Professional Services Manager (Implementation Manager)

First Advantage; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work in US

Medical, Vision, Dental

401k with employer match

PTO and holidays

Growth opportunities

Job summary

First Advantage is seeking a Professional Services Manager (Implementation) to connect customer requirements with onboarding to the First Advantage program. You will own implementations from discovery through go-live, translating technical needs into practical business solutions and aligning teams to ensure revenue and quality.

This 100% remote role is based in the United States with up to 25% travel. You will lead cross-functional teams, design scalable implementations, and drive customer

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional work experience.
• 5+ years leading complex implementations, professional services engagements, or comparable onboarding programs in B2B SaaS.
• Proven ability to translate requirements into scalable, practical solutions and to govern project scope and risk.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementations across the product portfolio from discovery to go-live and transition to Customer Success.
• Turn customer requirements into scalable, supportable solutions and guide best-practice decisions.
• Build implementation plans with clear scope, milestones, owners, dependencies, risks, decisions, and success measures.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Customer onboarding

Cross-functional collaboration

Solution design

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional work experience

Job description

At First Advantage (Nasdaq: FA), people are at the heart of everything we do. From our customers and partners to our greatest advantage — our team members. Operating with empathy and compassion, First Advantage fosters a global inclusive workforce devoted to the diverse voices that make up our talent and products. Our team members empower each other to be their authentic selves and treat all with respect, integrity, and fairness.

Say hello to a rewarding career and come join a leading provider of mission-critical background screening solutions to some of the most recognized Fortune 100 and Global 500 brands.

What You’ll Do

As Professional Services Manager (Implementation) you will be the connective tissue between customer requirements and successful onboarding to the First Advantage program. Owning implementations from discovery through go-live, you will translate technical and operational requirements into practical business solutions, align customers and internal teams around clear decisions, and accelerate time to revenue without compromising quality or customer outcomes. This is a customer-facing role for someone who can move confidently between business strategy, solution design, project execution, and stakeholder influence. You will bring structure to ambiguity and guide customers toward scalable best-practice solutions. This is a 100% remote position; however, the individual must be based in the United States and be available to travel up to 25%.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementations across the First Advantage product portfolio, from discovery and solution design through configuration, testing, go-live, stabilization, and transition to Customer Success.
• Turn customer business and technical requirements into scalable, supportable solutions. Lead discovery, explain trade-offs and constraints, and guide customers toward best-practice decisions.
• Build and govern customer-centric implementation plans with clear scope, milestones, owners, dependencies, risks, decisions, and success measures.
• Negotiate scope, priorities, timelines, responsibilities, and solution choices with customers and internal stakeholders while maintaining trusted relationships.
• Orchestrate delivery across Sales, Product, Technology, Operations, Customer Success, ATS/HRIS partners, and customer teams, resolving blockers and holding stakeholders accountable.
• Lead integration planning, configuration, and pre- and post-production testing. Coding is not required, but technical fluency and strong solution leadership is essential.
• Drive progress toward go-live and first revenue, proactively managing scope creep, delivery risk, customer dependencies, and recovery plans.
• Use lessons learned and customer insights to improve implementation playbooks, reusable solutions, and delivery processes, while sharing expertise with peers.

How You’ll Work

• High Emotional Intelligence: Listen actively, adapt your communication, and navigate challenging discussions while maintaining trust.
• Collaborative Influence: Build alignment without relying on authority and move teams toward clear decisions and shared accountability.
• Business Acumen: Connect implementation choices to customer outcomes, operational impact, revenue, risk, and scalability.
• Creative Curiosity: Ask incisive questions, explore root causes, and design practical solutions that balance customer needs with delivery standards.
• Learning Agility: Experiment thoughtfully, learn from setbacks, and adjust quickly without losing momentum.

What Success Looks Like

• Customers understand the implementation path, decisions required, and responsibilities needed to adopt the agreed solution.
• Projects are tightly scoped and actively governed, with transparent ownership, risks, decisions, and next steps.
• Solutions are technically feasible, commercially sound, scalable, and aligned with best practice.
• Cross-functional teams align early, blockers are resolved quickly, and avoidable rework and customization are reduced.
• Implementations reach go-live and first revenue with speed, predictability, and customer confidence.

What You Will Need To Be Successful

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent professional work experience.
• 5+ years leading complex implementations, professional services engagements, solution delivery, or comparable customer onboarding programs in B2B SaaS.
• Demonstrated strength in discovery, requirements gathering, solution design, scope and risk management, project governance, testing, and launch readiness.
• Proven ability to negotiate, influence through expertise and data, and hold customer and internal stakeholders accountable to commitments.
• Ability to translate integrations, APIs, data exchange, configuration, and ATS/HRIS concepts into clear business implications and actionable recommendations. Coding experience is not required.
• Excellent facilitation, executive presence, presentation, written communication, analytical judgment, and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Experience partnering with Sales or pre-sales, Product, Technology, Operations, and Client Success.

Helpful, But Not Required

• Experience in background screening, HR technology, HCM, identity, compliance technology, or another complex or regulated B2B environment such as financial services or healthcare.
• Solutions consulting, technical account management, or pre-sales solutioning experience.
• Experience using AI-enabled tools, automation, or analytics to improve implementation speed, quality, documentation, or decision-making.
• Formal project or change management certification.

Why First Advantage Is Your Next Big Career Move

First Advantage is going through a technology transformation! We are looking for experts who are excited to work with advanced technologies and provide best-in-class user experience, drive the development and deployment of scalable solutions, and smoothly guide our agile teams and clients through meaningful changes as we continue to expand our impact.

Additional Benefits Offered To Our Eligible People Include

• Ability to work remotely with occasional business travel.
• Medical, Vision, Dental, and supplementary benefit plans
• 401k with an employer match, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Competitive and flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) and 9 paid company holidays
• Access to tech and growth opportunities, and leaders who want you to succeed!

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Equal Employment Opportunities at First Advantage

First Advantage is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing a workplace and recruitment process that is free from unlawful discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. Employment decisions at First Advantage are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We do not discriminate in any aspect of employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, creed, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital or family status, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

The salary range for this position is approximately $80-90K USD annually. This range reflects our good faith estimate to pay fairly as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate’s experience, industry knowledge, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.