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The Associate Director will lead the Estimating team, manage cost estimates and plans, develop good practices, interface with clients, and drive business growth.

Lead and evolve the product design system and component libraries (Storybook, Figma) to drive consistent, accessible, and scalable user experiences for wealth management clients. Partner with cross-functional teams to reduce design/technical debt, increase reuse, improve developer handoff, and mentor designers while advancing design vision and governance across the platform.

Develops and executes strategic sourcing plans for software technology and banking platforms. Leads RFx processes, contract and price negotiations, supplier relationship management, procurement compliance, supplier reporting, and performance metrics. Manages Coupa and contract systems, supports regulatory requirements, identifies supplier rationalization and demand management opportunities, and partners with internal stakeholders on procurement solutions and process improvements.

Leads the engineering and operation of enterprise security platforms, including SASE/SSE, vulnerability management, firewalls, AI guardrails, SaaS protection, and ServiceNow integrations. Defines technical standards, runbooks, metrics, resilience practices, and governance; mentors engineers; coordinates cross-functional initiatives; supports audits and regulatory examinations; and evaluates security capabilities, tools, and vendors in a highly regulated financial environment.

Entry-level Business Development Representative responsible for prospecting commercial real estate clients, building relationships with marketing decision-makers, driving digital and event sponsorship sales, managing inbound leads, coordinating with event production, tracking KPIs, and maintaining Salesforce data. The role includes client meetings, networking at events, sales training, and a defined path toward becoming a Business Manager.

Prospect, develop, and close machine tool sales within an assigned territory. Build customer relationships, meet sales targets, conduct consultations, prepare estimates and proposals, support turnkey projects and demonstrations, and maintain CRM activity. The role requires strong communication, presentation, technical aptitude, customer development, and full sales-cycle ownership. Regular customer travel is required, along with knowledge of machine tool products and effective use of Salesforce.com.

Prospect and engage customers in an exclusive territory, present technical solutions, propose injection molding machinery, manage orders and customer relationships, and maintain CRM tasks. The role requires frequent travel, technical presentations, needs analysis, and strong organizational and communication skills. Candidates should have a bachelor's degree in engineering or business, mechanical aptitude, and ideally injection molding or plastics experience.

Supports CNC machine-tool sales, demonstrations, turnkey projects, customer training, installations, and post-sale technical support. Develops CNC programs, machining processes, tooling strategies, fixtures, work-holding solutions, and cycle-time estimates. Reviews customer parts and production requirements, troubleshoots machining and quality issues, validates equipment and accessories, and coordinates with Sales, Service, Engineering, customers, and OEM partners. The role requires hands-on CNC machining expertise, customer-facing communication, technical problem-solving, and regional travel.

Leads application and AI security engineering across architecture, software delivery, cloud platforms, APIs, and agentic AI systems. Builds reusable security controls, automated testing, risk-based quality gates, and secure engineering patterns. Conducts code reviews, threat modeling, authorized security testing, vulnerability triage, incident support, and remediation validation. Partners with distributed engineering teams, mentors technical leaders, and communicates security risks to executives, customers, and assurance stakeholders.

Partners with wealth management advisors to understand high-net-worth clients’ goals, analyze financial circumstances, develop customized investment and retirement plans, and manage ongoing relationships. Grows and retains a book of business through referrals, tailored products and services, investment research, and achievement of sales targets while complying with regulatory requirements.

Leads fundamental credit research on complex municipal bond issuers, analyzing financial documents, sector trends, and credit quality. Develops and communicates credit opinions through reports and presentations for portfolio management teams. Enhances research procedures and analytical techniques, uses data and AI tools, participates in team initiatives, attends industry conferences, conducts site visits, and mentors junior analysts.

Prepares journal entries, reconciliations, financial statements, accounting schedules, and monthly and quarterly close processes. Maintains general ledger accounts and verifies invoices, payments, and other financial records. Conducts accounting research on new standards and regulatory requirements, supports loan accounting and subsidiary consolidations, and contributes to quarterly reporting. Requires at least two years of accounting experience, with NetSuite, Salesforce, Excel, consolidation, loan accounting, and accounting research experience preferred.

Supports the global IT SOX compliance program across systems and business units. Responsibilities include control documentation and testing support, risk assessments, SOX scoping, evidence readiness, issue remediation tracking, stakeholder advisory, and compliance reporting. The role also supports ERP implementations, acquisitions, system upgrades, control transformations, dashboards, automated monitoring, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Develop and maintain scalable software applications using Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and AWS cloud services. Translate business requirements into technical solutions, design and implement backend systems, optimize performance and cost, write unit and integration tests, troubleshoot distributed services, and evaluate new technologies. The role also includes mentoring developers, collaborating with product management, supporting offshore teams, and ensuring accessibility, security, and coding standards.

Manages key e-commerce accounts, drives profitable sales growth, develops customer strategies, oversees account setup and onboarding, coordinates internal teams, responds to customer needs, supports prospecting, forecasts sales, and identifies opportunities. Builds executive relationships and delivers customer-focused solutions across merchandising, inventory, logistics, finance, IT, business development, and customer service functions.

Designs, develops, tests, implements, and documents web and console applications using .NET technologies. Translates functional requirements into technical designs, partners with architects and infrastructure teams, applies architectural standards and design patterns, and provides technical leadership in a fast-paced environment.