Executive Operations · Project Delivery · C-Suite Partnership

I turn executive priorities into organized, visible execution.

I bring more than 10 years of experience supporting senior leaders and boards, coordinating cross-functional initiatives, and building the dashboards, workflows, and operating systems that keep complex work moving.

San Diego, CA · Open to remote opportunities
10+ yearsC-suite and board-level support
12 companiesHealthcare portfolio supported
10 dashboardsExecutive reporting tools delivered
30+ sessionsTraining delivered to 12 team members

How I contribute

Three strengths. One coherent operating style.

My background sits at the intersection of executive partnership, business operations, and project delivery. That combination helps leaders move from priorities and decisions to accountable execution.

01 · EXECUTIVE PARTNERSHIP

Calm, trusted support for senior leaders

Executive support that protects attention, strengthens preparation, and keeps important commitments from becoming loose ends.

  • C-suite and board support
  • Complex calendar and travel management
  • Briefings, meetings, and communications
  • Confidential stakeholder coordination
  • Executive follow-through
02 · EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

Structure around fast-moving priorities

Practical operating systems that improve visibility, strengthen business rhythms, and help leadership teams stay aligned.

  • Executive reporting and dashboards
  • Operating cadence and action tracking
  • Business process improvement
  • SOPs and workflow documentation
  • Technology and AI adoption
03 · PROJECT DELIVERY

Visible, coordinated implementation

Cross-functional project support that translates requirements into plans, milestones, reporting, training, and sustainable adoption.

  • Project and implementation coordination
  • PMO governance and templates
  • Risk, issue, and milestone tracking
  • Stakeholder and meeting facilitation
  • Training and change adoption

Selected results

Proof that better structure changes outcomes.

The common thread is straightforward: make complex work easier to see, coordinate, and complete.

12

Standardized portfolio visibility

Built a reusable Smartsheet project-management framework supporting a 12-company healthcare portfolio and adopted as a Center of Excellence offering.

1,000

Coordinated an organization-wide rollout

Advanced a three-month, CEO-sponsored initiative at an approximately 1,000-person company through governance, milestone tracking, stakeholder coordination, and reporting.

10

Improved executive decision visibility

Developed executive dashboards that translated project and operating data into board-ready reporting for CFOs, SVPs, and senior leaders.

30+

Strengthened team adoption

Trained 12 staff members through more than 30 individual and group sessions covering project practices, automation, dashboards, and standardized workflows.

4,000%

Delivered measurable operating value

Produced more than $5,000 in annual savings and approximately 4,000% ROI by identifying and implementing a shared-tool integration.

Selected experience

Executive partnership and project delivery across complex operations.

A record of supporting senior leaders while building the systems, workflows, and visibility that help organizations execute.

Frazier Healthcare Partners

Executive Assistant & Project Manager · Tech & Innovation
Jun 2022 – Feb 2026

Supported senior technology leadership while building project-management infrastructure across a 12-company healthcare portfolio.

  • Built a reusable Smartsheet framework adopted as a Center of Excellence offering and developed 10 executive dashboards.
  • Coordinated a three-month, CEO-sponsored rollout at an approximately 1,000-person company through governance, milestones, reporting, and stakeholder follow-through.
  • Trained 12 employees through 30+ sessions and delivered $5K+ in annual savings with approximately 4,000% ROI through a shared-tool integration.
  • Created an estimated $180K in one-time implementation value by developing an internal solution that reduced the need for outside development.

DocuSign

Executive Assistant & Project Manager to Global VP of Customer Support
Nov 2021 – Mar 2022

Supported the leader of a global business unit during rapid international expansion while improving operational workflows for a 30-member Executive Assistant organization.

  • Cleared a two-month purchase-order and invoice backlog totaling millions of dollars by rebuilding tracking and processing workflows.
  • Designed a Jira-driven vendor-onboarding and tracking system and trained the full 30-member EA group on adoption.
  • Managed scheduling, communications, travel, confidential documentation, and operational priorities for the global business-unit leader.

OpenMarket & Seattle Children's Hospital

Executive Assistant & Project Manager · Project Assistant
2019 – 2021

Combined executive operations support with project reporting, documentation, and coordination across technology and healthcare environments.

  • Established visibility into project health, risks, open issues, and mitigation plans at OpenMarket, taking ownership of executive reporting within the first two weeks.
  • Built and automated complex Excel/VBA trackers supporting concurrent EHR-integration workstreams at Seattle Children's.
  • Earned multiple contract extensions by maintaining accurate documentation, coordinating cross-functional meetings, and building trusted stakeholder relationships.

Bloodworks

Executive & Project Assistant to COO and CFO
Feb 2015 – Dec 2017

Supported two C-suite leaders across operations, finance, executive meetings, confidential communications, vendors, and organizational priorities.

  • Prepared agendas, minutes, resolutions, and materials for the Planning and Finance Committee of the Board of Trustees.
  • Maintained accurate financial documentation and responsive stakeholder coordination across executive and operational teams.

Brandman University

Executive Assistant to Executive Vice Chancellor
2007 – 2014

Provided seven years of dedicated support to a senior university leader, owning complex scheduling, travel, correspondence, confidential files, and high-volume stakeholder communication.

  • Produced briefings, agendas, presentations, minutes, resolutions, and executive correspondence for a Board of Regents committee.
  • Coordinated leadership priorities requiring discretion, accuracy, sound judgment, and consistent follow-through.

Additional engagement: Supported two Vice Presidents at Woodland Park Zoo across calendars, travel, events, project portfolios, stakeholder outreach, and board-ready materials. Every independent contract placement resulted in a full-time offer.

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Jim Coburn Executive operations · Project delivery
San Diego, California · Open to remote opportunities

About Jim

A practical bridge between leadership and execution.

I am a San Diego-based executive operations and project-delivery professional with more than a decade of experience supporting C-suite executives, boards, and cross-functional teams.

My background is unusual in a useful way. I understand the pace, confidentiality, judgment, and responsiveness senior leaders require. I also know how to build the project structures, dashboards, documentation, workflows, and communication loops that turn decisions into coordinated action.

I am at my best in environments where priorities are complex, stakeholders are busy, and someone needs to bring order without adding unnecessary bureaucracy.

Tools and systems

Technology used in service of better work.

The value is not the tool itself. It is choosing and applying the right system to improve visibility, reduce friction, and strengthen adoption.

Project Delivery

SmartsheetJiraAsanaMonday.comExcel/VBABasecamp

Executive Operations

Microsoft 365Google WorkspaceSlackZoomConcurNotion

Business Systems

SalesforceHubSpotWorkdayQuickBooksKnowBe4

AI Productivity

ChatGPTClaudeMicrosoft CopilotPrompt WorkflowsAI-Assisted Documentation

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