Executive Assistant – Legal Full Time NEW

Description and Requirements

The Team You Will Join

In Government & Legal Affairs, you’ll be an engaged and trusted partner – empowered to deliver innovative solutions, influence public policy, and achieve results that enable MetLife’s growth and protect its global interests. Applying a commercial and contemporary mindset, you’ll advocate for what’s possible, overcome challenges, and embrace different perspectives. If you also pride yourself on acting with accountability, transparency, and respect, apply to join our Government & Legal Affairs team today.

The Opportunity

The Executive Administrative Assistant is responsible for providing administrative support to the Chief Counsel, Litigation, as well as other attorneys across Government and Legal Affairs in the New York Office. Guided by our purpose – always with you building a more confident future – and our New Frontier strategy focused on stronger growth, attractive returns, and all-weather performance, this is an exciting opportunity to work closely with senior leadership, manage complex scheduling and documentation, and coordinate critical projects that ensure the smooth operation of our litigation department. This position is key to the efficiency and effectiveness of the litigation department and requires a proactive professional who thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day administrative support for senior litigation leaders and attorneys.
• Produce high-quality documents, presentations, reports, charts, memos, and correspondence with a high level of accuracy, confidentiality, and attention to detail.
• Manage complex calendar schedules, including prioritizing meetings, coordinating with internal and external stakeholders, and aligning schedules with business priorities.
• Manage multiple assignments simultaneously, including workload prioritization, expense reporting, travel arrangements, matter management, and using e-billing tools.
• Built strong working relationships across all organizational levels, including executive assistants to senior leaders, while maintaining professionalism.
• Coordinate special projects, department initiatives, meetings, and events, using judgment to make decisions within the scope of responsibilities.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 3-5 years of administrative experience supporting multiple leaders, with proven ability to manage time, priorities, and confidential information independently.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Adobe Acrobat, SharePoint, and related legal or document management tools, with the capability to learn new systems quickly.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, plus high attention to detail and the ability to quickly learn new systems.
• Demonstrated discretion, sound judgment, intuition, and the ability to anticipate the needs of legal professionals in a fast-paced environment.
• High School diploma required

Preferred Qualifications

• Suggested 5+ years of experience delivering high-level executive support to senior leaders.
• Experience interacting with executives at all levels
• Demonstrates a proactive, solution-focused work style with strong prioritization, organization, proofreading skills, and the ability to anticipate leader needs while handling multiple deadlines and shifting priorities.
• Take responsibility for ad hoc initiatives and special projects, using good judgment and independent problem-solving.

Location Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.

The expected salary range for this position is $62,300 – $83,100 . This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation and stock-based long-term incentives. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.

Benefits We Offer

Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!

About MetLife

Recognized on Fortune magazine’s list of the “World’s Most Admired Companies”, Fortune World’s 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Our purpose is simple – to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values – Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead – we’re inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it’s #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!

MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law (“protected characteristics”).

If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at accommodations@metlife.com. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.

MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.