This is Syndio
We are a dedicated team of industry leaders, data scientists and customer advocates. We are committed to equity for everyone in the workplace. We live it. We deliver it.
MEET THE LEADERS
Maria Colacurcio
Maria is Syndio’s Chief Executive Officer. As CEO, Maria is responsible for the company’s vision and strategy for delivering innovative solutions, building an organization of the industry’s most talented people and developing organizational excellence to deliver the highest levels of business value to its customers. Most importantly, she is passionate about issues surrounding equal pay, employee wellness and equity at work.
Recognized as a thought leader in the HRM/HCM industry, Maria is a frequent speaker and author for various organizations, publications and conferences delivering the latest trends and solutions in workplace equality. She is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) - the voice of all things work; and the WorldatWork Organization - the total rewards association.
Prior to joining Syndio, Maria co-founded Smartsheet.com, a work collaboration tool for companies of all sizes. Drawing on more than 20 years of experience in technology and communications at companies including Microsoft, Starbucks and technology start-ups you’ve never heard of, she has a proven track record of building successful companies with strong core values that are dedicated to its people and customers.
She is a mom to six kiddos and makes sure to talk about family finances at the dinner table.
Zev Eigen
Zev is Syndio’s founder and Chief Data Scientist. Dr. Eigen has been at the forefront of cutting edge applications in HR for more than a decade. He combines his uniquely overlapping areas of expertise in labor and employment law with his deep experience in data science, predictive modeling and economic sociological research. He is responsible for all aspects of research & development to ensure that the products provide unbiased and accurate results to inform the very best decisions in resolving pay disparities.
Zev is highly sought after as a speaker and author on all subjects related to pay equity methodology and data sciences. He is a member of the American Law & Economics Association, the Labor & Employment Research Association, Northwestern University Dispute Resolution Research Center Executive Committee, Law & Society Association Publication Committee, among others.
He holds a PhD from MIT, a JD from Cornell Law School and a BS from Cornell University. We can try to summarize his experience by name dropping just a few of the organizations for whom he has worked: Northwestern, Yale, NYU Law, Littler Mendelson, 20th Century Fox. Get the idea? Wicked. Smart.
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WHY JOIN OUR TEAM?
We are a small software start-up with ambition. We are passionate about equal pay, our products and our mission and we are devoted to each other and our company. We value transparency, hustle, clarity, truth, and vulnerability.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
SR. SALES DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTATIVE (SDE)
Location: Seattle, WA
Posted Nov 14, 2019
We are looking for a high energy, experienced and proven Senior Sales Development Representative to provide pre-sales support. This role will be responsible for lead generation and servicing inbound sales and related inquiries with a focus on engaging and qualifying all prospective customers through to the next sales stage. This role is one of the first touch points for prospects and has the opportunity to set the tone for the sales cycle...
Syndio is a company committed to eradicating pay disparities in the workplace. We license software to companies that are serious about equal pay and help them find and fix pay equity issues, and stay in compliance over time.
We are a small software start-up with ambition. We are passionate about equal pay, our product and our mission and we are devoted to each other and our company. We value transparency, hustle, clarity, truth, and humility.
We are looking for a high energy, experienced and proven Senior Sales Development Representative to provide pre-sales support. This role will be responsible for lead generation and servicing inbound sales and related inquiries with a focus on engaging and qualifying all prospective customers through to the next sales stage. This role is one of the first touch points for prospects and has the opportunity to set the tone for the sales cycle.
Senior Sales Development Representative Role:
- Respond, engage and qualify inbound leads and inquiries
- Proactively generate interest from target accounts by demonstrating great product knowledge and passion for the mission of fair pay
- Engage current inbound customers to expand awareness, educate, ask for referrals, identify new opportunities and develop account intelligence
- Effectively partner and work closely across the Enterprise Sales teams
- Partner with internal teams to develop account intelligence, relationship maps, and help create use case opportunities through analytics and advice tools
- Hold intelligent and engaging conversations over the phone and email with potential customers
- Offer high touch initial customer experience in 100% of encounters
- Act as the subject matter expert (SME) on Syndio product offerings/solutions
- Schedule appointments and demos for Enterprise Account Executives within an aggressive high touch response timeframe
The Person:
- Experienced. Two to five years of enterprise software inbound SDR sales experience
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with a distributed sales team
- Capability of understanding customer pain points, requirements and correlating potential business needs to value that can be provided by Syndio
- Aptitude to manage numerous requests and time demands concurrently, while achieving production goals from assigned territory or set of accounts
- Promote a strong sense of urgency for reaching goals and key deliverables. Act smartly without being told what to do. Brings new ideas to the company
- Excellent Communication Skills: You know what to say and how to say it. Strong verbal, written, presentation acumen
- Drive, Grit, Team Oriented: Strong desire to compete and win
- Believer: You’re a believer in equal pay for equal work, and you’re willing to change your career to prove it
- Competent: Proficient with word processing, spreadsheets, presentation and project management business applications. Working knowledge of Salesforce, DiscoverOrg and LinkedIn Sales Navigator
- Connector personality a plus
Preferred Qualifications:
- Performer. Consistent overachievement of sales goals in a large geographic territory.
- Domain. Business intelligence, analytics, data warehousing, predictive Modeling or similar background/experience.
- Tech. Experience and passion for selling technology solutions. Overall understanding of HR, Professional Services/Consulting, and Legal landscape preferred but not required.
- BA/BS degree
To Apply:
If you’re hardworking, passionate and excited by the idea of joining our fun and growing team, send us your resume and a quick note about your unique qualifications. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEER (SRE)
Location: Denver, CO
Posted Sep 11, 2019
The Site Reliability Engineer position will be the second addition to a new SRE team based in Denver, CO. We are open to mentoring and helping a junior candidate grow. However, because we are a small team, any candidate should be able to be a major contributor...
Syndio is a company committed to eradicating pay disparities in the workplace. We license software to companies that are serious about equal pay and help them find and fix pay equity issues, and stay in compliance over time.
We are a small software start-up with ambition. We are passionate about equal pay, our product and our mission and we are devoted to each other and our company. We value transparency, hustle, clarity, truth, and humility.
The Site Reliability Engineer position will be the second addition to a new SRE team based in Denver, CO. We are open to mentoring and helping a junior candidate grow. However, because we are a small team, any candidate should be able to be a major contributor.
The Role:
Some projects you’ll be working on include:
- Migrating all infrastructure/applications from a PaaS to a major Cloud IaaS provider
- Implement CI/CD and Kubernetes during the PaaS -> IaaS migration
- Continuing to break up a Django monolith into Python & Go microservices
- Scale existing applications leveraging PostgreSQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, and more!
- Experiment with and introduce new solutions as needed to build reliable applications
- Secure applications and infrastructure from vulnerabilities and attack vectors
The Person:
You should be able to:
- Write quality code in a team setting using Python and/or Go. You’ll be using both
- Implement and maintain cloud services using Kubernetes and more
- Learn, communicate, share, and grow with the team
- Care about and share in our mission to eradicate pay disparity in the workplace
To Apply:
If you’re hardworking, passionate and excited by the idea of joining our fun and growing team, send us your resume and a quick note about your unique qualifications. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE/SALES
Location: Seattle, WA
Posted Apr 9, 2019
The sales account executive will be responsible for driving direct and channel sales of Syndio products to clients around the world. You will manage all aspects of the sales process including lead management, qualification, evaluation, close and account care...
Syndio is a company committed to eradicating pay disparities in the workplace. We license software to companies that are serious about equal pay and help them find and fix pay equity issues, and stay in compliance over time.
We are a small software start-up with ambition. We are passionate about equal pay, our product and our mission and we are devoted to each other and our company. We value transparency, hustle, clarity, truth, and vulnerability.
The Role:
The sales account executive will be responsible for driving direct and channel sales of Syndio products to clients around the world. You will manage all aspects of the sales process including lead management, qualification, evaluation, close and account care and will play an integral role in the building of and success of the sales team.
Some of the things we expect you to do:
- Help build a savvy sales team
- Define and execute sales plans, and then meet and exceed goals
- Develop and manage sales pipeline, prospect and assess sales and move a large number of transactions simultaneously through the sales pipeline
- Manage and track customer and transactional information in a CRM system (ie, SFDC)
- Provide product demonstrations and general support to prospective customers
- Participate in any RFP process for prospects/clients, to include final review of all responses, qualifying leads to ensure a good fit
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experienced. 5–8 years+ of enterprise software sales experience
- Sales Cycle Expert. You have expertise at the Transactional & Enterprise Level. You lea prospects and customers as opposed to reacting to customer requests. You know how to drive a deal
- Excellent Communication. You know what to say and how to say it.
- Believer. You’re a believer in equal pay for equal work, and you’re willing to change your career to prove it
- Competent. Proficient with word processing, spreadsheets, presentation and project management business applications. Working knowledge of Salesforce.com and LinkedIn Sales Navigator
- Performer. Consistent overachievement of sales goals in a large geographic territory.
- Domain. Business Intelligence, Analytics, Data Warehousing, Predictive Modeling or similar background/experience. Complex sales to State and Local agencies – significant deal experience
- HR Tech. Experience selling to compensation and total rewards professionals and an overall understanding of the HR Technology landscape preferred but not required
To Apply:
If you’re hardworking, passionate and excited by the idea of joining our fun and growing team, send us your resume and a quick note about your unique qualifications. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ANALYTICS & ADVICE MANAGER
Location: United States
Posted Nov 8, 2019
We are looking for a self-motivated Analytics & Advice Manager with a passion for solving analytical problems, helping organizations develop and implement their pay equity analyses and researching the gender wage gap. At Syndio, we believe the gender wage gap is 100% solvable and we want someone to join us in solving it...
Syndio is a technology company committed to eradicating pay disparities in the workplace. We license software to companies that are serious about equal pay and help them find and fix pay equity issues and stay in compliance over time. We are passionate about equal pay, our product, our data science powered methodology, and our mission. We are devoted to each other and our company. We value transparency, hustle, clarity, truth, and humility.
The Role:
Do you want to empower organizations to fairly and equitably hire, promote, retain and compensate their employees? Do you want to analyze numbers and curate data with a fast-paced start-up where you can contribute meaningful work that drives the business forward? We are looking for a self-motivated Analytics & Advice Manager with a passion for solving analytical problems, helping organizations develop and implement their pay equity analyses and researching the gender wage gap. At Syndio, we believe the gender wage gap is 100% solvable and we want someone to join us in solving it. In this role, you will:
- Provide expert level advice on advanced pay equity topics to customers, fellow employees and external audiences
- Partner with the customer success team to consult customers on advanced analytical and statistical methods related to their pay equity analyses and effective usage of the Syndio platform
- Work closely with the marketing, sales and customer success teams to deliver high quality research and advice on pay equity topics through white papers, webinars, conference events and custom research reports
- Scope, research and develop consulting and analytics projects leveraging multiple data sources
- Translate customer advice into product requirements and support product and development teams as needed on design and implementation plans
- Partner with the data science and development teams to ensure statistical and systematic accuracy in the product
- Find the story behind the numbers and communicate it both effectively and in an engaging manner
The Person:
- Proven track record of developing and applying statistical knowledge to data driven questions
- Ability to explain and present complicated concepts and research projects to diverse audiences
- High comfort and competence generating and interpreting statistical models, analyses, graphs and data
- Experience or knowledge in pay equity, compensation, HR consulting, or compliance-related analytics (We do not provide legal advice, but the individual in this role is expected to provide expert level compliance advice.)
- Experience or comfort with advising customers from a variety of backgrounds (e.g., in-house counsel, c-suite, HR analytics, etc.)
- Demonstrated experience with a variety of analytical tools (e.g., R, Python, Excel, SQL, etc.)
- Excellent problem solving, critical thinking and communication (both written and oral) skills
- Well-organized with good time management skills
- Strong attention to detail in all aspects of your work, but especially around the reliability and accuracy of your advice and analyses
- Enjoys and thrives working in a dynamic team environment solving complex problems that regularly require independent research with minimal supervision
- Driven to provide customer-focused solutions that meet their needs in a flexible, and often proactive way
- Passion about Syndio’s mission to close pay gaps and pay everyone fairly and equitably.
The Person:
- 5+ years of relevant experience
- At least a master’s degree with significant course work in a quantitative field, such as economics, statistics, mathematics, physics, or computer science.
- Authorization to work in the United States
To Apply:
If you’re hardworking, passionate and excited by the idea of joining our fun and growing team, send us your resume and a quick note about your unique qualifications. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
SENIOR DATA SCIENTIST
Location: United States
Posted Nov 1, 2019
We are looking for a self-motivated Senior Data Scientist with a passion for developing and testing models that help us close the pay gap and build more great features and products. As the premier pay equity software company, innovation is our lifeblood and we want someone to join us in the journey of discovering what new possibilities data science can unlock...
Syndio is a technology company committed to eradicating pay disparities in the workplace. We license software to companies that are serious about equal pay and help them find and fix pay equity issues and stay in compliance over time. We are passionate about equal pay, our product, our data science powered methodology, and our mission. We are devoted to each other and our company. We value transparency, hustle, clarity, truth, and humility.
The Role...
Does leveraging data science to empower organizations to fairly and equitably hire, promote, retain and compensate people excite you? Are you looking to join a fast-paced start-up where you can contribute meaningful work that drives the business forward? We are looking for a self-motivated Senior Data Scientist with a passion for developing and testing models that help us close the pay gap and build more great features and products. As the premier pay equity software company, innovation is our lifeblood and we want someone to join us in the journey of discovering what new possibilities data science can unlock. In this role, you will:
- Research, build, test and improve predictive models leveraged in Syndio’s software products (current and future)
- Independently run data science projects end-to-end, while also directing and reviewing data scientific work products from other team members
- Collaborate on the iterative development of the data science roadmap
- Partner with the development team to ensure both statistical and systematic accuracy in the product
- Work closely with the marketing, sales, analytics, and product teams to plan and execute the delivery of research and software products utilizing effective and efficient scalable technologies
The Person…
- Proven track record of developing and deploying data science models, preferably at a technology company
- Excellent Python or R coding skills for the purpose of developing and testing machine learning and statistical models
- Fluency and confidence in building and deploying classification and recommendation engine systems based in AI/ML/NLP
- High comfort and competence generating and interpreting statistical models, analyses, graphs and data
- Ability to explain and present complicated concepts and research projects to diverse audiences
- Experience with data related to human resources, compensation, employment, or the workplace is a plus
- Well-organized with good time management skills
- Strong attention to detail in all aspects of your work, but especially around the reliability, accuracy and maintainability of your code
- Enjoys and thrives working in a dynamic team environment solving complex problems that regularly require independent research with minimal supervision
- Driven to provide customer-focused solutions that meet their needs in a flexible, and often proactive way
- Passion about Syndio’s mission to close pay gaps and pay everyone fairly and equitably
The Requirements...
- 5+ years of industry/corporate experience building machine learning models and/or services
- Preferred master’s degree with significant course work in a quantitative field, such as economics, statistics, mathematics, physics, or computer science
- Authorization to work in the United States
To Apply:
If you’re hardworking, passionate and excited by the idea of joining our fun and growing team, send us your resume and a quick note about your unique qualifications. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.