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Implementation Lead

Leads end-to-end implementations for complex strategic accounts, coordinating customer and internal teams, managing risks, and designing scalable processes. The role requires 3–6+ years in consulting, solutions, or software implementation and strong communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

About the job

Responsibilities

  • Own and deliver implementations from kickoff to wrap-up, including discovery, milestone mapping, risk management, and execution.
  • Serve as the customer’s primary point of contact during implementations and build high-trust relationships with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Design creative solutions to meet customer needs using existing product and services, while identifying potential future needs.
  • Develop a deep understanding of the product and services to guide customers and make effective trade-offs.
  • Conduct customer enablement sessions on complex product features.
  • Coordinate internal and customer teams, sequence dependencies, and renegotiate timelines when inputs change.
  • Represent the customer’s needs to product and engineering by surfacing patterns, blockers, and feature requests.
  • Build scalable playbooks, tooling, and processes to make implementations faster, more consistent, and measurable.

Requirements

  • 3–6+ years of experience in management consulting, solutions, or software implementation, preferably at a B2B SaaS company.
  • Experience leading customers through complex programs or projects.
  • Ability to learn new concepts quickly and thrive in a high-volume environment.
  • Strong attention to detail with the ability to maintain a strategic perspective.
  • Systems-thinking approach and ability to bring structure, clarity, and momentum to ambiguous problems.
  • Excellent communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Ability to manage multiple workstreams and hold stakeholders accountable.
  • Ability to identify risks and drive mitigation plans.
  • Interest in using AI solutions to drive impact.

Compensation

  • Annual salary range: $112,500–$143,800.

Skills

B2B SaaS, Software Implementation, Management Consulting, Project Management, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Customer Enablement, Process Design, Product Strategy, Artificial Intelligence

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