Who we are
Klarna’s mission is to free people from all the meaningless time spent managing money and purchases, so they can do more of what they love. Every day at Klarna we help consumers, merchants, and partners to explore just how smoooth the modern purchase experience can be. Our position at the crossroads of payments, consumer financing, ecommerce and banking means we are uniquely positioned to do this. There is no label for what we do.
Klarna was born in Stockholm in 2005 and today has 2500 employees working across Europe and the US. We currently serve 60 million consumers, work together with 130,000 merchants and process more than a million payment transactions a day. We are growing at 40% year on year and our investors include Visa, Atomico, Sequoia Capital, Permira and Bestseller group/ Anders Holsch Povlsen. We have strong partnerships with some of the world’s leading brands, such as ASOS, IKEA, Adidas, Zara, Lufthansa and Spotify.
To find out more about what it's like to work at Klarna:
As Manager for Klarnas Executive Assistant team (Executive Services) you will lead the work of a team of 6 people sitting in Stockholm, Sweden but also in 2 other locations, Germany and USA. You will be based in Stockholm, and will need to lead parts of the team virtually, but of course also meet face to face now and then. You will be responsible to coach the team, set up structure and a service strategy, make sure this function is working and that we cater for the need that Klarna has for this kind of service. Have regular feedback sessions with Executive managers team and make sure service levels are up to speed. Help develop the Executive services team and be the one pillar of contact when ordinary assistant is away.
The team’s mission is to be responsible for anticipating, prioritizing and organizing all activities with regards to the Senior management calendars and bring order to the chaos that can sometimes characterize an executive’s work schedule. This will require other forms of support in addition to calendaring, such as scheduling events, coordinating domestic and international travel, maintaining budgets, preparing materials for high-level meetings and note-taking. Additionally, they have the opportunity to be involved in one-off projects and initiatives – generally they should be ready to contribute across the business and provide structure and organization wherever possible.
You are a service minded person and true leader, preferably with a couple of years of experience from working as a team leader and experience with working as an Executive Assistant. You are used to build structure in everything you get in to and you really enjoy being in an environment where you can contribute to the company’s internal relationship. You are a good listener, true problem-solver and you happily go above and beyond to find the right solution. Sharing your ideas for improvements comes naturally to you, as well as easily prioritizing your tasks. Most importantly, you love being a part of your teammates growth in their roles.
You consistently and proactively suggest and introduce new ways of working to improve effectiveness and you love to work at a high pace. However, what sets you apart and really makes you different from other candidates is your level of integrity, social skill and commitment to order and structure. We believe that you will have worked in a similar role before and have acquired the skills necessary to be on top of a situation even before it arises.
We offer you to be a part of a fast-running and international company with extensive learning and development opportunities. Also, we offer you 30 days annual leave with the ability to take 4 weeks consecutive leave, a choice of Macbook or PC and iPhone or Android - and much more.
Language: Oral and written fluency in English is required.
Location: Stockholm
Deadline: You want to be a part of this journey? Apply today!
We recommend that you submit your application as soon as possible as selection and interviews are carried out continually. Applications are made through our website, please send your application in English.
