Mutual Opportunities
Executive Assistant
Springfield, Massachusetts
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Overview
A career with us means you’ll work alongside exceptional people and be empowered to reach your professional and personal goals. Our employees are at the foundation of what enables MassMutual to deliver on our purpose to help people secure their futures and protect the ones they love.
We embrace the idea that we all are stronger and better through our support for one another. We strive to create a culture where employees feel valued and are celebrated for who they are.
“Since our founding in 1851, mutuality has put our policyowners at the center of everything we do. At our core, we’re a company of people helping people in their time of need, and that spirit extends to the culture we’ve built at our company. Our employees support and rely on each other each day, collaborating to deliver the best solutions for our customers and help millions more secure their future and protect the ones they love.”
Job Description
The Opportunity
Are you a proactive, highly organized professional who enjoys making an impact behind the scenes? MassMutual is seeking an Executive Assistant to serve as a trusted partner to the Head of Customer Care Centers and the Head of Inforce Services. In this highly visible role, you'll support two senior leaders, helping them stay focused on strategic priorities while ensuring day-to-day operations run smoothly. You'll be a key member of both leadership teams, building relationships across the organization, solving problems, and contributing to a positive employee experience. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy managing competing priorities, and take pride in creating order from complexity, we'd love to hear from you.
The Team
Customer Care Centers and Inforce Services play a critical role in delivering exceptional experiences to MassMutual customers, policyholders, and advisors. We are a collaborative, high-performing team that values accountability, teamwork, innovation, and employee engagement. We support one another, celebrate successes, and create an environment where employees feel empowered to do their best work.
The Impact
As Executive Assistant, you'll be a trusted partner responsible for helping leaders and teams operate efficiently and effectively. You'll manage priorities, coordinate key activities, support organizational initiatives, and help foster a connected and engaging culture.
Key Responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Manage complex executive calendars and proactively resolve scheduling conflicts
- Coordinate travel, expenses, invoices, and vendor-related activities
- Plan leadership meetings, team events, offsites, and recognition programs
- Create presentations, reports, communications, and Excel-based materials
- Anticipate challenges and provide proactive solutions to support business operations
- Coordinate onboarding, employee moves, transfers, and new hire support
- Partner across teams on special projects and organizational initiatives
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders across all levels of the organization
- Help create a positive, inclusive, and engaging employee experience
The Minimum Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent
- 4+ years of experience providing administrative support to senior leaders, executives, or leadership teams, or equivalent experience supporting complex business operations
- 3+ years of experience managing complex calendars, scheduling meetings, and coordinating across multiple stakeholders
The Ideal Qualifications
- Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree
- 5+ years of experience in an executive administrative role
- 1+ year of experience working in the financial services industry
- Collaborative approach, with the ability to perform routine administrative support proactively and provide assistance as urgent situations or ad hoc needs arise
- High level of attention to detail
- High level of organizational skills
- Experience preparing professional communications, presentations, reports, and meeting materials for leadership audiences
- Experience coordinating travel arrangements, processing expenses, and supporting executive operations
- Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, and Excel in a professional environment
- Demonstrated ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion and professionalism
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple competing priorities, work independently, and adapt in a fast-paced environment
- Strong ability to prioritize
- Strong ability to work autonomously in a collaborative environment
- Ability to make reasonable discretionary decisions
What You Can Expect at MassMutual
MassMutual offers the opportunity to do meaningful work within a purpose-driven organization that values long-term impact over short-term outcomes. In this role, you can expect:
- Clear areas of ownership and accountability, with work that connects directly to company and customer outcomes
- A collaborative environment where perspectives are welcomed
- Access to learning, development, and internal networks that support continuous growth and skill-building over time
- Employee-led communities and forums that foster connection, learning, and inclusion across the organization
- A culture grounded in integrity, responsibility, and stewardship—supported by a company with a strong legacy and a future-focused mindset
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MassMutual is an equal employment opportunity employer. We welcome all persons to apply.
If you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us and share the specifics of the assistance you need.
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MassMutual will accept applications on an ongoing basis until such time as a candidate has been offered employment. The job description includes the main duties of this position, which may evolve over time. You may be required to perform other duties not listed.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment.
Salary Range: $73,000-$92,000
Hiring Process
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Interview
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Offer
If you are extended an offer to join MassMutual and accept, your start will be contingent upon a satisfactory background check.
Hire
If you accept the offer, we will be so excited to welcome you to the MassMutual community!
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By the numbers*
- 85% of employee respondents say they are proud to work at MassMutual
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% of employee respondents say the work they do at MassMutual is meaningful - 85% of employee respondents say they feel encouraged to come up with new and better ways of doing things
*Source: 2025 MassMutual employee engagement survey
Award-Winning Culture
MassMutual is guided by a single purpose: We help people secure their future and protect the ones they love. As a company operated for the benefit of our members and participating policyowners, we are defined by mutuality and our vision to provide financial well-being for all Americans. It’s more than our company structure — it’s our way of life. We are a company of people protecting people. Our company exists because people are willing to share risk and resources and rely on each other when it counts.
We strive to build a thriving community where everyone is valued, included, and feels that they belong.
At MassMutual, we Live Mutual.
How We Work
MassMutual’s flexible workplace approach combines the importance of connecting in person and the flexibility of working remotely. Our hybrid model puts collaboration first with employees coming in at least three days per week to our spectacular campus settings and also enjoying the flexibility of remote Fridays, company-wide remote weeks, and a bank of flexible remote weeks to use throughout the year.
Benefits for the whole you (and your loved ones)
There’s more to your life than your job and there’s more to your aspirations than a paycheck. We take a holistic view of compensation and benefits that provides the flexibility to create a healthy balance in your life for work, family, and community. We offer the benefits you’d expect, like medical, dental, 401(k), and generous vacation time, but we also offer ones you might not expect, like three paid days for volunteering, a $1,250 annual Well-Being Wallet, and up to 320 hours of caregiver leave.
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