About the Role
We are seeking an exceptional Private Concierge to support a busy entrepreneur and family with personal logistics, travel, calendar, inbox, household coordination, and daily life operations. This is a high-trust, practical, in-person role focused on removing decisions, administration, and friction so the principal can focus on business, family, health, and high-value work. The ideal candidate is proactive, discreet, service-minded, and highly organized.
Responsibilities
- Manage daily logistics and priorities.
- Remove unnecessary decisions from the principal’s day.
- Handle errands, bookings, reservations, purchases, and returns.
- Coordinate appointments, suppliers, deliveries, and services.
- Ensure practical issues are solved before they become problems.
- Create systems, checklists, and routines to streamline life.
- Conduct daily check-ins with the principal to review priorities and decisions.
- Manage and protect the calendar.
- Schedule meetings, calls, and personal appointments.
- Filter emails and escalate critical items.
- Draft replies and respond on behalf of the principal as trust is established.
- Manage selected communication channels once trust is established.
- Reduce communication noise and low-value decisions.
- Follow up to ensure tasks are completed.
- Book flights, hotels, transport, and restaurants.
- Create itineraries and travel plans.
- Coordinate luggage, packing lists, and travel preparation.
- Travel ahead or alongside the principal to ensure readiness.
- Verify hotel arrangements, rooms, transport, food, gym access, and local logistics.
- Resolve issues before arrival.
- Ensure travel is seamless and low-friction.
- Coordinate with household staff and external providers.
- Ensure the home is prepared and functioning smoothly.
- Manage repairs, suppliers, maintenance, and deliveries.
- Coordinate laundry, dry cleaning, car-related tasks, and other practical matters.
- Ensure groceries and key household items are stocked.
- Coordinate food, meals, restaurant bookings, and delivery.
- Assist practically with food preparation when needed.
- Support family logistics.
- Coordinate groceries and meals.
- Understand dietary preferences.
- Book restaurants aligned with preferences.
- Coordinate with household staff on food preparation.
- Manage health-related appointments (doctors, dentists, physio, etc.).
- Help maintain routines during travel.
- Handle Portuguese bureaucracy and appointments.
- Communicate with local suppliers, service providers, and authorities.
- Book and manage local services.
- Assist with forms, appointments, car-related administration, and other local logistics.
- Translate or clarify Portuguese communication.
Requirements
- Fluent Portuguese.
- Strong English.
- Based near Lisbon / Cascais / Oeiras.
- Able to work in person.
- Able and willing to travel.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Excellent discretion and confidentiality.
- Comfortable with both executive-level tasks and practical lifestyle tasks.
- Strong problem-solving ability.
- Valid driving licence preferred.
- Legally able to work in Portugal.
Skills
- Calendar management
- Inbox management
- Travel logistics
- Errand running
- Restaurant bookings
- Food coordination
- Portuguese administration
- Packing support
- Household coordination
- Supplier management
- Problem-solving
- Discretion
- Service-mindedness
- Organization
- Proactiveness
- Communication
Location
- Lisbon / Cascais / Oeiras area, Portugal
Work Type
- Full-time
- Highly in-person
- Flexible
- Regular travel
Experience Level
- Experience as a private PA, EA, lifestyle manager, family office assistant or luxury concierge preferred.
- Experience supporting entrepreneurs, founders, executives or high-net-worth families preferred.
- Experience with travel planning and household coordination preferred.
- Experience managing inboxes, calendars and suppliers preferred.
- Strong local knowledge of Portugal preferred.
About the Company
- This is a rare role for someone who enjoys being deeply useful, highly trusted and close to the action.
- The right candidate will become the person who makes daily life run smoothly: managing the calendar, inbox, travel, household coordination, errands, food, local admin and personal logistics — while removing decisions and friction wherever possible.
- The ideal candidate is polished enough to manage sensitive communication and high-level logistics, but practical enough to pick up food, pack luggage during travel, coordinate repairs, solve small problems and make life easier every day.
