Location: Hybrid, 2–3 days per week onsite in Seagirt, New Jersey
Our client is a fast-growing coaching and education company in the health and wellness space. We just placed their head of Marketing, and now we’re looking for an Operations Associate to support their founder and leadership team. This role combines executive support, operational coordination, and light marketing execution.
About the Role
The Operations Associate is responsible for managing daily workflows, calendars, and event logistics; coordinating communication across the team; and ensuring operational excellence during launches and live events.
This position requires strong attention to detail, proactive problem-solving, and comfort working in a high-energy, fast-moving founder-led environment.
Responsibilities
Provide executive support including scheduling, correspondence, and travel coordination.
Oversee and improve day-to-day operational processes.
Assist with planning and executing live events, retreats, and marketing launches.
Support light marketing tasks such as posting content, updating materials, and tracking engagement.
Help onboard new clients and maintain high levels of customer satisfaction.
Communicate effectively across team members, vendors, and event partners.
Qualifications
3+ years of experience in operations, executive support, or similar roles.
Excellent organizational and time management skills.
Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
Tech-savvy (Google Workspace; experience with CRM or email tools a plus).
Energetic, professional, and adaptable personality.
Must be based within commutable distance to Seagirt, NJ for hybrid work.
What You’ll Gain
A diverse, fast-paced role with exposure to both operations and marketing.
The chance to contribute directly to a growing brand with an empowering mission.
A collaborative, upbeat, and growth-oriented work culture.
If you’re resourceful, driven, and love being at the center of a high-impact business, we’d love to hear from you.
We are partnered with a local non-profit in the data space to help them find a talented Director of IT. As the IT leader, reporting to the CEO and will be responsible for overseeing a small team including one manager. If you are someone who has experience driving technology strategy, software development, and cloud transformation we should connect.
To be successful you will need the ability to shape the technology roadmap while still being somewhat close to the tech (not in the code, but not ivory tower either). So, if you are a hands-on IT leader that can lead teams to build modern systems that are both secure and scalable this should be to your liking.
SkyWater is partnering with a local manufacturing client on an exciting opportunity to help shape their Security and Infrastructure for the future. This is a permanent, direct-hire opportunity in the South Metro with a hybrid work schedule (no relocation).
Reporting to the Director of IT, this is a great opportunity for an eager security professional to work with a small team who wants more responsibility and ownership; someone who wants to be the go-to person on the infrastructure and security operations for a lean IT team who wants to rise in the ranks and make a noticeable impact at a growing organization.
As the Security and Infrastructure Lead, you’ll play a pivotal role in improving network performance, setting up key compliance initiatives, and helping to shape the security posturing of this organization for years to come.
*MUST BE LOCAL TO MN* *CANNOT REQUIRE SPONSORSHIP*
SkyWater is excited to partner with a Twin Cities-based design and manufacturing company as they look to add a Senior Manager of FP&A. We’re seeking finance leaders who are passionate about driving operational and financial performance and who can translate data into actionable insights that leadership can use to move the business forward.
In this role, you’ll be at the heart of the company’s value-creation plan – strengthening forecasting, improving performance management, and delivering the analytical support the leadership team needs to achieve growth, operational efficiency, and margin expansion.
A growing, publicly traded manufacturing organization is seeking a Controller to lead financial operations for one of its largest business units. This role offers high visibility, strategic involvement with leadership, and the opportunity to drive financial performance across a dynamic and expanding business. The Controller will oversee all aspects of the finance and accounting functions, providing insights that directly impact operational decision-making, profitability, and strategic growth.
If this is something you would be interested in learning more about, please apply today!
Why Join: Play a pivotal role in the financial leadership of a growing, high-impact business unit. Collaborate directly with senior executives and influence key business decisions. Opportunities for long-term career growth within a stable, growing company. Competitive compensation package including base salary, performance bonus, and comprehensive benefits.
The ideal candidate for this role has… Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance. 9+ years of accounting experience, including 5+ years in manufacturing. Strong leadership, communication, and analytical skills.
SkyWater Search Partners has been engaged by a local organization to find an Engineering Project Lead for their growing organization! This person will play a pivotal role in the success of our client’s projects and will closely work with customers & internal teams to ensure each project is successful. This includes acting as the technical subject matter expert on projects, leading cross-functional teams throughout project lifecycles, and overseeing these projects through design, fabrication, installation & commissioning. Our client is a successful small business based in the Northwest suburbs who’s been consistently growing over the last few years (around 20%). They’re offering a solid compensation package, excellent benefits, outstanding work/life balance, and opportunities to advance your career as they continue to grow!
SkyWater is partnering with an industry leading organization who’s looking to hire a Sr. Electrical Controls Engineer for their team! Our client is a small business based in the Northwest suburbs who’s been consistently growing over the last few years (about 20%). This is a new role due to their growth, and the Sr. Electrical Controls Engineer will be responsible for leading the electrical design, programming, & integration of control systems across a range of complex, custom-engineered projects. We’re looking for an experienced Electrical Controls Engineer with a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (or related field of study), 5+ years of electrical or controls engineering experience (or combination of experience), and experience working on large custom projects. Our client is offering a solid compensation package, excellent benefits, outstanding work/life balance and opportunities to advance your career as they continue to grow!
SkyWater is partnering with an existing client in the North Metro to find a Project Engineer for their growing team! Our client is a mid-sized, industry leading manufacturing who’s been consistently growing over the last few years. They’re an electronics manufacturer who mainly works within regulated industries (aerospace/defense, aviation, medical, etc.) and this role is open due to their customer demand/growth. The Project Engineer will be responsible for working closely with customers & internal teams throughout project lifecycles. This includes working with customers to design products, testing these products, partnering with manufacturing & quality engineering teams to make sure products can be manufactured, looking for product design improvements and keeping projects on time & within budget for customers. Our client is offering a solid compensation package (base + bonus), comprehensive benefits package, and opportunities to advance your career within their organization!
SkyWater Executive Leadership is proud to partner once again with Portico Benefit Services on a search for their Vice President of People & Culture. Over the past few years, SkyWater has partnered with the Board of Directors and has helped Portico build out key members of their senior leadership team, including most of the C-suite (CEO, COO, CIO, etc.). The result has been a period of strong cultural alignment, refreshed leadership, and meaningful organizational momentum.
The newly created role of Vice President of People & Culture provides strategic and operational leadership for all aspects of Portico’s people and culture function. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer and serving as a key member of the Executive Leadership Team, this role ensures that Portico is positioned to attract, develop, and retain exceptional talent while cultivating a mission-driven, high-performance culture that reflects the organization’s faith-based values and commitment to service.
Leading a team of 10, this leader will modernize HR operations, strengthen core programs, and champion an integrated people strategy aligned with Portico’s Five Diamond Strategy and Service Model 2.0. Areas of responsibility include talent acquisition and retention, leadership and workforce development, total rewards, employee engagement and culture, HR systems and analytics, and organizational effectiveness.
Skywater is seeking an accomplished Vice President of Quality to lead all aspects of quality strategy, systems, and customer engagement across its manufacturing operations. This executive will serve as the primary liaison to customers while driving quality performance, compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives. The ideal candidate is a seasoned quality leader from the automotive industry who thrives in customer-facing environments and has a proven track record of elevating quality culture and operational excellence.
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