Mariah Szarek

• Build and own the technology strategy for the D&A portfolio.
• Own the end-to-end data engineering and analytics solution portfolio, from strategy through implementation and ongoing optimization
• Lead and mentor data engineers and consultants, providing technical direction, standards, and delivery oversight
• Establish and cultivate relationships with key stakeholders in the company's international offices.
• Partner with business leaders and product owners to translate objectives into scalable data architectures and roadmaps
• Define and evolve enterprise data platforms leveraging Microsoft Fabric, Azure data services, Databricks and complementary cloud technologies
• Oversee design and implementation of data ingestion, transformation, analytics, and reporting pipelines
• Establish and enforce best practices for data governance, security, quality, and compliance
• Manage delivery with internal teams and external development partners, ensuring timelines, quality, and ROI
• Evaluate emerging data, analytics, and AI/ML technologies and lead proof-of-concept initiatives where appropriate
• Support executive reporting, KPI frameworks, and advanced analytics use cases across multiple business domains

• 10–15+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics, or data architecture, with leadership responsibility
• Proven experience leading enterprise-scale data platforms and modernization initiatives
• Strong expertise with cloud data ecosystems (Azure preferred; AWS/GCP experience a plus)
• Hands-on understanding of Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, data lakes, data warehouses, and modern analytics architectures
• Proficiency in SQL, Python, Spark, and data integration frameworks
• Experience managing vendors, budgets, and cross-functional delivery teams
• Strong ability to communicate complex technical concepts to business and executive stakeholders

• Financial services, fintech, or regulated enterprise environments
• Exposure to AI/ML, MLOps, or GenAI pilots within analytics platforms
• Background establishing centers of excellence or data standards at scale

Associate Director, Digital Marketing 

For our direct client, a highly successful, well-established company at a pivotal moment in its digital evolution and launching major new e-commerce initiatives, we seek an experienced digital marketing leader to join their team.  This newly created Associate Director - Digital Marketing role is a key position with terrific growth potential, to help modernize the customer journey and drive measurable growth.

This is a hands-on digital leadership role for someone who can set strategy and execute—owning website performance, conversion optimization, testing, and digital initiatives while working closely with IT, media partners, and creative teams.

• Own and drive the digital conversion and optimization strategy, improving lead quality, funnel performance, and conversion rates.

• Lead website strategy and ongoing enhancements, including UX, content effectiveness, and performance optimization.

• Partner with paid media teams to ensure SEM, SEO, display, and social efforts effectively support the pre-purchase journey.

• Design and execute A/B and multivariate testing across websites, landing pages, and digital funnels.

• Translate data into clear insights, KPIs, and recommendations for senior marketing leadership.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Brand, Creative, Customer Acquisition, and IT to deliver integrated digital initiatives.

• Play a central role in the company’s upcoming eCommerce launch and evolution.

• Manage and hold accountable external partners (media agency, UX consultants, web vendors).

• Lead and develop a small team while remaining deeply hands-on.

• 7–10+ years of progressive experience in digital marketing within a consumer-facing environment.

• Strong background in CRO, website optimization, analytics, and digital testing.

• Experience influencing or partnering on paid media strategy (hands-on planning is a plus).

• Working experience with Salesforce Marketing Cloud / CRM platforms; GA4 required, Tableau a plus.

• Proven ability to run complex digital projects end-to-end, not just manage agencies.

• Comfortable working closely with technical teams and external partners.

• Leadership style that is collaborative, practical, and not overly corporate.

• Experience in luxury goods, hospitality, travel or premium consumer brands strongly preferred

• Newly created position with real ownership and visibility

• Opportunity to shape the future of digital and eCommerce for a respected luxury brand

• Hybrid work model (3 days onsite) and strong benefits, great company culture with long-term company tenure and employee loyalty.  Relocation needs will be considered.  Company HQ is in the Norwalk, CT area and 3 days onsite is genuinely needed for collaborating with team members and stakeholders.  

If you’re a digitally fluent marketer who enjoys building and optimizing customer journeys—and wants to make a tangible impact at a premium company—this role is worth exploring.

• Assess existing departmental data sources and silos
• Define a pragmatic data warehouse and analytics roadmap
• Establish a minimum viable data governance model
• Identify quick-win use cases that demonstrate business value
• Design a flexible architecture that can evolve toward AI/ML readiness

• • Inventory and assess data across Oracle, SQL Server, AS/400 (archival), and departmental systems
  • Identify gaps, redundancies, and integration challenges across departments

• • Design a centralized analytics architecture aligned primarily to the Microsoft/Azure ecosystem
  • Provide recommendations for data warehousing approaches (cloud or hybrid, as appropriate)
  • Outline high-level ETL / ELT patterns and data integration strategy

• • Define a governance model, including data owners, stewards, and custodians by department
  • Establish shared definitions for priority metrics and datasets
  • Incorporate basic risk and security considerations aligned with required standards

• • Translate technical concepts into clear, decision-oriented visuals
  • Support executive briefings with roadmaps, options, and tradeoffs

• • Identify 1–2 pilot analytics use cases using high-value datasets
  • Define success metrics and implementation approach for early wins

• • Strong experience designing conceptual and logical data models
  • Hands-on background with modern data warehousing and analytics platforms
  • Experience working with hybrid and legacy environments

• • Working knowledge of Azure data services (e.g., Synapse/Fabric, Data Factory, Power BI)
  • Familiarity with identity, access control, and role-based security concepts

• Experience enabling executive dashboards and operational reporting
• Understanding of semantic layers, KPIs, and shared metrics

• • Proven ability to conduct discovery-led engagements
  • Strong communication skills with non-technical and executive stakeholders
  • Comfortable operating within defined scope, timelines, and outcomes

• Experience in multi-department or decentralized environments
• Exposure to AI/ML data readiness or analytics modernization initiatives
• Familiarity with tools such as Snowflake, BigQuery, or Fabric Lakehouse

• Lead multiple HR tech and AI POC projects from initiation through delivery.
• Translate business needs into clear scope, plans, deliverables, and documentation.
• Manage project plans, RAID logs, roles/responsibilities, and progress reporting.
• Build strong relationships with global business, HR, engineering, and procurement teams.
• Coordinate cross-functional workstreams and manage risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Evaluate new technologies for feasibility, functionality, and “fit for use.”
• Collaborate across time zones; occasional early-morning calls with offshore teams.

• Strong track record delivering complex technology projects (HR tech experience a plus).
• Minimum of 8–10 years of experience in project management, with a proven track record of planning and executing complex projects and programs. Strong background in managing application development–focused initiatives.
• Experience working in large, global organizations with diverse stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Hands-on PM who brings structure, clarity, and follow-through.
• Comfortable with both Agile and Waterfall methods.
• Curiosity about AI, data governance, and emerging HR technologies.

• High-visibility work in a world-class global environment.
• Opportunity to shape next-generation HR technology and AI strategy.
• Fully remote with flexible hours (primarily East Coast hours, with some early-AM calls with European teams) 
• Please note that occasional travel to New Jersey may be required.

Job Summary

Principal Responsibilities

• Partner with business and project teams to define strategies, requirements, and functional specifications that meet business objectives and project standards.
• The SAP PM will be focused on a significant S4 project. This long-term project is crucial to the operational advancements and will be a primary focus for the for the next three to four years.

• Lead cross-functional teams in developing and implementing integrated business processes with a focus on quality, productivity, and consistency.

• Develop, review, and negotiate Statements of Work (SOWs) and contracts in collaboration with vendors and procurement, ensuring alignment with project scope and budget.

• Manage multiple large and complex projects with significant visibility, risk, and urgency, including planning, communication, reporting, and procedural oversight.

• Ensure project objectives for schedule, scope, and quality are met by using metrics and controls to track progress, taking corrective action, and escalating issues when needed.

• Perform cost/benefit analyses to evaluate scope changes and provide recommendations to senior leadership.

• Establish and maintain effective communication plans for project teams, management, and stakeholders.

• Schedule and facilitate meetings, communicate progress, and develop action plans to achieve project milestones.

• Apply standard project management techniques for budgeting, scheduling, change control, and risk management.

Preferred Requirements

• 6+ years of IT project management experience with complex, cross-functional initiatives.

• 3+ years of experience managing SAP projects (S/4HANA, ECC, FI/CO, MM, SD, etc.).

• PMP or equivalent project management certification preferred.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively across teams, departments, and vendors.

• Self-motivated with strong time management and attention to detail.

• Experience partnering with third-party service providers.

• Strong customer service orientation.

• Experience in the utility industry preferred.

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field is required

Compensation & Work Environment

• Full-time role with an annual salary range of $100,000 – $125,000.

• This will be a full time onsite position

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Duties & Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage IT, security, and privacy control assessments, including GITCs.

• Plan, scope, execute, and review control testing activities.

• Interpret and apply audit program requirements to assessments.

• Help design, mature, and document the firm’s assurance program and its processes.

• Evaluate adherence to security and privacy frameworks and internal policies.

• Identify control gaps and recommend remediation steps to stakeholders.

• Coordinate with technology, audit, and business teams to communicate findings and guidance.

• Manage small review teams and ensure quality, consistency, and on-time delivery of work.

• SME expertise in information protection controls assessments, security, technology (including AI), and privacy (likely of at least senior associate if not manager level)

• SME expertise in GITCs and control testing / assessment work (of at least senior associate if not manager level)

• Experience in implementing and interpreting audit program requirements

• Experience in designing and maturing assurance program(s) and its requirements

• Strong working knowledge of security and privacy frameworks

• Strong knowledge of Information Security and Privacy Policies

• Strong leadership and operational capabilities – will lead and manage review teams, oversee planning, scoping, testing and reporting

• Strong communication skills – will coordinate with/provide advice to various stakeholder groups

• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold the firm’s respectful and courteous work environment

• Lead a large, multi-track software development program, managing multiple solution teams across various application development streams.
• Define and evolve the product vision in alignment with business strategy and customer needs.
• Drive planning, execution, and delivery across Azure-based development projects, ensuring alignment with technical and business goals.
• Collaborate closely with global stakeholders, engineering, and product leadership to ensure cohesive execution.
• Promote a culture of teamwork, accountability, and continuous improvement within a hybrid work environment.

• 10+ years of experience leading complex, enterprise-scale software development programs.
• Proven success delivering cloud-native solutions on Microsoft Azure.
• Strong global delivery experience, including working with distributed teams and international stakeholders.
• Background in product management and product strategy, ideally in a consulting or enterprise SaaS environment.
• Exceptional communication, leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Must be able to work onsite in the Northern NJ office at least 3 days per week.

• Initial contract with intention to convert to full-time after 3–6 months.
• High-visibility role working directly with executive leadership.
• Opportunity to shape the future of a strategic product for a world-class organization.

• Lead day-to-day operations of the Application Support and Operations team, ensuring timely and accurate ticket triage, troubleshooting, and resolution.
• Collaborate with a team of other Support Analysts (both onshore and offshore).
• Act as the escalation point for complex incidents, performing hands-on troubleshooting and root cause analysis as needed.
• Collaborate closely with Microsoft other vendors and internal engineering teams on Azure performance, environment stability, and release management.
• Review and analyze logs, daily performance reports, and service metrics to ensure consistent application uptime and SLA adherence.
• Maintain strong communication and coordination across business, technical, and vendor teams.
• Implement best practices for incident, problem, and change management (ITIL).
• Drive continuous improvement across the support function — process automation, proactive monitoring, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
• Report KPIs, trends, and operational insights to leadership.

• At least 6+ years of experience in Application Support, Production Operations, or Technical Service Management, including 3+ years in a leadership or management capacity.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline is preferred
• Strong understanding of Microsoft Azure architecture, monitoring, and operational tools.
• Technical proficiency in .NET / C#, SQL Server, and IIS/WCF/Windows-based application environments.
• Hands-on ability to review logs, write SQL queries, and interpret system performance data.
• Prior experience managing offshore support teams and coordinating global operations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to interface effectively with vendors, engineers, and business stakeholders.
• Knowledge of ServiceNow, Application Insights, and ITIL-based processes.