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Sharon Royston

Tacoma,WA

Summary

Collaborative leader with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings. Expertly assists executives and teams using exceptional communication and organizational skills.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Manager, Team Operations, Executive Administration

Slalom
04.2022 - 09.2023
  • Managed a team of 10 C-suite level Executive Assistants for a $2B consulting company. Guided personal goal setting and development, identified stretch projects, coached on opportunities. Conducted quarterly performance, merit and bonus reviews.
  • Identified program gaps, developed and implemented detailed plans and documentation, trained team and cross-functional departments. Generated and managed annual budgets for EA programs.
  • Established the Learning + Development Program for the EA community to elevate the team’s performance. Created content for meetings and trainings, acquired speakers, created materials and managed team Sharepoint site. Identified internal and external learning opportunities that aligned with team and individual goals.
  • Worked with cross-functional teams to identify bottlenecks and partner on process solutions.

Sr Exec Business Partner to the Co-founder & CEO

Remitly
08.2020 - 03.2022
  • Initiated development of internal and external partner timelines for planning and execution of company IPO. Ensured timelines and deliverables were met by managing cross functional teams.
  • Managed weekly executive team meetings, organized and prioritized critical agenda items and information to facilitate efficient decision making. Tracked and drove the execution of deliverables for the CEO.
  • Owned quarterly executive offsite meetings. Aligned strategy, developed content, managed logistics and budget to deliver on company goals and priorities.
  • Built schedules and budgets for quarterly Board meetings. Acted as Board liaison, managed travel logistics.
  • Hired, developed and mentored the administrative team. Created best practices, identified development opportunities, and created content of weekly meetings and team offsite.
  • Increased cross functional collaboration and alignment by creating and owning a company-wide Rhythm of the Business program and meeting schedule. Identified inconsistencies within the CEO's budget, partnered with accounting to streamline and solve. Created a tracking system to manage spending, implemented across the executive team.

Manager, Admin Services & EA to the CEO & CFO

Rover
02.2019 - 07.2020
  • Built a new annual Leadership Offsite from the ground up including content, budget, location and logistics.
  • Created travel policy for executives and established executive IT support guidelines.
  • Developed Rhythm of Business and strategy and cadence for executive meetings, detailing scope and expectations. Drove alignment across executive team and tracked deliverables.
  • Managed team of Executive Assistants, created team OKR’s and oversaw completion. Completed mid-year and annual review processes.
  • Developed mentorship and education opportunities for EA’s resulting in a more inclusive and collaborative EA team dynamic. Owned weekly team meetings.
  • Oversaw deliverables and generated schedules of all BOD meetings.

Executive Assistant to the CEO & CFO, Americas

POSSIBLE
12.2017 - 12.2018
  • Managed team of Executive Assistants, developed best practices, training, and team building opportunities.
  • Developed a company-wide calendar and communication plan for leadership and EA’s to better track executive schedules and streamline processes.
  • Assisted in creating LGBTQ employee resource group. Guided program development, cultivated informal mentorship through networking opportunities, fostered education and outreach and provided advice and counsel to the business.
  • Created a travel budget tracking system for Executives that directly improved Executive expenditure tracking and planning with overall efficiency gain by 30% MoM.
  • Planned and executed logistics for annual Americas Leadership Offsite meeting in Costa Rica.

Office Manager/Exec Assistant to the Founder & CEO

MiiR
10.2017 - 12.2017
  • Created marketing and communication plans for promotional events for the company and its partners. Developed and managed teams to ensure successful executions, both in and out of state. Advised CEO on speaking engagements, assisted in writing speeches and presentations.
  • Generated topics for Leadership meetings, focusing on key issues and targeted solutions. Oversaw delivery of executive team deliverables for CEO.
  • Bridged the gap between leadership and employees through engagement and inclusion programs.
  • Created and implemented general office procedures, budgets, and general operating practices. Maintained sample stock of products, fulfilled requests for donations.

Sabbatical

Pacific Crest Trail Hiker
04.2017 - 10.2017
  • Planned, budgeted and executed a 6-month sabbatical to hike the Pacific Crest Trail and travel the Pacific NW/Canada.

Brand Sponsorship Manager

Taco Bell Corporation
07.2016 - 04.2017
  • Managed corporate partnership events including programs and budgets within sports, music and gaming including MTV Pre -VMA Concert, Sony PlayStation Sweepstakes, College Football Playoff (Live Mas Student Section), Indie Game Garage, Naked Chicken Chalupa launch and SXSW.
  • Created and implemented strategy, launch plans, budgets, and coordination of cross functional teams for all events, ensuring delivery of Taco Bell’s marketing and business objectives.
  • Oversaw vendor relationship management, including evaluation/analysis of vendor bids, vendor selection and budget control throughout the life of the project. Scrubbed department budget and streamlined accounting process, resulting in the resolution of over $800k in fund discrepancies.

Meeting and Event Manager

Taco Bell Corporation
09.2014 - 07.2016
  • Produced creative schedules, budgets and contractor timelines for Franchise and Yum! Global marketing meetings.
  • Decreased internal meeting development process time by 50%. Saved over $500,000 in meeting and event spending in 2015. Reduced individual department meeting spending by 20%. Introduced accounting/reporting practices to track corporate meeting spending.
  • Optimized internal communications by creating cross functional communication plans.
  • Maximized internal and contractor relationships to produce innovative mee ng experiences.
  • Generated calendar system for use across all Yum! companies, highlighting major meetings and events.

Sr Exec Assistant to the President

Taco Bell Corporation
06.2013 - 09.2014
  • Contributed to agenda topics, led discussions, summarized and communicated decisions to teams for future action in weekly Executive meetings with C-level executives.
  • Introduced a new financial reporting structure for the President’s and Taco Bell's Aviation budget, resulting in over $300,000 in cost savings for 2013.
  • Generated content choice, managed budget and logistics for yearly, week-long Global Marketing Forum.
  • Improved President's Franchisee relationships by introducing new methods of recognition.
  • Optimized the culture and purpose of the A-Team, Taco Bell’s group of Administrative Assistants, resulting in increased and cohesive communication across the team and company. Produced a new Executive calendar system for Executive Assistants, increasing lines of communication and transparency.
  • Grew an events planning squad of Administrative Assistants to develop webpage and content for company resource planning.

Administrative Specialist, Marketing

Taco Bell Corporation
11.2012 - 05.2013
  • Optimized calendar, budget, and travel for VP Marketing, Brand and Field Marketing teams.
  • Improved highway sign contracts tracking systems and made recommendations for placement across the nation.
  • Introduced streamlined and effective planning and execution of the annual Day on the Job event for prospective marketing and finance interns/new employees.
  • Produced and implemented a universal budget tracking system utilized by all Marketing Administrative Specialists.
  • Maximized budgets to deliver creative ideas and execution of department offsite meetings and events.

Co-Founder, Corresponding Secretary

T.E.A.C.H
05.2003 - 12.2009
  • Co-founded a nonprofit organization whose primary goal was to maintain the CSR (class size reduction) program in grades K-3 in the Tustin Unified School District.
  • Delivered over $225,000 within 6 weeks in spring, 2004 to save CSR for the 2005-06 school year.
  • Managed all fundraising budgets, plans and events.

Skills

  • Management
  • Performance Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Administrative Excellence
  • Strategic Planning
  • Expense Budgets Mastery
  • Program Optimization

Timeline

Manager, Team Operations, Executive Administration

Slalom
04.2022 - 09.2023

Sr Exec Business Partner to the Co-founder & CEO

Remitly
08.2020 - 03.2022

Manager, Admin Services & EA to the CEO & CFO

Rover
02.2019 - 07.2020

Executive Assistant to the CEO & CFO, Americas

POSSIBLE
12.2017 - 12.2018

Office Manager/Exec Assistant to the Founder & CEO

MiiR
10.2017 - 12.2017

Sabbatical

Pacific Crest Trail Hiker
04.2017 - 10.2017

Brand Sponsorship Manager

Taco Bell Corporation
07.2016 - 04.2017

Meeting and Event Manager

Taco Bell Corporation
09.2014 - 07.2016

Sr Exec Assistant to the President

Taco Bell Corporation
06.2013 - 09.2014

Administrative Specialist, Marketing

Taco Bell Corporation
11.2012 - 05.2013

Co-Founder, Corresponding Secretary

T.E.A.C.H
05.2003 - 12.2009

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