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GTM (Go-To Market)Manager-Product Principal
STRATEGIC STAFFING SOLUTIONS (S3) HAS AN OPENING!

Strategic Staffing Solutions is currently looking for a GTM (Go-To Market) Manager, Product Strategy for a W2 contract opportunity with one of our largest clients!

Candidates should be willing to work on our W2 ONLY.

Title: Go-To Market Manager, Product Principal

Duration: 9 months
Location: Riverwoods, Illinois
Schedule: Hybrid

JOB DESCRIPTION: Global Payment Network

Contractor – Principal Product Readiness – GTM & Product Marketing

Go-To Market Manager, Product Strategy

The Principle Product Readiness-Go-to-Market is responsible for creating Go-to-Market (GTM) strategies to support product adoption for digital products and capabilities (Tokenization and Fraud Products). This individual will apply the GTM framework and work across multiple stakeholder groups to drive success and oftentimes problem-solve and create solutions that best support the needs of the ever-changing payments ecosystem. Responsibilities include but are not limited to supporting product positioning in the market; incorporate marketing strategies; drive the creation of internal and external product education, training, general information, and implementation content to drive adoption, growth and retention. The GTM Manager will also be responsible for utilizing his/her industry, market, and product expertise to proactively educate the DGN organization on market developments, emerging themes, and partnership opportunities. This position will report to the Senior Manager, Global Products – GTM.

The GTM Manger will support to a variety of clients, including issuers, merchants, acquirers, digital enablers, and payment providers in a global environment. We are seeking a qualified candidate with GTM experience launching products or technical services in the market, preferably in a global environment. Strong network experience or an issuing/acquiring/banking background is preferred.

What You’ll Do
- Lead the creation of Go-to-Market strategies and plans to drive product adoption
- Provide product support to product management and client-facing teams, including but not limited to leading the needs assessment, creation of value proposition, development education and training materials, creation and maintenance of product marketing and implementation collateral
- (e.g. value proposition materials, pitch deck presentations, implementation presentations, Product guides, implementation guides, FAQ’s, marketing collateral, etc.)
- Provide communication to client-facing teams on positioning products, education on products, industry trends, exploration and interest
- Understand competitor products and market trends
- Lead and facilitate meetings with key stakeholder groups to gather requirements, gain internal alignment on GTM program development, and ensure executional delivery.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in information technology, social sciences, business, marketing, communications or related field
- 6+ years of experience in card payments, network, acquiring, issuing, EMV, mobile technologies, digital payments or related fields
- In lieu of a degree, 10+ years of experience in card payments, network, acquiring, issuing, mobile technologies, digital payments or related fields, including product management experience
- Strong organizational, analytical, and management skills, with the ability to balance multiple projects successfully and efficiently.
- Proven track record of taking ownership and driving results.
- Strong communications skills/ability to collaborate internally and externally at all levels
- Knowledge or experience of key stakeholder function in sales, sales enablement, product marketing, or product management.
Bonus Points If You Have
- Master’s degree in information technology, social sciences, business, marketing, communications or related field
- 2+ years of experience in Fintech platforms, start-ups, or related fields
- Payment services experience within Product
- Strong business acumen while still having technical expertise
- Go to the market experience
“Beware of scams. S3 never asks for money during its onboarding process.”
November 5, 2025
Application Engineer
Application Engineer
Location: Riverwoods, IL
Pay: $75.00 per hour.
Duration: 15 Months
- Creates solutions addressing high impact technology and business priorities
- Competent in multiple contexts, including programming languages, security, automation, testing, and business domains and is the go-to person for many people (inside and outside of their team)
- Participates in strategic technology decisions and learns how these decisions impact as a whole
- Analyze, design, program, test, and deploy new user stories and features with high quality (security, reliability, operations) to production
- Mentor other engineers, lead design and solutioning discussions
- Remediates issues using engineering principles and creates proactive design solutions for potential failures
- Contributes to and leads technology communities.
- Works directly with business partners to understand business requirements.
- Works independently or with own team to innovate on and advocate for best practices within the team.
- Develops and maintains full stack solutions to fit business needs. Full stack solutions require one or more of the following: front-end (user interfaces), back-end (APIs), database and devops development.
- Evangelize the Enterprise API Strategy and facilitate presentations to a wide audience of internal and external stakeholders
- Regular interaction with Product Manager, Product Owner and Product Architect for evolution, API security enhancement and solutioning.
- Support, engineer and build activities for Portal, Gateway and API Lifecycle engineering teams and overall direct responsibility for health of the platforms.
  TECHNICAL Requirements:
- 7+ Years – Information Technology, (Software) Engineering, or related
- Detailed knowledge of HTTP REST concepts, JSON, JSON Schema, the Swagger JSON REST specification, the HTTP protocol and status codes.
- Experience developing and implementing API security & service architecture
- Experience in PHP, Drupal Design and Development
- Experience in supporting /delivering Developer Center portals
- Experience with modern software development processes (Agile, Scrum etc.) within a large enterprise environment
- Experience working in a cloud environment, preferably AWS.
- Modern SDLC concepts and tools such as JIRA, Rally, Git/GitHub, Jenkins, Chef, Ansible.
- Experience with REACT and Angular
- Experience working in Kubernetes and Open Shift Container Platform
- Proven skills in high availability and scalability design, as well as performance monitoring
November 4, 2025
Release Manager – AI & Data
STRATEGIC STAFFING SOLUTIONS (S3) HAS AN OPENING!

Release Manager – AI & Data
Bolingbrook, IL (Hybrid schedule)
W2 contract role 12+ Months
Must be local and able to come onsite every other week Tues-Thurs
Be available for any scheduled releases; sometimes this will be overnight, but will not work more than 40 hours a week

Position Summary:
The Release Manager is responsible for overseeing the planning, coordination, and execution of software releases across development, testing, and production environments. This role ensures the timely delivery of high-quality releases aligned with business goals while minimizing disruption to operations.

Key Responsibilities:

Release Planning & Coordination
- Develop and manage release schedules, identify dependencies and risks.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless release execution.
- Align release plans with business priorities and stakeholder expectations.
Release Execution
- Lead deployment activities across production and non-production environments.
- Ensure all changes meet quality, compliance, and security standards.
- Conduct release readiness assessments and provide post-release support.
Process Optimization
- Continuously improve release processes and workflows.
- Promote best practices in CI/CD, automation, and DevOps.
- Maintain documentation for release policies and procedures.
Risk & Issue Management
- Identify and mitigate risks associated with releases.
- Develop and implement rollback strategies for failed deployments.
Communication & Reporting
- Serve as the primary point of contact for release-related matters.
- Provide regular updates to stakeholders on release status and challenges.
- Facilitate post-release reviews to assess performance and drive improvements.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in release management.
- Strong knowledge of SDLC, Agile, and DevOps methodologies.
- Proficiency with tools such as Jenkins, Jira, Git, and Confluence.
- Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills.
Preferred:
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Certifications in ITIL, PMP, or related frameworks.
*Beware of scams. S3 never asks for money during its onboarding process
November 3, 2025
Sensitive Data Detection & Remediation Analyst
STRATEGIC STAFFING SOLUTIONS (S3) HAS AN OPENING!

Sensitive Data Detection & Remediation Analyst
Riverwoods, IL (Remote)
6+ Months W2 contract role

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly motivated and technically skilled contractor to support our Sensitive Data Detection and Remediation initiative. This individual will play a critical role in identifying, managing, and remediating incidents involving restricted data across end-user repositories. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in data security concepts, hands-on experience with data discovery tools like BigID, and the ability to drive remediation efforts in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities:
- Manage incidents via ServiceNow, including triage, prioritization, and closure.
- Generate and analyze reports to identify trends, prioritize work, and escalate high-risk findings.
- Collaborate with end users to validate findings, resolve false positives, and guide remediation of true positives.
- Lead office hours to support users with remediation efforts and provide technical guidance.
- Communicate progress and blockers effectively to management and stakeholders.
- Hold incident owners accountable for timely action and resolution.
- Identify systemic issues such as classification misses or high-risk data concentrations and recommend drive-level remediation strategies.
- Support data migration efforts using tools like ShareGate to move restricted data from unapproved to approved locations.
- Execute daily scans of end-user repositories (e.g., shared network drives, OneDrive, SharePoint) using BigID or similar tools to detect sensitive data.
Required Skills:
- Strong understanding of data security principles and sensitive data handling.
- Experience with BigID or similar data discovery/classification platforms.
- Familiarity with ServiceNow or other incident management systems.
- Proficiency in report generation and data analysis to support prioritization and trend identification.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for user engagement and stakeholder reporting.
- Ability to work independently in a high-paced environment with daily incident closure expectations.
- Experience with data migration tools and processes, especially ShareGate.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior experience in cybersecurity, data governance, or compliance roles.
- Experience leading user training or support sessions.
*Beware of scams. S3 never asks for money during its onboarding process
November 3, 2025
Product Life Associate
Job Title: Product Life Associate
Industry: Retail
Location: Bolingbrook, IL
Pay Rate: $25-27/HR on W2 Only
Setting: Hybrid Required (6x per month)
Duration: 5+ months
Job ID: 243958

Required Qualifications:
- Experience: 2 yrs. relevant work experience preferred.
- Product life management
- Excellent organizational skills with strong attention to detail, and capable of multi-tasking.
- Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as strong listening skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, strong proficiency in Excel. Knowledge of Adobe analytics, SAP and SAP Hana, Power BI & Tableau a plus.
- Creative problem solver.
- Professionalism and confidentiality required both internally and externally.
- Highly motivated individual with strong initiative and positive attitude.
- Strong work ethic; ability to meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities:
- SKU maintenance: Ensures Add/delete form is complete with disposition. Responsible for updating & supporting disposition maintenance at the brand level (POP Portal) and item level (in PIM) for all skus per buyer’s direction including disposition codes and markdowns.
- Operational support: Provides operational support with high attention to detail, communication visibility to operations of category transitions, ability to troubleshoot, root cause and problem solve.
- Logistics: Initiates RTV/DIF and follow up with brand/buyer for RA number.
  Execute clearance markdown cadence assigned at buyer’s direction.
- Values: Exemplifies the company’s core values within role. The company’s values are quality and timely decision making, continuous improvement, collaboration, accountability, coaching and developing, planning and prioritizing, communication.
October 29, 2025
Project Manager
- Project Manager
  
  Location: Riverwoods, IL
  Duration: [Insert Contract Length – e.g., 12 months]
  Employment Type: Contract / W2
  
  About the Role
  
  We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to provide program oversight, coordination, and reporting support across multiple risk-related workstreams. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience managing cross-functional initiatives, developing JIRA dashboards, and driving accountability for project deliverables, milestones, and approvals.
  
  This role is highly collaborative and requires excellent organization, attention to detail, and communication skills to ensure program governance and transparency.
  
  Key Responsibilities
  - Actively engage with workstream leads to monitor initiatives, track epics/stories/sub-initiatives, and identify potential risks or delays early.
  - Develop and maintain the program plan (roadmap), JIRA dashboards, and export processes for executive status reporting.
  - Ensure all documentation, attachments, and approvals are uploaded to JIRA and reflect the most current project activities and milestones.
  - Collaborate with program management and risk partners to align reporting with enterprise process gates, requirements, and evidence standards.
  - Support risk governance by coordinating approvals, tracking compliance deliverables, and maintaining data integrity within JIRA.
  - Provide timely updates on project progress, dependencies, and risks to leadership.
  Required Qualifications
  - 3+ years of project management experience leading cross-functional programs, ideally within risk management, operations, or technology.
  - Hands-on experience as a JIRA Project Administrator and proficiency in JIRA project management, dashboard creation, and workflow tracking.
  - Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
  - Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
  - Proven experience collaborating across technical and business teams.
  Preferred Qualifications
  - 4+ years of project management experience in a regulated or enterprise environment.
  - Experience in risk, compliance, or governance projects.
  - Familiarity with Agile methodologies, process documentation, and reporting automation.
  - Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, or related field.
October 28, 2025
Central Ops Admin Support
STRATEGIC STAFFING SOLUTIONS HAS AN OPENING!

This is a Contract Opportunity with our company that MUST be worked on a W2 Only. No C2C eligibility for this position. Visa Sponsorship is Available! The details are below.

“Beware of scams. S3 never asks for money during its onboarding process.”

Job Title: Central Ops Admin Support
On Site Work
Location: Deerfield, IL
Contract Length: 12+ Months

Job ref# 243931

Duties- Provide administrative support to multiple advisor teams including:
- Preparation, review and editing of confidential correspondence
- Document scanning, management and archiving across multiple systems
- Preparation of travel expense and billing allocation reports
- Preparation and handling of time-sensitive quarterly client tax payments
- Miscellaneous administrative projects as needed
Skills Required:
- Strong technology skills including working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and think clearly under pressure
- Excellent communication skills; team focused
- Extremely organized and detail-oriented
October 24, 2025
Infrastructure Engineer – 12669
Infrastructure Engineer – Windows & Virtualization

Location: Riverwoods, IL, Hybrid or Remote, USA
Duration: 12 Month Contract
Pay: $65-70/hr W2 ONLY, NO C2C

Job Description:

On an Agile infrastructure team, you are responsible for all aspects of the software development lifecycle for client workstation and application virtualization solutions. Core competencies include but are not limited to: Windows Build/Image Management, VDI, Application Virtualization/Layering, Software Deployment, and PowerShell Scripting/Automation.

You will work independently as well as part of a tight-knit team, providing forward-thinking solutions that drive both infrastructure and business outcomes in a highly available and highly regulated environment. This role interfaces with Solution Architects and other corresponding teams (Network, Security, App/Dev, Hardware) on feature enrichment or problem solving of issues relating to the full system architecture stack.

Work Experience:
- 10+ years of experience working/supporting a Microsoft Windows environment (Client, Server, or both) using innovative and automated solutions.
- In-depth knowledge of related infrastructure technologies and landscape (hardware, software, network, security, etc.).
- Demonstrated incident, problem, and escalation management for own area of responsibility with a strong customer focus.
- Familiarity with compliance standards such as PCI-DSS is preferred.
- Demonstrated strong presentation and communication skills and the capability to address and interact with individuals or groups at varying levels of the organization.
- Microsoft Modern Workplace knowledge and certifications are a major plus.
- Familiar with Agile methodologies a plus.
Tools / Software Experience:

Operating Systems:
- Microsoft Windows Endpoints (Windows 11, 10)
- Apple Mac
- Windows Server 2019/2016 (not required, but considered)
Virtualization Technologies:
- VMware, Citrix, or equivalent
- Thin Client / Windows Terminal Management a plus
Scripting & Management Tools:
- PowerShell Scripting
- SCCM or equivalent experience with configuration management solutions
- Microsoft Intune/Endpoint Manager (MDM skills a plus)
- Group Policy Management
Additional Competencies:
- Vulnerability Management
- Audit/Compliance Requirements
October 24, 2025
Junior Banker Assistant
STRATEGIC STAFFING SOLUTIONS HAS AN OPENING!

Job Title: Junior Banker Assistant
Chicago, IL ***On-Site
Duration: 6+ Months
Pay Rate: $24/Hour –W2 Contract Engagement

Description

Global Financial Company is seeking a Junior Banker Assistant. Our Junior Banker Assistants are responsible for providing extensive administrative support to 25+ Junior Bankers at Analyst, Associate up to Junior VP level.

This role works within a team of assistants supporting various bankers within an industry group team. The Junior Assistant will be provided with full training alongside ongoing support from their Team Supervisor during the engagement. This would suit someone with a Customer Service/ Administrator background with experience of dealing with a high-volume workload. This is a demanding role which requires extensive support from a highly competent, proactive, independent, and process driven individual. Experience of working in a remotely managed environment is a bonus.

General Hours Worked: Mon-Fri, 11am-7pm

As a division, our strategic objectives include:

To be the world’s pre-eminent investment bank – trusted advisor, financier, and risk manager for our clients on their most important transactions

Build long-term relationships with clients and bring them world-class execution by “delivering the firm” over time

Drive superior returns for our stakeholders

Be the employer of choice for all career levels by providing a highly dynamic, meritocratic, diverse and rewarding workplace

The duties of the role include:
- Coordinating and scheduling of meetings and conference calls across multiple time zones
- Managing high volume of phone calls and emails, relaying information in a timely and accurate manner
- Calendar management for bankers (Associate level+)
- Coordinating room bookings for internal/external meetings and VCs across multiple locations
- Coordinating travel arrangements for the team, including: Visa applications, International flight and accommodation bookings
- Car bookings
- Expense processing and timely expense management
- Invoice processing
- Taking on ad hoc tasks while maintaining workflow
- Supporting teams in day to day issues, needs and queries
- Providing phone / holiday coverage for colleagues
Skills:
- Excellent Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook skills
- Able to manage competing time-sensitive priorities and tasks
- Demonstrates dependability and high attention to detail along with the ability to multi-task
- Displays a consistent, professional degree of communication skills in person, on phone, via Zoom and by email at various levels
- Comfortable working with people at all organizational levels, internally and externally
- Must be a team player that works well under pressure within a changing environment
- Flexible and adaptable to work and support across multiple teams
- Be resourceful and able to use own initiative in solving issues
- Proactive attitude when managing diaries
- Discretion to deal with confidential business matters
- Friendly, polite and approachable with a “can do” attitude
- Zero to one years of experience
Education: HS Diploma
October 18, 2025
ServiceNow Service Mapper
Job Title: ServiceNow Service Mapper – Hiring FAST!
Industry: Finance
Location: Riverwoods, IL
Pay Rate: $55/HR on W2 Only – NO C2C
Setting: Hybrid Required (Remote is NOT an Option)
Duration: 9+ months
Job ID: 243691

***WE DO VISA TRANSFERS***

Required Qualifications:
- Automated Discovery & Integration: Ability to configure and troubleshoot MID servers, SCCM, JAMF, and AWS Service Graph Connectors.
- Data Quality & Governance: Experience in remediating CI gaps, enforcing asset class ownership, and executing audits and certifications.
- Proficient in Mapping Methodologies: Pattern-Based Mapping for on-prem and virtual environments using predefined logic. Tag-Based Mapping for cloud-native and containerized environments using metadata tags. Manual Mapping for non-discoverable assets like mainframes and blackbox vendor equipment.
- Service Mapping Lifecycle Execution: Ability to perform all four phases: data gathering, map construction, validation, and operationalization.
- ServiceNow Expertise: Deep experience with ServiceNow CMDB, Discovery, IRE, and Service Mapping modules.
- ServiceNow Service Mapping Lifecycle Execution: Ability to perform all four phases including data gathering, map construction, validation, and operationalization.
Desired Qualifications:
- Cloud Architecture Familiarity: -Understanding of hybrid environments and how services span across on-premise, cloud-native, and containerized platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Data Quality & Stewardship: Knowledge of CI tagging standards, stale CI remediation, and certification workflows to maintain service map integrity.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Experience supporting organizational dependency mapping efforts and collaborating with application owners, SMEs, and CI Class Owners across domains.
- Tag-Based Mapping Expertise: Experience using metadata tags for mapping cloud services and virtualized infrastructure, especially in environments with limited traditional discovery.
Responsibilities:
- Execute End-to-End Service Mapping Lifecycle: Perform all phases of Service Mapping—data gathering, map construction, validation, and operationalization—for scoped applications and infrastructure.
- Build and Maintain Accurate Service Maps: Create and maintain service maps in ServiceNow for critical business applications, including Payment Network/PULSE systems, ensuring complete dependency visibility.
- Support Network Layer Mapping: Collaborate with network engineering teams to map network dependencies and entry points for business services.
- Perform Manual Mapping for Non-Discoverable Assets: Execute manual mapping for legacy systems and restricted environments (e.g., mainframes, Oracle databases, BlackBox appliances) where automated discovery is not feasible.
- Validate CI Relationships and Dependencies: Work with application owners, infrastructure SMEs, and CI Class Owners to confirm service map accuracy and completeness.
- Remediate Mapping Gaps: Identify and resolve gaps in application-to-CI relationships, ensuring alignment with CMDB lifecycle and regulatory dependency visibility requirements.
- Maintain Mapping Documentation and Audit Readiness: Document mapping processes, dependencies, and validation outcomes to support internal governance and external audit requirements.
October 2, 2025