Dallas, Texas Direct Hire Sep 9, 2026 Corporate Development/M&A Optimize Search Group has been engaged by consulting firm to assist them in hiring a Business Development Associate. This role is open due to growth and reports to a director who has a strong track record of building and developing teams. This company has a great corporate culture, a flexible work environment, and uncapped commissions. This role also has a lot of upside in terms of upward mobility within the company.
Business Development Associate
1-2 years of direct sales experience
Comfortable with both warm and cold phone outreach
Ability to perform in a high-volume sales environment
Good communication and an understanding there will be a lot of volume between phone calls, voicemails, and emails
Someone comfortable conducing outreach to executives and decision makers
Plano, Texas Direct Hire Sep 9, 2026 Additional IT/Engineering Positions Job Title: Software Engineering Manager
Location: Plano, TX (Hybrid/ Tuesday - Thursday On-Site)
Duration: Direct Hire
We’re looking for an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead a distributed engineering team responsible for developing and delivering software products. This role combines people leadership, project execution, technical process management, and close collaboration with product and business stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
Software Delivery
Oversee the planning and delivery of software initiatives, ensuring projects meet agreed-upon timelines, quality standards, and business objectives.
Partner with product and business stakeholders to manage priorities, scope, schedules, and changing requirements.
Serve as a senior escalation point for engineering challenges, delivery risks, and production issues.
Communicate project status, risks, dependencies, and obstacles to relevant stakeholders.
Support software releases and deployments across development, testing, and production environments.
Team Leadership
Lead and support a team of software engineers and quality professionals working across multiple locations.
Provide direction, coaching, feedback, and career development opportunities to team members.
Participate in recruiting, onboarding, performance management, and workforce planning.
Establish clear expectations and foster a collaborative, accountable, and productive engineering culture.
Encourage knowledge sharing, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
Engineering Processes
Establish and maintain effective software development practices throughout the development lifecycle.
Promote consistent engineering standards, development practices, quality processes, and delivery procedures.
Help coordinate engineering work across teams, including projects that rely on shared technical resources.
Identify opportunities to improve development workflows, collaboration, and delivery efficiency.
Support the effective use of tools for planning, tracking, testing, documentation, builds, deployments, and releases.
Qualifications & Experience
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Several years of experience managing software engineering teams, preferably within an Agile development environment.
Demonstrated experience delivering commercial software or SaaS products.
Experience working with Microsoft-based development technologies.
Familiarity with cloud platforms, web application development, and modern software engineering practices.
Experience managing teams distributed across multiple geographic locations is beneficial.
Strong understanding of software development lifecycles and Agile principles.
Familiarity with engineering and delivery tools used for issue tracking, source control, builds, testing, deployment, documentation, and release management.
Ability to identify and implement improvements across distributed engineering organizations.
Strong communication, organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Leadership Capabilities
The successful candidate will be able to:
Take ownership of complex initiatives and move work forward with urgency and accountability.
Build productive relationships across engineering, product, and business functions.
Maintain a strong focus on customer and business outcomes.
Make sound decisions in environments involving competing priorities and incomplete information.
Establish trust through transparency, consistency, and professional integrity.
Hold individuals and teams accountable for commitments and results.
Build high-performing, collaborative engineering teams.
Develop employees through coaching, feedback, mentoring, and meaningful career opportunities.
Effectively manage competing priorities and complex technical or organizational challenges.
Plano, Texas Direct Hire Sep 9, 2026 Cyber Security Job Title: Manager, Security Operations
Location: Location: Hybrid – Plano, TX (onsite Tuesday - Thursday)
Duration: Direct Hire
Position Summary
The Security Operations Manager will lead enterprise security monitoring, incident response, and security operations processes while helping drive the strategic and technical direction of the organization's cybersecurity program.
This is a hands-on technical management role responsible for day-to-day security operations, incident response, security monitoring, third-party security services, and employee security awareness initiatives.
The Security Operations Manager will serve as a key member of the cybersecurity leadership team and will work closely with infrastructure, cloud, application, IT, risk, and business stakeholders to strengthen the organization's ability to detect, respond to, and recover from cybersecurity threats.
Key Responsibilities
Serve as the primary incident commander for significant cybersecurity events, ensuring structured response and recovery in accordance with established incident response frameworks and organizational playbooks.
Manage the cybersecurity incident lifecycle, including communications, stakeholder coordination, forensic support, remediation oversight, and post-incident review.
Lead post-incident lessons-learned activities to identify control gaps, process improvements, and opportunities to strengthen security defenses.
Partner with technology and business teams to ensure timely remediation and improve security detection and response coverage.
Maintain and continuously improve incident response playbooks and procedures across a range of potential threat scenarios.
Manage relationships with external managed security service providers and security partners, ensuring appropriate service levels, escalation procedures, performance expectations, and reporting.
Monitor and evaluate third-party security operations performance, including detection quality, false-positive rates, escalation effectiveness, and response times.
Ensure appropriate visibility into enterprise security telemetry, detection capabilities, alerting, and response mechanisms.
Collaborate with security service providers to prioritize improvements in threat detection and adversary technique coverage.
Partner with internal and external security teams to coordinate threat hunting, threat intelligence integration, detection engineering, and response automation.
Lead the organization's Cybersecurity Awareness and Training Program, including enterprise training, targeted security education, and recurring awareness campaigns.
Design and manage phishing simulation exercises to measure employee security awareness and improve security behaviors.
Develop operational metrics and reporting to communicate security operations performance, incident trends, response effectiveness, and areas of risk to cybersecurity leadership.
Identify opportunities to improve security monitoring, incident response processes, automation, and operational efficiency.
Partner with cybersecurity leadership to support the ongoing development and maturity of the organization's security operations program.
Required Skills & Experience
Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
7+ years of cybersecurity experience, including at least 2 years leading a security operations, incident response, or related cybersecurity function.
Demonstrated experience coordinating with external security service providers, including MDR, MSSP, managed detection, or incident response vendors.
Strong working knowledge of security detection, incident response, monitoring, and automation concepts across cloud and hybrid environments.
Experience managing enterprise security awareness and phishing simulation programs.
Strong incident management, communication, problem-solving, and cross-functional leadership skills.
Ability to translate technical security events and risks into clear business communications and actionable recommendations.
Preferred Skills & Experience
Familiarity with Operational Technology (OT), Industrial Control Systems (ICS), or other specialized technology environments.
Experience with Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) and managed detection and response ecosystems.
Experience with threat hunting, detection engineering, security automation, and security telemetry.
Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, NIST incident response guidance, or similar security frameworks.
Certifications such as GCIH, GCFA, CISM, CISSP, or comparable cybersecurity credentials.
Experience developing or maturing security operations capabilities within complex or geographically distributed organizations.
Direct Hire Sep 9, 2026 Additional IT/Engineering Positions Job Title: Staff Software Engineer
Location: Remote
Duration: Direct Hire
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will serve as a principal technical leader within the technology organization, responsible for defining architectural evolution, technical strategy, and engineering standards across our digital healthcare platforms. This role sits within the core product engineering organization and operates as a highly technical individual contributor (IC).
Unlike traditional management paths, this role focuses on technical leadership, architecture, and organizational influence. You will serve as a force multiplier across multiple engineering squads, tackling complex distributed-systems challenges and helping ensure our API-driven platform is secure, scalable, and resilient. You will combine deep expertise in Ruby on Rails, Python, PostgreSQL, and AWS with an understanding of highly regulated technology environments.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership & Architecture: Define long-term technical direction and architectural roadmaps for B2B and consumer-facing platforms. Drive decisions involving service architecture, API design, database schemas, integrations, and data pipelines.
Engineering Excellence & Code Quality: Lead by example through the development of clean, optimized, maintainable code for critical system components. Establish engineering standards, champion rigorous code reviews, and promote modern testing practices.
System Scalability & Performance: Own the reliability and performance of core platforms. Diagnose and resolve complex systemic issues, optimize demanding PostgreSQL workloads, and architect high-throughput infrastructure within AWS.
Cross-Squad Technical Leadership: Act as a technical consultant and mentor to engineers across multiple squads. Break down ambiguous, large-scale technical challenges into actionable execution phases that engineers at varying levels can successfully deliver.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Product, Operations, and Engineering leadership to evaluate technical feasibility, de-risk complex initiatives, and align technology decisions with business objectives.
Security & Compliance: Architect systems with privacy and security by design. Ensure applications, infrastructure, and data-handling practices meet applicable regulatory, security, and compliance requirements for sensitive information.
Innovation & R&D: Evaluate emerging technologies, frameworks, and architectural patterns. Build prototypes and proofs of concept to validate approaches and reduce technical risk before broader implementation.
Required Experience & Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Technical Experience: 8+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including 3+ years operating as a Tech Lead, Architect, Staff Engineer, or similar technical leadership role.
Tools & Technology: Expert-level mastery of at least one core language, such as Ruby/Rails or Python, with strong proficiency in PostgreSQL, TypeScript/JavaScript, and AWS cloud infrastructure.
System Design Expertise: Proven experience designing, building, and scaling high-volume API-driven transactional or operational platforms.
Communication & Influence: Exceptional ability to communicate complex architectural trade-offs to both technical engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
Work Schedule: Standard business hours, with availability for critical technical escalation support when required.
Preferred Qualifications
Education: Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.
Industry Experience: Prior engineering experience in healthcare technology, regulated technology, financial technology, or another highly regulated environment.
Interoperability & Integrations: Experience working with complex data standards, enterprise integrations, healthcare-related systems, or similarly sophisticated external platforms.
Measurable Impact: Demonstrated success leading major architecture modernization initiatives, such as service decomposition, legacy-system modernization, database migrations, or infrastructure transformations, while maintaining high availability.
Direct Hire Sep 9, 2026 Network and Systems Administration Job Title: IT Solutions Architect
Location: Addison, TX — Hybrid, 3 days onsite
Employment Type: Direct Hire
Job Summary:
Our client is a growing, publicly traded industrial organization with a global presence and a diverse portfolio of operating businesses. The company provides engineered solutions and services to customers across multiple industrial markets and is continuing to expand through organic growth, acquisitions, and technology modernization.
The organization is investing significantly in its enterprise technology landscape and is seeking an experienced IT Solutions Architect to help drive the quality, consistency, and scalability of its ERP environment.
The ERP Solution Architect will be responsible for the overall quality, integrity, and timely delivery of ERP solutions across the enterprise. Reporting to the Director of IT ERP, this individual will provide solution leadership across a portfolio of ERP projects, with a primary focus on ensuring solutions are scalable, supportable, well-integrated, and aligned with enterprise architecture and business objectives.
The role will work closely with ERP Functional Leads, business stakeholders, technical teams, and external implementation partners. The successful candidate will provide architecture oversight, design guidance, solution review, and delivery support throughout the project lifecycle.
The ideal candidate combines deep ERP implementation experience, strong Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (D365 F&O) expertise, broad business-process knowledge, and sound delivery judgment. This person should be able to understand the end-to-end solution, identify risks early, challenge ineffective design decisions, resolve complex cross-functional issues, and hold implementation partners accountable for delivering high-quality solutions.
A key responsibility will be the continued development and refinement of the organization's D365 template, ensuring that process designs, configuration decisions, controls, integrations, data standards, testing assets, and deployment practices are reusable across projects, locations, and future implementations.
Key Responsibilities
Solution Architecture & Design Governance
Own the overall quality and integrity of ERP solution designs across assigned projects and initiatives.
Provide architecture guidance to ERP Functional Leads, technical teams, business stakeholders, and implementation partners.
Review and validate proposed solutions to ensure they are scalable, supportable, integrated, and aligned with enterprise standards.
Establish and maintain practical design principles, solution standards, and governance expectations for ERP projects.
Evaluate solution options and recommend approaches that balance business value, operational fit, complexity, risk, cost, and long-term maintainability.
Ensure project-level design decisions support the broader ERP strategy and do not create unnecessary technical debt or downstream process issues.
D365 Template Development & Refinement
Lead the ongoing development and refinement of the organization's D365 template, including standard processes, configuration principles, integration patterns, controls, reporting expectations, and reusable project deliverables.
Incorporate lessons learned from implementations, enhancements, acquisitions, and support activities into the template where appropriate.
Partner with Functional Leads to ensure project solutions align with established standards and that deviations are reviewed, justified, documented, and approved.
Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and strengthen the template so future projects can be delivered consistently and efficiently.
Maintain alignment between the ERP template, business-process design, data standards, testing approach, deployment practices, and long-term support model.
Help distinguish between core template functionality, local variations, approved exceptions, and future roadmap items.
Functional Lead Support & Delivery Oversight
Support project teams with solution design, requirements interpretation, integration impacts, and cross-functional decisions.
Help project teams prepare for and navigate complex business and design discussions.
Review functional deliverables, including process designs, functional specifications, requirements documentation, solution options, test scope, and deployment-readiness materials.
Identify gaps in solution quality, project delivery, business readiness, or implementation-partner performance and drive timely resolution.
Provide coaching and practical guidance to improve consistency and quality across the ERP team.
Ensure project teams maintain clear traceability from business requirements through design, testing, deployment, and ongoing support.
Program Solution Quality & Delivery
Monitor solution quality across ERP projects and ensure critical design decisions are made at the appropriate level and within the required timeframe.
Identify cross-project dependencies, design conflicts, risks, and sequencing issues that could affect delivery quality or timelines.
Drive resolution of complex design issues spanning multiple functions, locations, projects, or business processes.
Support project leadership with clear assessments of solution readiness, risks, dependencies, and outstanding decisions.
Contribute to go/no-go recommendations for deployments, releases, and major solution milestones.
Ensure ERP solutions support stable operations, long-term maintainability, and future scalability.
Business & Stakeholder Engagement
Partner with business leaders and subject matter experts to understand operational requirements, process impacts, and business priorities.
Facilitate complex solution discussions where business requirements, standard processes, system capabilities, and stakeholder expectations must be aligned.
Challenge assumptions and customization requests when they introduce unnecessary complexity or reduce long-term supportability.
Clearly communicate solution impacts, trade-offs, risks, and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.
Promote business-process standardization and simplification across operating companies where appropriate.
Technology, Integration & Roadmap Support
Provide input into ERP roadmap planning, platform optimization, and continuous-improvement initiatives.
Evaluate ERP capabilities, ISV solutions, integrations, and related technologies that may provide business value.
Partner with technical teams to ensure integrations, data flows, reporting, security, and controls are incorporated into solution designs.
Support acquisition integrations, rollout planning, and harmonization of ERP processes across business units.
Promote reuse, simplification, standardization, and sustainable architecture decisions across the ERP landscape.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain, Business Administration, or a related field; equivalent education and experience will also be considered.
10+ years of experience in ERP implementation, enhancement, and/or business applications.
7+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations or a comparable enterprise ERP platform, with strong preference for D365 F&O.
Demonstrated experience serving as a Solution Architect, Lead Functional Consultant, Solution Lead, Architecture Lead, or similar role on ERP implementation projects.
Experience leading solution design across multiple ERP functional areas, such as Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Inventory, Manufacturing, Planning, Warehouse Management, Project Operations, or related business processes.
Experience guiding Functional Leads, business analysts, consultants, or project team members without direct people-management responsibility.
Experience reviewing and governing solution designs developed by internal teams and external implementation partners.
Experience supporting large-scale ERP implementations, rollouts, acquisitions, migrations, or business-transformation programs.
Strong understanding of the relationships between business processes, systems, data, controls, reporting, integrations, and operational support.
Strong stakeholder-management, facilitation, negotiation, and influencing skills.
Ability to communicate complex solution concepts clearly to executive, business, functional, and technical audiences.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in industrial manufacturing, engineered-to-order, make-to-stock, project manufacturing, or other complex manufacturing environments.
Experience supporting multi-site or global ERP deployments.
Experience with ERP integrations, middleware, data migration, master-data governance, reporting, and analytics.
Experience with Azure DevOps and Agile or hybrid delivery methodologies.
Experience establishing or participating in architecture governance, design authority, or solution-review forums.
Experience developing or maintaining ERP templates, global process models, or reusable deployment assets.
Experience evaluating ISV solutions, implementation partners, and third-party technology providers.
Certifications
One or more of the following certifications are preferred:
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Solution Architect Expert
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance Functional Consultant Associate
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Associate
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Manufacturing certifications
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals or related Microsoft cloud certifications
TOGAF, Agile, Lean, or Project Management certifications are beneficial but not required
Travel Requirements
Travel will vary based on project requirements but is expected to be less than one week per month in a typical month. The successful candidate must be willing and able to travel domestically and internationally as required.
Direct Hire Sep 9, 2026 Network and Systems Administration Job Title: Program Manager – ERP & Business Transformation
Location: Addison, TX (3 Days On-site/ Hybrid)
Duration: Direct Hire
The Program Manager – ERP & Business Transformation is responsible for providing strategic leadership and program management throughout the lifecycle of ERP implementations, enhancements, and business transformation initiatives. This role will oversee complex, cross-functional programs from planning and requirements through solution delivery, testing, deployment, and post-go-live stabilization.
The Program Manager will serve as a trusted partner to business and IT leadership, establishing clear program objectives, governance, priorities, and accountability across stakeholders, internal teams, and external partners. The role requires an individual who can build credibility with senior stakeholders, effectively challenge assumptions, manage competing priorities, identify and mitigate risks, and drive programs to successful business outcomes.
The ideal candidate will bring strong program management and business transformation experience, combined with a solid understanding of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (D365 F&O), ERP-enabled business processes, and manufacturing or project-based organizations.
Your Responsibilities Will Be:
Program Leadership & Governance
Lead cross-functional ERP programs, strategic enhancements, and business transformation initiatives from initiation through stabilization.
Establish program objectives, scope, milestones, governance structures, success measures, and delivery expectations.
Develop and maintain integrated program plans, schedules, dependencies, resource plans, and executive-level reporting.
Coordinate activities across business stakeholders, IT teams, solution architects, implementation partners, and other external resources.
Establish clear ownership and accountability for program deliverables, decisions, and milestones.
Facilitate program governance meetings, steering committee meetings, status reviews, and executive communications.
Monitor overall program health and proactively identify risks, issues, dependencies, and opportunities.
Drive timely resolution of issues and escalate decisions when appropriate.
Ensure programs remain aligned with business strategy, approved scope, budgets, timelines, and CECO standards.
Manage scope changes and ensure appropriate impact assessment, prioritization, and approval.
Promote consistent program management practices, methodologies, templates, and governance across initiatives.
Business Engagement & Stakeholder Management
Partner with business leaders and functional stakeholders to understand strategic objectives, business challenges, and transformation priorities.
Build strong relationships across Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Operations, and other business functions.
Facilitate alignment across stakeholders with differing priorities, perspectives, and requirements.
Lead workshops, planning sessions, process reviews, and decision-making forums.
Challenge assumptions and proposed approaches when necessary to ensure solutions support long-term business objectives.
Drive stakeholder accountability for decisions, deliverables, testing, change adoption, and overall program participation.
Translate complex program information into clear recommendations and executive-level communications.
Develop and communicate compelling narratives through presentations, status reports, business cases, and other executive materials.
Requirements, Process & Solution Alignment
Oversee requirements gathering, process analysis, solution design, testing, and business readiness activities across program workstreams.
Ensure business requirements are clearly defined, prioritized, approved, and traceable throughout the program lifecycle.
Partner with functional leads and solution architects to ensure proposed solutions align with business objectives, ERP best practices, and CECO standards.
Promote business process standardization and continuous improvement across the organization.
Ensure solution decisions appropriately balance business needs, standard ERP capabilities, cost, risk, complexity, and long-term maintainability.
Oversee documentation of current-state and future-state processes, requirements, key decisions, and program outcomes.
Support evaluation of potential solutions, technologies, ISV offerings, and implementation approaches.
Partner & Vendor Management
Manage relationships with external implementation partners, consultants, and technology providers.
Establish clear expectations for scope, deliverables, quality, timelines, resources, and governance.
Hold partners accountable for commitments and proactively address performance, quality, and delivery concerns.
Review partner recommendations and challenge assumptions where appropriate.
Manage vendor dependencies, risks, escalations, and issue resolution.
Ensure external resources understand and follow CECO standards, governance processes, templates, and delivery expectations.
Partner with the Solution Architect and other leaders to evaluate the market for potential solutions and providers.
Delivery, Testing & Business Readiness
Oversee integrated testing, deployment, cutover, and post-go-live stabilization activities across program workstreams.
Ensure appropriate test planning, execution, defect management, and business validation.
Monitor readiness against defined deployment and go-live criteria.
Coordinate cutover planning and ensure business, technical, and operational dependencies are addressed.
Oversee hypercare and stabilization activities following deployment.
Ensure appropriate training, communications, documentation, and change-readiness activities are completed.
Partner with business leaders to support adoption of new processes, technologies, and operating models.
Measure program outcomes and ensure initiatives deliver the expected business value.
Continuous Improvement & Strategic Planning
Identify opportunities to improve ERP capabilities, business processes, program delivery practices, and organizational effectiveness.
Support development of ERP and business transformation roadmaps aligned with business strategy.
Evaluate program performance and incorporate lessons learned into future initiatives.
Establish and monitor program success metrics and benefits realization.
Promote a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, collaboration, and disciplined execution.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
7+ years of experience leading ERP implementations, business transformation initiatives, technology programs, or complex cross-functional projects.
5+ years of experience working with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (D365 F&O) or comparable enterprise ERP platforms.
Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional programs involving business and IT
Dallas Direct Hire Aug 25, 2026 Finance Optimize Search Group has partnered with a private equity-backed organization that is seeking a Finance Manager to support continued organic growth, expansion initiatives, and the ongoing development of its financial and operational infrastructure. This newly created, remote role offers an excellent opportunity for a high-performing finance professional who wants to move beyond traditional FP&A and take on broader exposure to strategic finance, operational performance, financial modeling, and executive decision-making.
Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, this role will have significant exposure to senior executives, operational leaders, external stakeholders, and private equity partners.
Key Responsibilities
Build and maintain financial models, reporting tools, templates, and performance dashboards.
Develop, strengthen, and own the company’s budgeting and forecasting processes.
Own cash flow forecasting and financial reporting cadences across the organization.
Develop and monitor KPIs that provide visibility into financial and operational performance.
Analyze financial trends, identify risks and opportunities, and provide actionable recommendations to leadership.
Partner with regional and operational leaders to understand business performance and develop forward-looking financial insights.
Improve the quality, efficiency, and scalability of financial planning and reporting processes.
Serve as a strategic finance partner to leadership and operational teams.
Translate financial data, forecasts, and KPIs into clear business recommendations.
Lead analytical projects related to new service offerings, investments, growth opportunities, and other strategic initiatives.
Support the evaluation and implementation of operational improvements across the organization.
Partner with regional and branch leadership on budgeting, investment decisions, resource allocation, and operational planning.
Help establish processes and infrastructure that support continued growth and organizational scalability.
Work closely with senior leadership to establish financial and operational accountability throughout the organization.
Qualifications
Experience in FP&A, corporate finance, strategic finance, investment banking, consulting, or a related analytical discipline.
Strong understanding of financial statements, financial modeling, forecasting, and investment concepts.
Demonstrated ability to build and improve financial and operational processes from the ground up.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
Working knowledge of Power BI or similar business intelligence and visualization tools.
Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with exceptional attention to detail.
Ability to communicate financial information effectively to both finance professionals and operational/field-based leaders.
Demonstrated ability to operate independently, prioritize effectively, and make thoughtful recommendations with limited direction.
Strong business judgment and the ability to connect financial analysis to broader business objectives.
Curiosity and creativity when evaluating technology, automation, and emerging tools to improve efficiency and decision-making.
Austin, Texas Direct Hire Aug 24, 2026 Corporate Development/M&A Optimize Search Group has partnered with an Austin, TX engineering and technical services organization that is seeking an experienced General Manager to lead operations and business development for its Austin market. This is a high-impact leadership opportunity for a hands-on operator who combines a strong engineering background with proven experience managing people, P&L performance, customer relationships, and business growth.
The General Manager will have full responsibility for the day-to-day performance of the location, including operational execution, team leadership, financial performance, customer development, and strategic growth initiatives. This individual will work closely with regional and corporate leadership to ensure the business operates efficiently while identifying opportunities to expand its customer base and strengthen market presence.
Key Responsibilities
Oversee the day-to-day operations of the Austin business, ensuring projects, services, and internal processes are delivered efficiently and effectively.
Own the location’s financial and operational performance, including P&L management, revenue growth, profitability, and resource allocation.
Establish and maintain operational policies, procedures, and performance standards.
Monitor key performance indicators and financial metrics to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
Develop and implement initiatives designed to improve productivity, efficiency, quality, and profitability.
Ensure compliance with applicable industry regulations, safety standards, and company policies.
Partner with regional and corporate leadership to align local operations with broader organizational objectives.
Develop and execute strategies to expand the location’s customer base and increase market share.
Identify and pursue new business opportunities across targeted industries and customer segments.
Build, maintain, and strengthen relationships with existing and prospective customers.
Re-engage prior customers and develop strategies to expand relationships that may have become less active over time.
Serve as a senior point of contact for key customers, ensuring a high level of service and identifying opportunities for additional business.
Collaborate with sales and technical teams to develop solutions that address customer needs and support revenue growth.
Diversify the business across multiple customers and market opportunities to support long-term growth and stability.
Lead, manage, and develop the local team, creating a culture of accountability, collaboration, and high performance.
Recruit, train, coach, and retain high-quality employees.
Establish clear performance expectations and conduct regular performance evaluations.
Foster strong communication between operations, technical teams, business development, and corporate functions.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering is required.
10+ years of combined engineering, operations, and general management experience, including meaningful P&L ownership.
Demonstrated experience leading an engineering, technical services, industrial services, or similarly complex operating business.
Proven track record of managing revenue, profitability, budgets, and operational performance.
Strong business development and customer relationship management experience.
Demonstrated ability to grow revenue and develop new customer relationships.
Strong technical foundation with the ability to communicate effectively with engineers, technical professionals, and customers.
Experience managing and developing teams in a fast-paced environment.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to use financial and operational data to make sound business decisions.
Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
Strong understanding of applicable industry regulations and operational requirements.
Ability to prioritize effectively, manage competing demands, and make decisions in a dynamic environment.
Dallas, Texas Direct Hire Aug 18, 2026 In-House Counsel Optimize Search Group has partnered with a well-established, privately held organization that is seeking an experienced Senior Corporate Counsel to join its legal team in Dallas. This is a high-impact opportunity for a seasoned transactional attorney who enjoys working closely with executive leadership and business stakeholders on sophisticated corporate matters.
The ideal candidate will bring strong business judgment, excellent analytical and communication skills, and the ability to independently manage complex legal matters. This position will partner closely with senior legal leadership and key executives while collaborating with internal departments and outside counsel.
Key Responsibilities
Support senior legal leadership on a broad range of corporate and transactional matters.
Assist with all phases of mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic transactions, including transaction structuring, due diligence, negotiation, documentation, and closing.
Conduct legal and factual research and identify potential risks, liabilities, and regulatory considerations associated with business transactions.
Advise leadership on corporate governance, organizational structure, ownership matters, and compliance with applicable federal and state laws.
Monitor changes in relevant laws and regulations and provide guidance to help mitigate legal and business risk.
Draft, review, negotiate, and manage a variety of commercial agreements and other corporate contracts.
Provide legal support related to corporate real estate matters, including the review and negotiation of office and commercial leases.
Oversee the formation, maintenance, and governance of domestic and international legal entities.
Maintain and assist with corporate records, ownership documentation, and related governance materials.
Develop, maintain, and update internal legal forms, agreements, policies, and correspondence.
Partner with executives, business leaders, and cross-functional teams to provide practical, business-focused legal guidance.
Coordinate with external legal counsel when specialized expertise or additional support is required.
Qualifications
10+ years of experience practicing corporate, transactional, or business law, preferably with significant in-house or sophisticated law firm experience.
Strong knowledge of corporate law, commercial contracts, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and regulatory compliance.
Demonstrated experience managing complex transactions from due diligence through closing.
Experience advising senior executives and business leaders on legal and risk-related matters.
Experience with corporate entities, governance, ownership matters, and compliance.
Strong contract drafting, negotiation, and legal research skills.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced corporate attorney to take on a broad, business-facing role within an established organization. The position offers meaningful exposure to executive leadership, strategic transactions, corporate governance, and a wide range of legal matters while providing the autonomy to make a direct impact on the business.
Texas Direct Hire Jan 20, 2026 Software Development Title: Senior Full Stack Software Engineer (.NET/TypeScript/React)
Location: Coppell, TX (hybrid flexibility)
Duration: Full Time
A rapidly scaling technology company backed by top-tier investors is building a next-generation secure workspace platform used by large global enterprises. The Dallas-based engineering team is expanding and looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer who enjoys building complex, cloud-native systems end-to-end — from the UI to the backend and everything in between.
About the Role:
This role is ideal for someone who thrives in modern SaaS environments and wants to be part of a tight-knit engineering culture that values ownership, innovation, and speed. You’ll work across browser-side logic, web applications, and cloud services, helping shape one of the most technically advanced security platforms on the market.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop application logic in TypeScript, React, and C# (.NET Core).
Design and implement scalable cloud services running in AWS / Kubernetes.
Contribute to automation and testing for features you own end-to-end.
Collaborate with globally distributed teams to deliver enterprise-scale solutions.
What They’re Looking For:
Proven experience in .NET Core, TypeScript, and React.
Background in SaaS, security, or data protection is highly desirable.
Strong full-stack mindset; comfortable switching between frontend and backend work.
Experience in agile startup or high-growth technology companies (large enterprise or banking environments tend to be less aligned).
Why It’s a Great Fit:
High-impact engineering work with visibility and ownership.
Compensation above market, with meaningful equity.
Cutting-edge technology, strong leadership, and a collaborative engineering culture.
