In 2010, she was both named young executive of the year and won the New Zealand Institute of Management award.
[4] On 30 November 2019, she was elected President of the Labour Party following the resignation of Nigel Haworth earlier that year.
[1] In 2021, Szabó was appointed to the board of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, alongside Chris Finlayson.
[5] On 17 June 2022, Szabó announced that she will not seek re-election to the Labour Party presidency at the November 2022 annual conference, and will end her tenure then.
She told The New Zealand Herald that she has reflected on standing for Parliament again at the 2023 general election, but said "I know definitively it's too early to make a decision.