We are working with a $1B Midwestern asset manager who is seeking its first dedicated Institutional Sales Director to accelerate the firm’s expansion into the consultant and institutional investor market. This is a rare ground-floor opportunity to build an institutional presence for a respected, performance-driven investment firm with long-standing PM leadership and a strong retail foundation.
As the inaugural salesperson, you will shape the go-to-market strategy, develop consultant and allocator relationships, and drive new mandates across the U.S. You’ll partner closely with senior portfolio managers, gain deep insight into high-quality core equity strategies and play a pivotal role in elevating the firm’s institutional visibility.
What Sets This Apart: Wide-open territory. Direct PM access. Thoughtful compensation with strong performance upside. Meaningful runway to build something lasting.
***We are looking for Mid-West based candidates only at this time
If interested, please apply or send your details to: jamende@skywatersearch.com
HR Director Location: North Metro, MN Compensation: $140,000–$160,000
Are you a hands-on, relationship-centered HR leader who thrives in entrepreneurial, fast-scaling environments? Do you love building structure, elevating compliance, and shaping a people strategy that actually influences business outcomes? If so, this opportunity might be worth a closer look.
Our client is a privately held, founder-led organization in the North Metro, Minnesota area within the construction and exterior restoration industry. The company has experienced consistent, healthy year-over-year growth since inception and is entering its next phase of scale across multiple states. With a strong reputation built on integrity, craftsmanship, and exceptional client service, this organization is committed to developing the right talent and infrastructure to support continued expansion.
They are hiring their first Director of Human Resources, a trusted business partner who can bring clarity, confidence, and capability to a growing workforce.
What You’ll Lead
• Build and scale a cohesive HR function with structure, compliance, and strong foundational processes • Develop a seasonal and full-time talent strategy that supports growth across multiple states • Strengthen onboarding, safety programs, and workforce readiness • Partner closely with senior leadership to shape culture, leadership expectations, and organizational design • Lead and mentor a small, capable HR team (Recruiter + HR Coordinator/Support) • Ensure multi-state compliance, policy creation, and consistent standards across field and office environments • Serve as a visible, relationship-driven advisor who earns trust quickly at all levels
What Success Looks Like
• A stable, scalable HR foundation that strengthens the employee lifecycle • A company-wide understanding of HR as a strategic, enabling function • Improved hiring velocity, seasonal workforce planning, and onboarding consistency • Leaders who feel better supported, educated, and equipped • A culture that stays strong and aligned as the company grows
Why This Role is Unique
• Build HR from the ground up — true ownership and impact, reporting to the COO • Work in a healthy, values-driven, founder-led organization with an authentic commitment to doing the right thing • Direct access to leadership and the ability to influence decisions quickly • Join an organization with strong momentum and growth where HR will play a significant role in the next chapter
If you’re energized by building, refining, and elevating HR within a high-integrity, growth-minded environment, I would love to connect.
Please apply directly, or send your resume to Dannie Smith @DSmith@skywatersearch.com
A new client of ours, a growing corporate finance boutique, is looking to hire a Full-Time Investment Banking Analyst to support M&A and capital raising in renewable fuels and agribusiness. This team offers direct senior exposure, hands-on deal work, and the ability to truly shape your career trajectory.
Incredibly unique strategic finance leadership role for a growing CPG org near Madison, Wisconsin. This is with a company that has a track record of hiring up-and-coming talent and stretching them into leadership roles — if you’ve ever wanted to be CFO, this is the place to get the right experience.
Our client is seeking someone who can own the entire P&L, lead a team, present to the board, and build processes/models from scratch. This will be heavily involved in commercial finance/partnership across the sales organization as well, so will have a direct hand in driving revenue growth and optimizing company results. The organization has Fortune 500 leadership across the board and high standards for the talent they hire.
They have an incredibly meritocratic, highly collaborative culture and you’ll work under a CFO who is a high-EQ leader that is heavily focused on growing and mentoring his team. You would be second-in-command for the entire finance org so from a visibility and growth perspective, it does not get better than this.
The best part? I’m looking for up-and-comers for this. The ideal candidate will have either public company FLDP/rotational program OR PE-backed FP&A experience, and currently be a Finance Manager who is looking to take the next step up.
SkyWater is excited to partner with a fast growing multifamily real estate development, construction, and property management firm with a nation-wide reach. To date, this company has developed over 70 apartment complexes (10,000 + units) across nearly 10 states – and given the company’s outlook, that number will grow significantly in the years to come. They are looking to add a Senior Treasury Analyst to their team as they build out a Minnesota office. This role reports to the Corporate Controller.
SkyWater Search Partners is excited to partner with a $1B AUM leading Broker/Dealer and Investment Advisor to find a new strategic Head of Business Development.
This executive will be responsible for spearheading national recruiting efforts for the firm and strategically managing the firm’s growth plans and firm-wide recruitment strategy.
This highly visible role will report directly to the President of the firm and will be responsible for the full cycle recruitment process-from building the pipeline to closing advisor recruits. This person is expected to travel throughout the country building relationships with advisors at competing IBD firms.
This person will also lead the management and retainment of breakaways and hybrids that may be open to a chance in affiliation.
We are looking for someone with extensive experience attracting and retaining advisor/advisor team recruits, particularly from the IBD space. A strong grasp of the current advisor landscape including advisor needs, demands, industry trends and hot button topics is a key to success.
This role requires an entrepreneurial spirit, competitive drive with active engagement and an appetite for grwoth.
If interested, please apply or send your details to: jamende@skywatersearch.com
SkyWater Search Partners I’m assisting a well-regarded litigation group that is seeking an associate to join its busy Minneapolis office. This role is ideal for someone with approximately 1-5 years of civil litigation experience.
The team handles a mix of professional liability, coverage work, and appeals, so strong brief-writing skills and an interest in hands-on litigation experience are key.
What makes this opportunity stand out:
Direct mentorship and day-to-day training from two highly respected partners who are fully invested in developing associates
Significant ownership of matters early on, including professional liability and personal injury cases, coverage issues, and appellate work
Hybrid schedule (typically 2-3 days in office, but flexible)
Clear two-tier partnership track, with formalization around the 7-year mark
We have been retained by a local manufacturer with strong growth and stability to bring on a seasoned data engineering professional for a pivotal Senior Data Engineer position. In this highly impactful and visible role you will be a hands on technical subject matter expert as they continue to modernize their data environment. Reporting to the Director of Software Development and working closely with their Director of BI you will be responsible for maintaining and modernizing their data environment as they transition from on-prem to the cloud (likely Azure).
If you are someone who has experience taking data environments to the cloud and enjoy variety, moving the needle, and being a technical data guru this should be to your liking. Hybrid role (2-3 days onsite).
SkyWater is partnering with a 30-year-old, privately held commercial printing and data-driven marketing firm to add a Commercial Sales Representative here in Minneapolis.
This individual will be driving growth with a path to leadership + part-ownership within 2-3 years. The role requires complete ownership of a full sales cycle: hunting new logos, expanding key accounts, and partnering with production to deliver offset, digital, wide-format, and mailing solutions.
Post-ramp: flexible remote + uncapped earnings in a modern, natural light-filled HQ in the south metro.
SkyWater is partnering with a growing manufacturing organization who’s looking to hire a Warehouse Manager! Our client is a small, privately held manufacturer that’s been successfully operating for 30+ years. The Warehouse Manager will be responsible for overseeing a team of 25 reports while also driving warehouse efficiencies, improving performance, and placing an emphasis on safety across all aspects of the warehouse operation (inventory, shipping/receiving, etc.). Our client is offering a competitive base salary, bonus potential, comprehensive benefits package, and the opportunity to make a big impact on their business with opportunities to grow your career in the future.
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