal development shouldn’t just make you feel motivated for a day, it should change how you think, create and live.
OUR VISION
At Paradox, we want to re-invent how people grow.
We do not build another course or coaching app but the Operating System for Greatness.
Founded by David Laroche, followed by over 2M+ people and known for his interviews with icons like Tony Parker, Mike Horn, Richard Branson, and Gad Elmaleh, Paradox aims to build something that will live beyond any individual (including its founder), for decades to come.
Our ambition is to compete with players like Mindvalley (150M ARR), but with a sharper vision, grounded protocols for achievers, people who want more for their life, refusing mediocrity.
To do that, we bring together designers, tech, coaches, and filmmakers to create learning experiences that are cinematic, precise, and effective.
We move fast, aim high, and hold ourselves to the standards of Apple, Spotify, and MasterClass. No fluff, focused on meaningful impact.
While others hide their numbers, we want to let our results speak loudly for us.
Get obsessed with transforming our clients’ lives and let those transformations be our marketing.
And that's where you come in.
YOUR MISSION 🚀
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🎯 Your mission is to remove the CEO from everything that shouldn’t require his presence, while building systems that work without him.
Important note:
The responsibilities are broad by design. That is intentional.
You will not do everything at once.
You will sequence, systemize, delegate, and eliminate.
1. Personal Operations
Own the founder’s operating system: inbox, calendar, priorities, and follow-through
Manage personal admin : banking, leases, visas, real estate, payments
Coordinate travel and podcast logistics
Investing & Real estate management
Outcomes
CEO is no longer required for follow-ups, coordination, problem solving
Decisions reach the founder prepared, with options, trade-offs, and recommendations
2. Negotiation, and Finding the best suppliers
Negotiate with: banks, vendors, service providers
Benchmark pricing, terms, timelines, and market standards
Outcomes
Faster deals, better terms, minimal CEO involvement.
3. Manage projects of different magnitude from A to Z and follow associated tasks
Supports the complete follow-up of projects (contracts and negotiation of suppliers, administrative management of personnel, accounting management, reporting ...)
Pre-screening for recruitment
Whether lawyers, designers, movers, you make sure to find the best providers
Proofreading contracts and coordinating projects with lawyers, suppliers
Outcomes
Projects move. Decisions are documented. No drift.
4. Systems
Build scalable operating systems (processes, tools, AI, knowledge base)
6. Finance & Admin Operations & Cost Discipline
Multi-country admin (France, Portugal, Spain, UAE)
Ensure invoices, contracts, and documentation are consistently tracked and resolved
Continuous cost and tool audits
Manage the onboarding of employees in Dubai (Signature of contracts, administrative ...)
Outcomes
Clean numbers. Controlled spend.
DO YOU RECOGNIZE YOURSELF ?😍
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Must have :
3+ years of experience, supporting C-Suite or a demanding founder
A strong sense of service: you love to make life easier for others and you have a sense of service
You do whatever it takes to make things happen
Drive & Problem Solver: You work hard because you love it, you own things and get them done
You love to execute
Don’t miss deadlines
Thrive in Chaos, you anticipate needs, and you don’t have to always be told what to do, Must be flexible and able to quickly react to last-minute changes
⭐️ AI & Digital savvy ( We are quite obsessed with Notion, Airtable, and new digital tools )
Execution-focused and able to produce results with little direction
High level of attention to detail
Mind Reader & Communication
Personality :
Analytical Mind : you challenge your assumptions, able to quickly identify and formulate problems, and support your analysis with data
Growth over Ego : You are eager to learn, and receive hard feedback to grow. You let others speak and seek to understand their viewpoints.
Availability and discretion, respect for confidentiality.
Strong Desire to create Wow
Experience
Project management skills
Worked in a fast pace environment
Language : Fluent English
✈️ Travel to Dubai or Paris 2–3 times per year (especially early on) to connect with the CEO in person
The Reality of This Role (Read Carefully)
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This role blends business operations and personal operations.
The founder’s life is fast-paced and unpredictable.
Opportunities arise last-minute.
Decisions sometimes require evenings or weekends.
This role requires flexibility, discretion, and excellence.
❌ you need clarity before chaos → wrong place
❌ you prefer balance over intensity → wrong season.
❌ Big corporation EA usually don’t work out
This is not a 9–5 role, and it is not compartmentalized.
For the wrong person : exhausting
For the right person : deeply meaningful.
This is an insane opportunity to learn and grow on many topics and skills, and have a real impact.
WHY JOIN US ❤️
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You will play a crucial role in the development of a company whose content and products are enjoyed by millions of people. Currently, our videos have been viewed over 100 million times.
1 - Growth & Ambition
-> 🏅Being surrounded by A-players who strive to perform whilst being in a good mood
-> 🏋️♀️No more bosses, but ongoing conversations to support your growth
-> ⚡️Being part of an ambitious company synonymous with opportunities for evolution!
2 - Competitive Salary
But you don’t just want a competitive paycheck, you also want…
3 - Impact & Meaning
-> 🦄Playing a crucial role in the development of a company whose content and products are enjoyed by millions of people
-> 🤩Waking up in the morning feeling like you are making a difference is something!
We receive messages every day from clients who have successfully lost weight, quit smoking, reach a milestone in their business, built better relationships, and made positive changes in their lives.
-> ❤️ Possibility to take 5 paid days to contribute to our non-profit : The Paradox Foundation, dedicated to inspire and empower teenagers
But that's not all, we believe that driven people deserve…
4 - Freedom & Well Being 🗽
-> 😎A company culture based on autonomy & accountability
-> 🗽Flexible working hours
-> 🌎A remote culture from day one with the freedom to work from wherever you want
-> 🏤Magnificent office in Dubai, Paris, Lisbon - it feels like home :)
-> 🧍♀️Standing desks paid by the company if you live far from our offices
-> 💻Work on Mac, for us it counts :)
-> 🏀350€ per year paid by the company to take care of yourself ( for your gym, or dance class or whatever make you feel great)
-> 📚150€ of books or education - At Paradox, we are learner lovers and we want to support you in that
-> 🔥6 1:1coachings - A Paradox Coach supporting you on anything personal or professional, we want you to live your best life
-> ✈️Annual team building / Team retreats to get together - you receive your plane ticket to join us by the pool and have a good time together, or brainstorm the next crazy challenge.
* those benefits are only for full-time employees
HOW TO APPLY 📃
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❌ Any copy-pasted and non-personalized application goes directly to the trash can.
⚠️ To complete the recruitment process, each candidate must organize calls with his or her previous managers. If you are not comfortable with this : do not apply ⚠️
If all this sounds good to you, come and write the next chapter with us 🚀🚀🚀🚀
Welcome to Paradox.
Let’s contribute to build the Operating System for Greatness.