Mariah Wagner

Sr. Product Manager-FinTech – Hybrid: Our direct client, a fast-growing FinTech firm in New York City, is looking for multiple senior level Technical Product Managers. The openings range from Assistant Vice President - Vice President level. This role will be working in a team-oriented environment with smart and hardworking individuals in a results-oriented culture with support from the Executive Management. This is a management level opportunity with room for growth and oversight over teams, projects, and space. This individual will have the opportunity to solve fun and complex industry-wide problems, spanning across various alternative investment products. This position will be working directly with end users and clients to bring scale and efficiency spanning across a multitude of different business processes, as well as various user experiences for key critical online functions.  This role will own, lead, and deliver various solutions with direct oversight of product building, largely defining and influencing others in their own space, from identifying unmet needs to defining requirements, writing user stories, developing project communication plans, and testing product features. We live and breathe agile and deploy fast, to learn and iterate quickly. Having fun while doing it is a big part of who we are so the ideal candidate will embrace a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. 3 - 4 days per week onsite work in the NYC midtown office is required.  Base salary is in the $130-180K range DOE, plus generous bonus and stock options.  Responsibilities

• Lead engagement with end users and clients to identify and deliver solutions to core functional areas and user experiences. 
• Develop the strategic road map and lead the direction of the product of the platform in partnership with stakeholders. 
• Present, communicate, and work directly with the executive management as needed or to provide status updates of critical strategic projects. 
• Resolve issues and concerns around the allocation of resources and work with stakeholders to manage expectations and setting of priorities. 
• Work with production support team and provide oversight and work to resolve existing gaps with new builds or proposals for new resources. 
• Propose and plan team structure and expansion where necessary with a well thought out plan of execution as the company grows. 
• Mentor the team by coaching and leading by example from all aspects of development whether building relationships or project execution. 
• Identify the highest leverage areas and mobilize key constituents quickly to deliver great products?and critical key features and functions. 
• Work with UX Design, Technology, and other partners in scoping different solutions, writing user-stories and preparing the organization for product launches. 
• Develop a strong understanding of business impacts and what is most critical and manage the team and space for concurrent requests and requirements. 
• Test and review online product upgrades and oversee team execution in general and ensure flawless execution. 
• Monitor the performance of the product and continuously improve it through all the life-stages of a product. 
• Maintain awareness of the competitive landscape from a business and legal and compliance perspective. 
• Step outside the product realm when appropriate to contribute to the team and overall company mission. 

Qualifications

• 10-15+ years of experience in product management in a fast-paced, agile environment 
• Proven track record of management of technical teams and projects, managing space for organizing requests and priorities, and managing space for organizing requests and priorities 
• Proven track record of exercising strong influence in partnerships with colleagues, teams, and clients 
• Great communicator and comfortable engaging executive management for ideas and resolutions 
• Natural problem solver and driven to push initiatives to conclusions 
• Critical thinker and comfortable with the unknown 
• Financial technology background strongly preferred 
• Willingness to dig deep, analyze and know the processes of how things work Willingness to dig deep, analyze, and know the processes of how things work 
• Comfort with leveraging SQL and able to generate conclusions based on data being presented
• Develop an in-depth understanding of organizational data flow and its impact on business processes 
• Expertise with QA testing and business analysis and project management 
• Strong technical background and understanding; Able to construct wireframes and design user experiences while understanding basic API functionalities 
• Strong interpersonal skills and capable of building relationships to gain buy in and achieve business results 
• History of customer centric focus with a knack for quick and thoughtful problem-solving 
• Strong interpersonal and presentation skills, with experience managing a dynamic team 

Quantitative Data Scientist Our direct client, a growing life sciences’ SaaS company, is seeking a passionate Quantitative Data Scientist to join the team. In this role, you will use large data sets to find opportunities for product and process optimization while using models to test the effectiveness of different courses of action. The ideal candidate will have a proven ability to drive business results through data-based insights. Responsibilities:

• Design and implement Data Science and ML methods on large-scale datasets
• Use proprietary and open-access data to generate statistically motivated research hypotheses
• Apply statistical methods to rigorously test and evaluate research hypotheses including probabilistic models, simulations, and forecasting
• Apply Large Language Models to facilitate analyses of datasets
• Develop and foster external collaborations
• Provide expert technical guidance and support customers in the design and analysis of experiments
• Work both independently and as part of a collaborative team to develop data analysis and machine learning solutions.
• Research and explore large datasets to generate hypotheses, assemble datasets, test hypotheses, build statistical models to create insights and improve models.

Qualifications:

• You have lived and breathed math, stats, and data science throughout your career
• Masters’ or Ph.D. degree in statistics, data science, computer science, or other STEM fields (e.g., physics, math, engineering, etc.)
• 5+ years of work experience using analytics to solve product or business problems, coding (e.g., Python, R, SQL), using statistical analysis and data science best practices
• Experience with machine learning
• Excellent personal and communication skills, including solid presentation and writing skills;
• Must be self-motivated, a quick learner, dedicated to achieving excellence, and love to take on new challenges.
• Demonstrated experience handling highly sensitive data in compliance with regulatory standards, ensuring strict confidentiality and adherence to legal and ethical guidelines
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in the Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical or FinTech industry

Our direct client, a well-established leader and fast-growing company in a thriving industry, seeks an experienced Senior CRM Marketing Data Analyst to join their growing team.   This is a key role:

- Serving as the subject matter expert for customer data and database insights for the company  - Responsible for using data-driven insights to achieve measurable marketing results.  -Supports the planning of all aspects of our cross-channel marketing campaigns with a specific focus on database segmentation and analysis to support retention and new customer acquisition - Provides reporting and actionable insights to improve marketing campaign performance and customer journey touches through KPI setting/tracking, A/B testing, journey building, and ongoing optimization of segmentation strategies.  -  Is accountable for helping better understand our customers and key performance metrics in order to deliver more effective, personalized communications and drive growth. Note this position is Hybrid, requires 1-3 days a week onsite working with the team at headquarters in the Norwalk CT office.  We are only interested in candidates who can meet the hybrid requirement.  

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• Develop strategies to leverage guest insights for actionable improvements in our marketing campaigns and the customer journey. 
• Assist with detailed results reporting and analytics. Analyze results across housefile brochure marketing and new customer acquisition efforts, conducting the backend response & ROI analysis. Analyze reports to provide actionable insights to the broader marketing team. 
• Support development and execution of housefile circulation plans, brochure planning, matrices and multi-channel plans.
• Support efforts to improve segmentation and optimization of lists. 
• Evaluate A/B test results to translate results into insights and recommendations (i.e., audience, offer, creative, timing, retention, cross-sell etc.)
• Support acquisition programs including assisting with direct mail customer acquisition efforts, the largest driver of new clients
• With support from external agencies, continually test and refine channels, strategies, and tactics to improve conversion rates and cost per acquisition. Monitor weekly pacing and performance, making adjustments to optimize. 
• Uncover opportunities for growth and optimization by testing hypotheses, and analyzing marketing tactics. 
• Work closely with the Business Analytics team and the IT department to identify required data for forecasting/reporting and to support the Marketing Team’s data infrastructure needs. 

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:  

• 7+ years relevant experience in Database Marketing and Data Analysis
• Direct Mail / Catalog mailing / Consumer marketing experience is highly desired. 
• Experience with new customer acquisition, i.e. working with vendors who supply lists of potential customers, and analyzing those lists, merging them into the main database 
• Exceptional teamwork skills; ability to interact and contribute effectively with others in a fast-paced, collaborative team atmosphere 
• Ability to organize and multi-task while completing projects to meet deadlines with a strong attention to detail   
• Savvy with analytics, reporting and funnel development; considered an Excel and data guru by your peers 
• A self-starter and someone that likes to take control of the reigns 
• Detail oriented, organized, and strong communication skills – both verbal and written
• Experience with the following is advantageous: SQL, Google Analytics, Salesforce (Marketing, Sales, and Service Clouds), Tableau 
• Passion for marketing; love of travel a plus! 

Note this position requires 1-3 days a week onsite working with the team at headquarters in the Norwalk CT office.    

Sr. DevOps/SRE  – Hybrid: Our direct client, a fast-growing FinTech firm in New York City, is looking for a Senior DevOps/SRE Engineer to develop and maintain the production and development environments for a multi-party application. This role will utilize strong DevOps principles and advanced cloud capabilities to facilitate the infrastructure and automated CI/CD for a distributed ledger platform. The ideal candidate is a highly collaborative, creative, and intellectually curious DevOps Engineer. The person in this role should have solid experience in Site Reliability Engineering and is passionate about forming and implementing cutting-edge cloud computing capabilities.  2 or 3 days onsite work in the NYC midtown office is required.  Base salary is in the $160-200K range DOE, plus generous bonus and stock options.    Responsibilities 

• Design, implement, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure using Terraform and CloudFormation. 
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab for seamless code deployment and integration. 
• Collaborate with blockchain engineers to ensure optimal performance and security of the distributed ledger technology (DLT). 
• Monitor system performance using Grafana, Prometheus, and Datadog, and proactively address system issues. 
• Ensure high availability and reliability of the application across the end-to-end tech stacks. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand needs and deliver solutions that meet business objectives. 
• Lead and mentor junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement. 

  Qualifications 

• 8+ years of experience in DevOps, TechOps, or SRE, including at least 5 years working with AWS 
• Strong desire to experience microservices in a production environment, particularly with Docker and Kubernetes 
• Strong Linux OS-level, command-line and scripting knowledge (e.g., Bash, Python), and configuration management principles 
• Applicants should have a working knowledge of databases such as MongoDB, Postgres, and DynamoDB 
• Experience in architecting, implementing, and managing monitoring tools such as Prometheus/Grafana, CloudWatch, Splunk, Datadog, NewRelic, and ELK in the cloud 
• Experience with compute provisioning on Cloud-based platforms using Terraform and/or CloudFormation 
• Exceptional analytical skills, able to apply knowledge and experience in decision-making to arrive at creative and commercial solutions 
• Experience in building a Microservice-based architecture 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 
• Able to design and implement complex, but easily managed, automated infrastructure 
• A desire to share knowledge, teach, and learn as part of a collaborative team 
• AWS certifications are a plus 
• Experience developing or integrating with blockchain applications is preferred, but not required 

SDET (2) – Hybrid: Our direct client, a fast-growing FinTech firm, is looking for a Software Developer in Test (SDET). There are 2 open positions, mid to senior level.  In this role, you’ll bring practical knowledge of agile development methodologies and engineering best practices. You’ll work closely with the Development and Testing team. The ideal candidate would be an independent individual contributor who can understand existing automation test frameworks and has an ability to enhance and implement the same and should also be able to work with other engineers and product managers to support feature-based testing. This position can be in NYC or Greenwich, 3 days per week onsite is expected.  Base salary in the $135-160K range, DOE plus generous bonus and stock options.   Responsibilities

• Build and implement robust automated test suites.
• Integration of automated test suites with the current build and deployment processes.
• Maintenance of automated tests to accommodate changes in system design and architecture.
• Integration of Automation framework with existing tools (JIRA).
• Create/Manage/Utilize Defect workflows with automated test execution.
• Design and publish meaningful metric to support automation test creation and execution.
• Build and implement performance test suites.
• Perform all types of testing – Functional. API, Automation, Performance and Load.

Qualifications

• 4 - 10+ years of experience with QA engineering delivery experience
• 3+ years of delivery within Agile SDLC/teams ideally with CICD
• Programming experience in Java with focus on behavior driven development (BDD) and test-driven development (TDD) and design patterns, ideally within continuous integration (CICD)
• Experience with Java microservices and REST APIs and exposure to React front end
• Agile development approach
• Technologies: Java, JavaScript, IntelliJ/Eclipse
• CI/CD: Maven, Sonar, Git, Teamcity/Jenkins, Docker
• Exposure to banking and/or finance environments preferred
• Testing: Junit, WebdriverIO, Protractor, JMeter or similar