The Role

About Lord Abbett:

Founded in 1929, Lord Abbett is an independent firm with a singular focus on the management of money. Over the course of our history, we’ve earned a sterling reputation for our leadership, influence, and innovation in the asset management industry. Today, our independent perspective, our commitment to active management, and our intelligent product design continue to make us relevant to individual and institutional investors.

From the very beginning, we’ve recognized that our people are our greatest asset. As an investment-led, investor-focused firm, we value intellectual curiosity, teamwork, and collaboration across the organization.

We’re looking for people with a keen interest in working for a trusted leader in the asset management industry, a desire to expand their knowledge, and a passion for delivering a client experience that exceeds expectations.

 
Now that you know our history, are you ready to be part of our future?

Job Overview:

We are looking for a highly motivated and productive Executive Assistant. The ideal candidate possesses previous administrative support experience, confidence in complex logistics, and can work well under pressure in a busy, dynamic environment. To be successful in this role, the candidate must be flexible, reliable, able to work independently, and exercise appropriate judgment/discretion.

We’ll trust you to:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Schedule and coordinate meetings, appointments, and travel arrangements including developing itineraries and agendas
• Manage, track and organize expense reports, invoices and budget
• Assist in all aspects of coordination for senior-level internal/external meetings which includes scheduling, set-up, meeting materials, catering orders and greeting guests
• Answer calls and provide accurate and detailed messages
• Manage miscellaneous tasks, projects, requests, and events as they arise
• Maintain strict confidentiality in all business and personnel matters

You'll need to have:

• 5+ years of relevant experience in an Executive Assistant, Administrative Assistant, or coordination role
• Expertise at managing logistics, meeting deadlines, and navigating competing priorities
• Strong organizational skills that reflect an ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks seamlessly
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships easily
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information in a discreet and professional fashion
• Proficient in Microsoft Office skills including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Concur experience strongly preferred

Why Lord Abbett?

Lord Abbett is a leading global independent, privately held investment management company. We are active managers and invest where we believe we have a repeatable edge and can deliver alpha for our clients. Our vision is to be the most respected asset manager in the world, admired for our people, our performance, our relationships, and our organizational agility. This inspires the three pillars of our culture.

• Principles-Led - We empower our leaders to create an environment of trust.
• Performance-Oriented - We inspire our people to embody our values, excellence, responsibility, transparency & collaboration.
• Purpose-Driven - We instill a passion for always putting our clients' interests first. 

We are honored to have earned recognition as one of the Best Places to Work in Money Management by Pensions & Investments and scored 100% on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index, a measure of LGBTQ+ workplace equality.  

Compensation Information: Annual base salary for this role is $100,000 - $110,000. Salary is estimated for this role. Actual pay may be different.

Benefits: Lord Abbett is committed to offering a competitive total rewards package to all eligible employees. Offerings include competitive total compensation, retirement plans, competitive health and well-being plans. To learn more about what we offer, please visit Careers | Lord Abbett

Lord Abbett is an equal employment opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to the following legally protected characteristics: race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, sexual identity, caregiver status, military/veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal law. All employment decisions at Lord Abbett are based solely on the applicant’s relevant experience, skills and qualifications.

Important notice to Search Firms - Please Read Carefully
Without prior written agreement, Lord Abbett does not accept unsolicited submissions from employment agencies, search firms, placement services, or any similar provider (“Search Firms”) for employment opportunities. All candidates submitted by Search Firms to any employee or partner at our company without a written Search Firm agreement in place will be deemed the sole property of our company. In such circumstances, no fee, commission, or other compensation will be paid to such Search Firm in the event a candidate is hired by our company. To the extent a Search Firm has a written agreement in place, all introductions are position specific and should be directed to HR or the hiring manager, so we kindly request no unsolicited phone calls or emails.