Career Coaching

Welcome to my profile! With over 15 years of experience in product management and technology leadership roles at top companies like Affirm, Meta, and PayPal, I bring a wealth of knowledge to help you advance your career. My journey from a Senior Software Engineer at FactSet to a Director of Product Management at Affirm has equipped me with the skills to guide you through complex career transitions and growth opportunities. I have successfully coached numerous individuals, helping them navigate the intricacies of career development, from mastering product strategy to enhancing cross-functional collaboration. Let's work together to unlock your potential and achieve your career goals. Feel free to reach out for a personalized coaching session!

Land Your Next Role Faster – Resume, Strategy & Interview Coaching from a Fortune 500 Advisor Most career coaches help you polish your resume. I help you find the blind spot – the positioning gap, the missing story, or the strategic angle that's keeping you from getting the interviews and offers you deserve. I'm Eric Markowitz, a Commercial Innovation Advisor and certified executive coach with 20+ years of experience advising Fortune 500 companies including Merck, Pfizer, AT&T, IBM, and Johnson & Johnson. As a certified Mindvalley Lead Coach – one of 20 selected from 7,000 applicants globally – I've coached 100+ executives, founders, and senior professionals through career transitions, role pivots, and high-stakes job searches. I specialize in helping: Mid-to-senior professionals pivoting into new industries or functions Consultants and advisors translating advisory experience into results-driven resumes Executives repositioning after a transition or gap Professionals targeting pharma, healthcare, technology, and financial services roles Anyone who knows they're qualified but can't figure out why the interviews aren't converting In a session we can cover: Resume strategy and rewriting – making your experience quantifiable and compelling even when your impact was advisory or indirect LinkedIn positioning – building a profile that attracts recruiters rather than just checking boxes Job search strategy – targeting the right roles, companies, and contacts for maximum velocity Interview preparation – crafting your narrative, answering tough questions, and positioning your unique value Salary negotiation – knowing your number and defending it with confidence My approach is direct, practical, and specific. I won't tell you what sounds good – I'll tell you what works, based on what I've seen from the other side of the table advising the organizations that hire people like you. Book a session and come ready to move fast.

Seasoned professional with 7 years of experience in Consulting and Big Tech, with accelerated promotions, acing interviews and navigating workplace theatrics by retaining my authenticity. I have built a personal brand of being a no-drama straight shooter, who makes work light-hearted and fun. I am also known to come off as genuine and pleasant in my interviews. I specialise in helping people take off their corporate masks and portray their true self in resumes, behavioural interviews, so they are convinced of the persona they are selling and maximise their chances of getting offers.

I help finance and accounting professionals take the next step in their careers — whether that's moving from Big 4 / audit into industry, breaking into FP&A or corporate finance, or growing toward senior finance leadership. I've walked that path myself: I started in audit at PwC, qualified as an FCPA, and built my career across FP&A and AI in Finance, including training for AllianzGI APAC. I've trained and coached 500+ finance professionals on career growth, positioning and leadership-readiness — from early-career analysts up to CFOs. My approach is structured and results-driven: clarifying your goals, sharpening how you present your impact, preparing you for interviews, and building a realistic plan to reach the next level. I'm also a CFA Society speaker and currently studying my Executive MBA at Chicago Booth, so I stay close to what today's finance employers and decision-makers actually look for.

With over 15 years of enterprise SaaS experience across companies like Salesforce, Red Hat, ServiceNow, Symantec, and NetApp, I've lived every stage of the Customer Success career path — from individual contributor to Senior Manager leading high-performing teams across the LATAM market. I know what it takes to break into CS, level up into leadership, and build a career that travels across organizations and geographies. I'm bilingual (English/Spanish) and specialize in helping mid-career professionals and LATAM-based talent navigate the nuances of the US enterprise SaaS job market — from resume positioning and ATS optimization to LinkedIn presence and executive storytelling. I've guided dozens of CS professionals through pivotal career moments: landing their first CSM role, transitioning into management, repositioning after a layoff, or targeting Director and VP-level opportunities at global tech companies. My coaching is practical, structured, and grounded in what actually works in real organizations—not theory. If you're ready to stop guessing and start moving, I'd love to work with you.

Goal: Career coaching that gets you to your next move with clarity — landing a new tech role, earning a promotion, or making a career transition into AI, a startup, or big tech. Perfect for: Engineers and tech professionals who feel stuck, are starting a job search (by choice or after a layoff), weighing a career change, or want someone who's actually made these moves to pressure-test their plan. Why me: My career has covered most of the map — research lab, staff engineer, YC founder/CTO, and now AI at Amazon. I've left stable jobs to start a company, shut it down, and rebuilt from there. I've also hired at both startups and big companies. Most career coaches can tell you what a job search feels like. I can tell you what career moves look like from the inside — as the person making them and the person hiring for them. What we'll do: - Build a job search strategy around the roles that actually fit your strengths (engineering vs. research vs. product vs. founding) - Resume review and LinkedIn optimization — positioned around impact, not titles - Interview prep and mock interviews: technical, behavioral, and system design - Networking strategy that opens doors without feeling fake - Salary negotiation and offer evaluation with real market context - The harder calls, answered straight: jump vs. stay, specialize vs. broaden, startup vs. big tech Expected outcome: Clarity on your next chapter, a concrete career growth plan, and honest guidance the whole way — including when the right call is "don't do that."

Welcome to my profile! With an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and extensive experience in strategic roles at top companies like Saks, Neiman Marcus Group, and Ulta Beauty, I bring a wealth of knowledge to career development coaching. As a former Project Leader at The Boston Consulting Group, I have led numerous strategy and marketing projects, equipping me with the skills to help you navigate complex career paths and achieve your professional goals. Whether you're looking to break into a new industry or advance within your current field, I am here to provide tailored guidance and support. Let's connect and create a personalized plan to elevate your career!

For the past dozen years, I’ve been obsessed with the world of work and careers. Companies hire me to find exceptional talent and to learn how to find "needle in a haystack" talent. Mid-career and early-career professionals hire me to help them secure jobs that are a strong fit for their skills and aspirations. I went through the NYC public school system as an immigrant (born in Ukraine) and was fortunate to have many people and organizations help me. I am grateful to have a chance to give back. At Greylock, I worked with early-career talent (Engineer/Product/Design), chief of staff candidates, operations hires, and talent/people professionals (head of talent, head of people, recruiters). I connected with technical student entrepreneurs starting software businesses and ran several early-career talent networks. Prior to Greylock, I worked at Lerer Hippeau, an earlier stage VC fund and managed talent networks, community, and events. In addition to working in VC and with startups, I worked at two leading universities, Stanford and Columbia. I managed the internship component of Stanford University's New York program, focusing on student career advising, professional development, employer relations, and alumni engagement. At Columbia, I supported graduate students through career coaching and developed employer relations with target employers. Helping connect companies to top talent and hearing how those relationships flourish brings me joy!

Key Expertise & Coaching Focus Areas (Accounting Career Path) • Accounting Career Acceleration (Entry-Level to CFO) • SEC Reporting, SOX Compliance & Public Company Readiness • Startup Finance Setup & Scaling • System Implementation & Finance Transformation (NetSuite, Investran) • Team Building, Communication & Leadership Development for Accountants • M&A, Carve-Outs & Capital Raising Support • Process Reengineering & Operational Excellence Experience Level: Executive / C-Suite Add your qualifications here!

I've helped candidates land 25+ offers across tech and consulting — and before that, I was the one sitting in the hot seat figuring out how to actually break in. On the industry side, I've worked as a Program Management intern at Microsoft (federal contracts team) and as a Consulting Analyst at Stout on the IP and data team, and I'm about to start as a Business Analyst at Capital One. That mix means I've seen hiring up close at a big tech company, a boutique consulting firm, and a large corporate analyst program — three very different processes, three very different "what actually gets you hired" playbooks. Put it all together and here's what I can actually do for you: build a resume that gets you the interview (not just a "thanks for applying"), network with purpose instead of cold-emailing into the void, nail the case interview efficiently without just memorizing frameworks, and crush your behavioral rounds by turning your actual experiences into a story that lands. I've done this for myself and for dozens of other candidates. Happy to do it for you too.