Client Implementation Manager

PayIt; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

PayIt, a GovTech leader in Kansas City, seeks an experienced implementation lead to drive SaaS deployments for government agencies. You will own client engagements, coordinate cross-functional teams, and translate business rules into platform configurations.

This full-time role requires 3+ years in software implementations, travel 10–20%, and a proactive, collaborative mindset. You’ll work with Confluence, Jira, Draw.IO and other tools to deliver value and ensure client success.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in software-based organizations.
• Ability to lead large enterprise implementations across multiple stakeholders.
• Proactive, collaborative problem solver with a growth mindset.
• Resilient and able to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong technical aptitude to influence clients and adapt SaaS requirements.
• Experience with full PM lifecycle and client-facing roadmapping.
• Proficient with Confluence, Jira, and collaboration tools; travel 10–20%.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of SaaS solutions with government agency teams.
• Own client implementation by PMO-aligned project management and business rules gathering.
• Develop and configure prototypes based on client needs; iterate with feedback.
• Coordinate with engineering and product for requirements and issue resolution.
• Plan tests and ensure alignment of requirements with product teams.
• Ensure configuration meets client and PayIt specifications.
• Travel as required to client sites and maintain program continuity.

Skills

Project management

Client facing

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Travel readiness

Tools

Confluence

Jira

Trello

Microsoft Office

Draw.IO

Lucidchart

Slack

Teams

Job description

PayIt is a fast-growing GovTech company on a mission to modernize how residents interact and transact with government, improving the customer experience and helping our client agencies more efficiently and effectively achieve their missions. Our easy-to-implement platform consolidates government services and payments into one connected experience and enables our clients to drive resident trust, collect revenue quickly, and redeploy their staff to more important challenges. This innovative approach to government service delivery has garnered significant recognition in both the public and private sectors, including our inclusion in the GovTech 100 every year since 2017. PayIt solutions cover services including hunting and fishing licensing, DMV, courts, property tax, utilities, tolling, and more.

Our culture welcomes people who exhibit what we call “PayIt DNA”: High integrity, drive, grit, high aptitude, and team orientation. We are collaborative and passionate about the work we do to improve the lives of our government clients and the end users they serve. We have ambitious scaling goals, and we look for team members who are ready to roll up their sleeves, solve problems, and find new opportunities to win with our clients. And we have a lot of fun together.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead implementation of SaaS solutions with government agency teams.
• Own each client implementation effort by providing project management, gathering of business rules, implementation activities using PayIt Platform tools, and working with other teams where appropriate.
• Develop and configure prototypes using Platform tools based on clients’ business need. Build and iterate to continually incorporate feedback from client.
• Deliver any requirements requiring engineering or other teams to those teams, following the process and coordinating timelines with PMO.
• Manage test planning creation as well as the alignment of requirements with Product teams including logging and coordination of implementation issues and bugs, and validation of test plan and requirements with client.
• Work cross-functionally to ensure delivery of configuration meets both client and PayIt product specifications.
• Support clients in maintaining good platform hygiene (customer friendly workflows, naming conventions, data set organization, etc.). Proactively problem solve by identifying potential configuration issues, user experience issues
• Serve as the primary connection point for steady-state hand off to Client Success, Operations, and Support.
• Develop training for various PayIt departments on user experience and unique client FAQs.
• Maintain, update, and develop client-related documentation internally and externally.
• Be a key player in coordinating efforts with client stakeholders.

What You’ll Need to Have

• 3+ years of professional experience working for a software-based organization. Hands‑on experience in supporting or implementing applications using web technologies and/or working in a client‑facing Business or Solution Analyst capacity.
• Ability to lead large enterprise implementations across multiple stakeholder groups internally and externally.
• A proactive, logical, and collaborative approach to solving complex problems.
• Resiliency and the ability to handle multiple tasks and thrive in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment. This is a growth company, so flexibility to adapt to (and likely effect change yourself) approaches & processes is critical!
• Strong technical aptitude, with the ability to influence clients while managing evolving SaaS requirements.
• Experience with the full project management lifecycle. Specifically to articulating product roadmaps and deliverables in a client‑facing capacity.
• Experience with Project Management and Collaboration Tools (i.e Confluence, Trello, Teams, Slack, Jira, etc.) Diagram and Visualization Solutions (i.e. Draw.IO, LucidChart, etc.), and Microsoft Office.
• Willingness to travel 10-20%, travel varies based on project assignment requirements and client needs

Annual Salary Range:

$60,000 — $90,000 USD

Why Work For Us

• Our mission matters. Your work will make life better for our government agency clients and the millions of residents they serve.
• You’ll do some of the best work of your career here. We tackle complex challenges that are interesting to solve, and you’ll grow a ton working at PayIt
• People are our most important resource. Everyone has a voice. Collaboration is our default setting. And we have fun together.
• We #payitforward with our corporate volunteer program, serving the communities where we work and live.
• Competitive salaries, excellent benefits, flexible working arrangements, and all the resources you will need to do your best work.

What We Care About

We hire high aptitude, high integrity people who are great communicators and want to be part of a growing team.

Commitment to Equal Opportunity

PayIt is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by applicable law.

PayIt is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an email to the People Operations Team and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

NOTE: U.S. Citizens and all those authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. are encouraged to apply. We are unable to provide sponsorship in the United States at this time. PayIt participates in E-Verify. To learn more, click here. Canadian Citizens and those authorized to work in Canada without sponsorship are also encouraged to apply.

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