A financial services firm is adding an attorney to its New York legal department to support its credit and structured products businesses. This is a newly created position on a small legal team, reporting to a senior in-house lawyer.
The core of the role
Documentation for secondary loan trading in distressed situations. Credit agreements, security agreements, and intercreditor arrangements under both U.S. and European market standards, along with documentation for less conventional transactions.
The rest of it
Support for warehouse lending, asset-based facilities, and securitization matters, including review of transaction documents and legal opinions across several asset classes. There is also a general in-house component: monitoring regulatory developments affecting the platform, managing outside counsel and legal spend, and handling confidentiality agreements, engagement letters, and related matters.
You will work directly with the business rather than through layers, which means early ownership of substantive workstreams and regular contact with the people generating the transactions.
Requirements
3-5 years of finance, banking, or structured finance experience at a well regarded law firm. In-house experience at a financial institution also considered.
Hands on experience with syndicated loan documentation involving distressed assets. Familiarity with both U.S. and European market standards is a differentiator. This is the requirement that is not flexible.
JD and active admission to the New York bar in good standing
Exposure to structured finance is welcome but not required
Must be authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
Base salary of $200,000 to $225,000 depending on experience. The role is bonus eligible. Comprehensive benefits. Three days per week in office.
If qualified and interested, please apply here or email your resume to griebel@skywatersearch.com.
The Branch Operations Manager will direct and supervise the staff and day-to-day operations in the assigned branch location, ensuring delivery of quality customer service and achievement of sales or productivity goals.
SkyWater is partnering with a growing medical device manufacturer in Upstate New York to hire a Product Development Engineer for their engineering team! Our client recently received FDA approval for a key product line and is entering an exciting growth phase, scaling from small-batch manufacturing into a commercialized business with an expanding product pipeline. This is a great opportunity to help build and shape a product development function almost from the ground up, working on new IP and next-generation product design. We’re looking for a hands-on Engineer with 3-5 years of medical device (or similar regulated industry experience) product development experience, and strong SolidWorks skills. If you’re looking for an opportunity to join an innovative, growing organization where your work can make a big impact, then please submit your resume today to be considered for this exciting opportunity!
SkyWater has been retained by a private equity backed SaaS company in the Twin Cities Metro to attract and hire a VP of Software Engineering. This is a newly created leadership seat, not a backfill. The company has been around more than 20 years and is looking to shift from a tech-enabled business to a true software and data company.
As the VP, you would own the technology roadmap end to end. That includes leading a team of 15+ engineers, migrating a legacy on-prem environment to the cloud, standing up compliance, and building out new self-serve, BI-driven product tools for customers and their partners. You would work closely with a product leader on the roadmap but own the technology function outright and report into the senior leadership team.
Non-negotiables: hands-on experience taking a company through a real cloud modernization, current and genuine use of AI-assisted development tools and workflows, and the ability to work in office in the Metro (with flexibility).
What makes this worth leaving a current seat for: real ownership of a technology function at a growth-stage company with fresh capital behind it, a builder’s mandate with room to shape the org and the stack from close to scratch, and equity participation tied to the company’s next phase of growth.
Base salary is in the low to mid 200s, with bonus and equity potential. To apply or learn more, reach out confidentially to Zac Kallas at SkyWater Search Partners.
SkyWater has partnered with a global manufacturer with operations across dozens of countries is building a formal customer data function from the ground up, and this is the first hire into it. The company just brought on a counterpart to own supply side master data. Now they need someone to do the same on the customer side: hierarchies, legal entity structures, segmentation, and the master data rules that make the customer record trustworthy across every system that touches it.
This is an individual contributor role reporting to the VP of Data and Analytics, with the CTO directly involved in the hiring. There is no team to inherit and no existing playbook. You would be building the customer MDM function and the data quality standards largely from scratch. A separate team owns broader data governance, so this role stays focused on the customer domain specifically.
What is required: manufacturing or B2B industry experience, hands on MDM work (Informatica or a comparable platform), advanced SQL for data quality analysis and root cause work, and comfort operating without a fully built structure around you.
Compensation is targeted in the 175 to 180 range with 20 percent bonus potential. Location is SW Metro, four days onsite.
If you are a senior or principal level data professional who wants ownership of a domain from day one rather than inheriting someone else’s mess, reach out confidentially to discuss.
Our client, a highly regarded financial institution in the Twin Cities, is seeking Investment Banking Associates/VPs — this is a fantastic opportunity for someone at a smaller lower-middle-market or boutique to step up to an upper-middle-market shop, or for those at bulge brackets to step into better culture/work like balance.
Compensation will be top-range of middle market investment banking comp and the pedigree of people this firm hires is second to none. Whether you plan on staying in investment banking the rest of your career or will eventually seek exit opportunities into PE/Corp Dev/Corp Finance this is the place to be.
Candidates looking to relocate from other markets are welcome to apply — relocation assistance can be provided. Our client is not offering visa sponsorship at this time.
A privately held company in the western Twin Cities is looking for a senior transportation leader to take ownership of its transportation business.
This person will be responsible for the overall strategy and performance of the transportation operation, including freight brokerage, carrier procurement, load planning, network design, service levels, and profitability. The role will report directly to the President and CEO and will have significant influence over how the business grows.
The company is looking for someone who understands both the operational and commercial sides of transportation. This person should be comfortable setting direction, developing leaders, improving margins, working across departments, and using data and technology to build a stronger and more scalable operation.
Step into an established book of business- Warm clients, a real pipeline, and a desk that’s yours to run.
SkyWater Search Partners is looking to add an experienced Recruiter to our Engineering & Construction practice. This is a unique opportunity to step into an evolving market with an existing book of business, while having the autonomy to build, grow, and shape your own niche within the Engineering & Construction space.
What You’ll Do:
Run a full desk split roughly 50/50 between client development and candidate recruiting
Take over warm, existing client relationships in Engineering & Construction and grow them further
Identify, source, and place top engineering and construction talent for clients across the market
Act as a true talent partner to clients — consulting on hiring strategy, not just filling reqs
Who You Are:
Recruiting experience with at least 3 years of recruiting experience under your belt
Open on desk type, too: corporate/in-house, half-desk agency, or full agency recruiting backgrounds are all welcome
Manufacturing, engineering, or construction recruiting experience is a nice-to-have, not a requirement — we care more about how you operate than which industry you’ve placed into before
Self-motivated and results-driven; you care about outcomes, not activity metrics
Excited by the idea of an established starting point with real room to build something of you
What Sets Us Apart:
Unlimited Earning Potential: One of the most competitive compensation structures in the market, including uncapped commission — earn as much as you’re driven to achieve.
Technology & Marketing Tools: Every recruiter is equipped with AI tools, a LinkedIn Recruiter license, and a fully integrated Bullhorn ATS.
Training & Mentorship: Hands-on training, a structured onboarding program, assigned mentors, monthly company-wide trainings, and an open-door policy for ongoing support.
Referred Revenue Opportunities: Collaboration is core to our success- earn commission on revenue you refer across the organization.
Flexibility: A hybrid work model with coordinated in-office days, unlimited PTO, and a high-trust environment that promotes autonomy and accountability.
Culture: Authentic, collaborative, and fun- quarterly meetings, happy hours, holiday parties, and family events. We also give back through community initiatives like Feed My Starving Children, Adopt-a-Highway, and Smile Network.
Apply online or reach out directly to Jordan McGuire, Recruiting & Development Manager — jmcguire@skywatersearch.com
You’ve worked in an agency. You know the pace, the polish, the pressure of a client call gone sideways. Now build the teams that make agencies great- without the 11pm deck revisions.
SkyWater Search Partners is hiring a full desk Marketing & Creative Recruiter to own client relationships and candidate pipeline, placing account management, strategy, design, and creative talent into top advertising agencies across the Twin Cities and beyond. You’ll step into a practice with warm, evergreen client relationships and an active pipeline ready to work from day one.
What You’ll Do:
Run a full desk- source and screen candidates while developing and managing your own agency client relationships
Recruit for client-service, account management, strategy, design, and creative roles (Assistant Account Executive through Senior Account Manager)
Advise clients who expect polish and fast turnaround; ask smart questions and hold your own with skeptical pushback
Draft your own client and candidate communications – you’ll get real coaching, not a script
Who You Are:
You’ve worked in agency life- account services or a similar client-facing role — and while the pace was intense, you never lost your love for the industry
Poised, gracious, and buttoned-up under pressure- sloppy communication isn’t in your vocabulary
A self-starter who doesn’t need a push to pick up the phone or chase the next lead
Coachable and hungry to build a long-term career here
What Sets Us Apart:
Unlimited Earning Potential: One of the most competitive compensation structures in the market, including uncapped commission — earn as much as you’re driven to achieve.
Technology & Marketing Tools: Every recruiter is equipped with AI tools, a LinkedIn Recruiter license, and a fully integrated Bullhorn ATS.
Training & Mentorship: Hands-on training, a structured onboarding program, assigned mentors, monthly company-wide trainings, and an open-door policy for ongoing support.
Referred Revenue Opportunities: Collaboration is core to our success- earn commission on revenue you refer across the organization.
Flexibility: A hybrid work model with coordinated in-office days, unlimited PTO, and a high-trust environment that promotes autonomy and accountability.
Culture: Authentic, collaborative, and fun- quarterly meetings, happy hours, holiday parties, and family events. We also give back through community initiatives like Feed My Starving Children, Adopt-a-Highway, and Smile Network.
Apply online or reach out directly to Jordan McGuire, Recruiting & Development Manager — jmcguire@skywatersearch.com
SkyWater Search Partners is assisting an elite Minnesota litigation boutique in its search for a mid-level (2-6 year) litigation associate.
Our client is a trial-focused firm with a general commercial litigation practice. The attorneys have tried dozens of cases to verdict, and the firm is small by design, built around the idea that associates should be developing as trial lawyers rather than sitting on the sidelines of large teams.
Please apply or reach out Rylie Harnett (rharnett@skywatersearch.com) with additional questions.
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