HR Manager

  • Location: Chanhassen, Minnesota
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52709

Human Resources Manager | Twin Cities West Metro | $115K–$130K + Bonus

I’m partnering with a growing, operationally driven organization in the Twin Cities west metro on a Human Resources Manager succession search, following the retirement of a long-tenured HR leader after 31 years with the company. This role reports directly to the Director of Operations..

This is a highly visible role for someone who enjoys being embedded in the business, balancing strategic partnership with hands-on execution across employee relations, compliance, payroll, compensation, benefits, leadership coaching, and culture.

What stands out to me about this opportunity is the level of influence and trust this person will have across the organization. The leadership team is looking for someone who can continue bringing structure, accountability, operational partnership, and strong HR judgment while strengthening people processes as the company continues to grow.

A few things that feel especially important for success:
• Strong employee relations and investigation experience
• Comfort operating in fast-paced, evolving environments
• Ability to coach leaders while also holding the line when needed
• Experience managing payroll and HR operations end-to-end
• Someone who genuinely enjoys building trust across all levels of an organization
• Practical HR leadership

The environment is a privately owned, collaborative, visible, and relationship-driven company. This is not a sit-behind-the-desk HR role, although there is some of that. They want someone who likes being in the business, solving problems, improving processes, and helping leaders lead better.

Compensation targets $115K–$130K base + bonus.

If you’d be open to learning more, feel free to apply to the link or message me directly on LinkedIn (Dannie Smith) or via email at DSmith@skywatersearch.com

Accounting Manager

  • Location: North Mankato, Minnesota
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52708

Accounting Manager
Salary up to $120,000 + bonus
Hybrid – onsite 2-3 days a week

We are partnering with a PE-backed waste and recycling company in North Mankato, MN to hire an Accounting Manager to lead the accounting function across a growing, multi-location platform.

This role is a great fit for an experienced accounting professional who wants to lead a team, stay close to the work, and have real influence over how finance runs across a complex, operationally driven business.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working in the grey and is excited about building and improving processes in a dynamic environment. There is a clear growth path to Controller as the platform continues to grow and acquire.

In interested, apply today! 

AP Specialist

  • Location: Minnetonka , Minnesota
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52707

What happens when a company doubles in size in a single year—and expects to do it again? They create opportunities like this.

We’re partnering with a rapidly growing, PE-backed manufacturing company in the Twin Cities that serves the data center infrastructure market, one of the biggest beneficiaries of AI, cloud computing, and digital transformation.

They’re hiring an Accounts Payable Specialist to help support their next phase of growth. This is a newly created role offering exposure to a fast-paced environment, strong leadership, and a company investing heavily in its people, systems, and future.

What We’re Looking For

  • 2+ years of Accounts Payable or related accounting experience
  • Experience processing invoices in an ERP environment
  • Knowledge of three-way matching and vendor payment workflows
  • Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
What Sets This Opportunity Apart
  • Newly created position due to explosive company growth
  • Private equity-backed organization with significant investment
  • High-growth industry tied to AI and data center expansion
  • Direct exposure to accounting leadership
  • Opportunity to help support future process and systems improvements
If you’re looking for a stable company with a compelling growth story and the chance to make an immediate impact, apply directly!

 

Staff Accountant

  • Location: St Cloud , Minnesota
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52704

Our client, a well-established and growing manufacturing organization in Central Minnesota, is seeking a Staff Accountant to join its corporate finance team. This is an excellent opportunity for an early-career accounting professional looking to gain broad exposure across financial reporting, manufacturing accounting, process improvement, and cross-functional business support within a collaborative environment.

Reporting directly to accounting leadership, this individual will play a key role in month-end close, reconciliations, journal entries, variance analysis, financial reporting, audit support, budgeting activities, and finance transformation initiatives.

The organization is continuing to invest heavily in its accounting infrastructure and is specifically looking for someone who embraces technology and enjoys finding smarter, more efficient ways to work — including leveraging automation and AI tools to improve accounting processes and reporting visibility.

Accounting Manager

  • Location: Vadnais Heights, Minnesota
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52701

We are partnering with a well-established environmental products platform to help identify an Accounting Manager to join their growing team. This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced Senior Accountant or a current Accounting Manager who wants broader ownership, direct exposure to leadership, and the ability to make a visible impact inside a hands-on, entrepreneurial business.
This role offers the chance to step beyond a traditional corporate accounting seat and become the primary accounting partner for a locally operated business. You’ll work closely with operations leadership and corporate finance while helping improve processes, reporting, and financial visibility across the organization.
 

Director of Marketing

  • Location: Eagan, Minnesota
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52699

We’ve been retained by a fast-growing national real estate development organization to find an innovative Marketing Director to lead and execute integrated marketing initiatives across multiple active projects and markets.

This role will oversee strategic marketing planning, lead generation, campaign execution, vendor management, creative development, and performance analytics while partnering closely with company leadership and sales teams.

The ideal candidate is both strategic and hands-on, capable of managing high-level marketing initiatives while also executing day-to-day campaign activities in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute marketing strategies to support business and sales objectives

  • Manage integrated campaigns across digital and traditional marketing channels

  • Oversee SEO, website management, direct mail, digital advertising, and content initiatives

  • Analyze campaign performance and optimize marketing effectiveness

  • Manage project budgets, timelines, and vendor relationships

  • Support sales teams with lead generation and marketing resources

  • Develop and maintain marketing processes, systems, and reporting

  • Coordinate creative assets, messaging, and campaign materials

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or related field preferred

  • Proven success managing multi-channel marketing campaigns

  • Strong understanding of digital marketing, CRM systems, SEO, and analytics

  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines simultaneously

  • Strong project management and organizational skills

  • Experience with Adobe Creative Suite and CRM platforms preferred

Preferred Experience

  • Real estate, senior living, housing, hospitality, lifestyle, or consumer-focused marketing experience preferred

  • Experience supporting direct-response or lead-generation marketing efforts

  • Familiarity with vendor and agency management

Personal Attributes

  • Highly accountable and self-motivated

  • Collaborative and team-oriented

  • Adaptable and solutions-focused

  • Entrepreneurial mindset with strong initiative

  • Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills

  • Comfortable operating in a fast-paced and evolving environment

Additional Information

  • In-office position based in the Twin Cities metro area

  • Competitive compensation package including bonus opportunity

  • Opportunity to join a stable, growing, and mission-driven organization with long-term growth potential

Engineering Manager

  • Location: Maple Grove , Minnesota
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52698

We are partnering with a growing, privately held manufacturing organization seeking an Engineering Manager to lead product development and engineering initiatives within a highly visible division. This role offers the opportunity to oversee new product design, continuous improvement efforts, prototyping, and engineering strategy while mentoring a talented team of engineers. The ideal candidate will bring strong plastics product development experience, a hands-on engineering mindset, and the ability to collaborate cross-functionally in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment. This is an excellent opportunity for either an experienced engineering leader or a high-potential engineer ready to step into management.

Senior Accountant

  • Location: Saint Paul, Minnesota
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52697

We are partnering with a growing, fast-paced organization to identify a Senior Accountant to join their team. This is an opportunity for someone who enjoys taking ownership, solving problems, and working in an environment where they can continue to expand their skill set and make a meaningful impact.
This role offers broad exposure across accounting operations, project accounting, fixed assets, and lease accounting, while partnering closely with teams throughout the business. The ideal candidate is naturally curious, detail-oriented, and excited to leverage modern technology and process improvements to drive efficiency and accuracy.
If you are someone who thrives in a collaborative environment, enjoys balancing day-to-day accounting responsibilities with analytical and project-based work, and wants visibility across the organization, this could be a strong next step in your career.
This is a hybrid opportunity, one day per week onsite in the East Metro.
 

Growth Marketing Lead

  • Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52696

Growth Marketing Lead

Overview

We’ve partnered with a fast-growing consumer products company in search of a highly driven, hands-on Growth Marketing Leader to own and optimize paid media, digital growth, and performance marketing initiatives across multiple channels. media execution, content-driven growth initiatives, and digital performance optimization across Meta, Google, TikTok, Amazon, and emerging channels.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment and enjoys balancing strategy with execution. The right person will be equally comfortable optimizing ad campaigns, managing TikTok Shop, coordinating influencer outreach, building emails and analyzing campaign performance.

You’ll work closely with leadership to drive customer acquisition, improve marketing efficiency, and help scale the brand’s digital presence.

What You’ll Do:

Paid Media & Performance Marketing

  • Execute and optimize paid media campaigns across Meta, Google, TikTok, Amazon, and related platforms

  • Manage campaign implementation including audience targeting, retargeting, boosting, and spend optimization

  • Analyze campaign performance and provide actionable recommendations on budget allocation and ROI

  • Build reporting dashboards and performance insights across channels

  • Maximize the effectiveness and lifecycle of creative assets across paid and organic campaigns

TikTok Shop & Social Commerce

  • Own and manage TikTok Shop operations and merchandising

  • Support TikTok growth initiatives and social commerce strategies

  • Identify opportunities to improve engagement, conversion, and content performance

Influencer & Community Engagement

  • Support influencer outreach, creator partnerships, and product sampling initiatives

  • Assist with creator communications and campaign coordination

  • Conduct social listening and engage with online communities to identify trends and opportunities

Email Marketing & CRM

  • Build and optimize email campaigns within Klaviyo

  • Improve email design, segmentation, and customer journey flows

  • Support lifecycle marketing and retention initiatives

What We’re Looking For

  • 6+ years of experience in growth marketing, paid media, digital marketing, or eCommerce

  • Strong hands-on experience managing campaigns directly within Meta, Google, TikTok, and/or Amazon platforms

  • Experience with content creation, video editing, and short-form social media content

  • Familiarity with TikTok Shop, influencer marketing, and creator partnerships

  • Experience with Klaviyo or similar email/CRM platforms

  • Strong understanding of ROI, campaign optimization, analytics, and marketing performance

  • Comfortable operating independently while balancing multiple priorities

  • Entrepreneurial mindset with strong accountability and initiative

The ideal candidate is highly proactive, self-directed, and excited to take ownership in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment. They are a strategic thinker with strong execution skills — someone who can develop ideas and also roll up their sleeves to bring them to life.

This person is creative, resourceful, adaptable, and comfortable getting into the details while balancing multiple priorities and moving quickly as the business evolves. Experience within consumer products, DTC, or eCommerce brands is highly preferred, along with a strong understanding of how to engage and grow consumer audiences across digital channels.

This role is onsite in Plymouth, Minnesota, and the base salary range is approximately $80K–$125K+ depending on a candidate’s experience and overall fit.

Contracts Administrator

  • Location: Saint Paul, Minnesota
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52688

Our client, a growing PE-backed commercial services platform in the food, beverage, and consumer products space, is seeking a Contracts Administrator / Legal Operations professional to join its collaborative and fast-paced team in the Twin Cities area.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with 2+ years of experience and the desire to build a long-term career in contracts administration, legal operations, compliance, or commercial risk support. The role is highly cross-functional and offers strong exposure to legal, operational, and customer-facing work within a rapidly growing organization.

The ideal candidate will have experience with:

  • NDAs, statements of work, and commercial agreements
  • Contract tracking, redlining, and contract lifecycle management
  • Supporting commercial/sales teams in a customer-facing environment
  • Managing workflows, documentation, and process coordination
  • Working within contract management systems such as CobbleStone or similar platforms

This individual will work closely with internal stakeholders across sales, finance, procurement, operations, and outside counsel, while helping support process improvements, system enhancements, claims support, and broader legal/risk operations initiatives.

 

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