Oren Margolis

MBA | SPHR | ACC

I’m a leadership and executive coach, MBA admissions consultant, and career coach, with a background in talent development, organizational effectiveness, and high-growth team leadership. I work with ambitious professionals - especially Millennial and Gen Z leaders - to help navigate leadership challenges, career inflection points, and competitive graduate admissions processes.

▸ Led People & Talent at Nova Credit, a VC-backed fintech, overseeing performance, leadership development, employee relations, compensation, and all other HR functions for a distributed team
▸ Built and managed career development programs at Westfield and William Morris Endeavor (WME), including launching Westfield’s International Graduate Program and overseeing WME’s Assistant-to-Agent track
▸ Held customer & loyalty marketing roles at American Express and Hilton
▸ Bring a cross-functional perspective that blends business context, organizational dynamics, and individual growth
▸ Spent 6 years in full-time undergraduate and MBA admissions roles at NYU, including at NYU Stern School of Business
▸ Served on admissions committees, interviewed and evaluated thousands of applicants, and recruited globally (China, India, UAE, UK, US)
▸ Helped launch and position new programs including 1-year Tech and Fashion & Luxury MBAs, global campuses in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai, and undergraduate programs in Global Public Health and Real Estate
▸ MBA (NYU Stern) - Strategy & Marketing specializations
▸ BS (NYU) – Media, Culture, and Communication
▸ SPHR Certification (HRCI)
▸ ICF-Certified Coach (ACC)
▸ Certified Executive Coach (Center for Executive Coaching)
▸ Hogan Assessments Certified
▸ Originally from New Jersey, spent 12 years in New York City, now based in Los Angeles
▸ Wheel of Fortune winner
▸ Tennis, competition reality TV, and fitness enthusiast
▸ Have been to 44 US states (favorite state: Colorado)
▸ Adrenaline junkie: have been canyon jumping, hang gliding, and skydiving (twice)