Personal Assistant & Team Coordinator - PDEGO New UK & Ireland, United Kingdom, London

Sony Music is seeking a highly organised, proactive, and versatile Personal Assistant & Team Coordinator to support the PDEGO executive leadership team. This role sits at the heart of our UK office, combining high-level executive support, office management, and foundational people and culture responsibilities. The ideal candidate is a cultural champion, a master organiser, and a discreet, trusted point of contact for the team.

Sony Music PDEGO - Product, Design, Engineering, and Global Operations. This cross‑functional powerhouse builds innovative products across AI, analytics, fan engagement, and supply chain logistics to ensure Sony Music's artists' music is successfully and seamlessly released worldwide.

What You’ll Do

• Executive Support & Expense Management
  • Provide key executive administrative support to the PDEGO executive leadership team – anticipate needs, follow‑through on all details and handle all confidential situations with discretion.
  • Provide calendar management for the PDEGO executive leadership team, proactively resolving scheduling conflicts and optimising their time, including scheduling of meetings across multiple time zones, and ensuring that all meeting logistics are flawless.
  • Take effective, professional, and succinct notes during meetings when requested.
  • Coordinate complex domestic and international travel arrangements, itineraries, and accommodations.
  • Handle expenses and complete monthly T&E reports in Concur, pay department invoices, and reconcile AMEX Travel Statements.
  • Support the executive leadership team on various initiatives, including internal surveys, presentation deck creation, org‑wide communications and announcements and managing ad‑hoc projects as needed.
• Office Management & Team Coordination
  • Serve as the primary, first point of contact for all day‑to‑day office needs, inquiries, and facilities requests from the wider team.
  • Oversee office ordering, including IT needs, snacks, and general inventory management to keep the office running seamlessly.
  • Manage office floor plans and seating charts.
  • Partner closely with relevant internal teams to ensure that all UK new starters have the correct set‑up and coordinate all employee onboarding needs, including but not limited to welcome emails, first day coordination, office badge access, laptop and desk set‑up, new user accesses, and conduct a thorough tour of the space.
  • Ensure timely scheduling of People Experience Business Partner new hire check‑ins, exit interviews and related ad‑hoc meetings.
• Event Planning
  • Lead and collaborate on culture building initiatives to cultivate an inclusive, high‑energy, and collaborative work environment.
  • Plan, organise, and execute internal team events, town halls, off‑sites, celebrations, and networking gatherings from concept to execution.
  • Coordinate with international office support teams for planning of global events (e.g. Global Summit).
  • Assist with office coordination needs specifically tied to people programs and local culture initiatives.

Who you are:

• Strong knowledge of and experience with Microsoft Office Programs (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word) and Google Suite (Gmail, Slides, Docs, Forms, Sheets).
• Exceptional time‑management and multi‑tasking abilities with an eye for detail.
• Great client relations and hospitality‑driven approach.
• Highly empathetic, approachable, and solution‑oriented with a passion for building team culture.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated the highest levels of discretion and confidentiality when handling sensitive executive and employee information.
• Highly organised and able to manage multiple timezones.

What we give you:

• You join a vibrant global community with the opportunity to channel your passion every day.
• A modern office environment designed for you, empowering you to bring your best.
• Investment in your professional growth and development enabling you to thrive in our vibrant community.
• The space to accelerate progress, positively disrupt and create what happens next.
• We give you the platform to champion positive change, with the opportunity to contribute to our social impact, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
• We provide an excellent range of benefits like private medical cover, a generous pension scheme, life assurance, income protection, plus loads of music industry perks. There’s also time off over winter break.

As an active part of a culturally and socially diverse society, Sony Music’s aim is that our workforce is diverse and inclusive. Sony Music is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity. We employ, retain, promote and otherwise treat all employees and job applicants according to their merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We apply this policy without regard to any individual’s sex, race, religion, origin, age, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition or disability. Please note that applicants must be at least 18 years of age.