Senior Professional Services Consultant

Lever, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

CaptivateIQ is seeking a Senior Professional Services Consultant to lead client-facing, end-to-end implementations of sales compensation solutions. You’ll design configurations, manage timelines, and coordinate with product, success, and sales teams in a fast-paced, startup-like environment.

You will leverage 6+ years in consulting or implementation, with strong data modeling and Excel skills, to deliver high-impact configurations and trusted outcomes for customers.

Qualifications

• Background in sales compensation and consulting practice.
• 6+ years of experience as a consultant or implementation professional.
• Strong data modeling and Excel-like skills.
• Excellent time management across multiple engagements.
• Customer-focused mindset with problem-solving instincts.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle CaptivateIQ implementations from requirements to go-live.
• Design system configurations to maximize modeling efficiency.
• Own project timelines and align with customers and stakeholders.
• Serve as the primary client-facing contact throughout the engagement.
• Scope new implementations or post-implementation services as needed.
• Lead the handoff to Customer Success at go-live for a smooth transition.
• Become an expert in CaptivateIQ and sales-commission structures.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Customer Success Managers, and Sales.
• Identify and elevate project or account risks before they impact timelines.
• Maintain billable utilization while balancing active work and team initiatives.
• Define and adopt team best practices to raise delivery quality.

Skills

Sales compensation

Consulting experience

Data modeling

Time management

Communication skills

SaaS experience

Tools

SQL

Job description

CaptivateIQ is transforming the way companies plan, manage, and optimize sales performance. We started by revolutionizing incentive compensation management, and now we're expanding our platform to solve broader sales planning challenges. Recognized by industry analysts like Forrester and G2 and backed by top-tier investors, including Sequoia, ICONIQ, Accel, and Sapphire Ventures, we empower high-growth companies like Netflix, Figma, and Stripe with the flexibility and insights needed to drive revenue performance.

Join a talented, fast-growing team committed to solving some of the most complex and impactful problems in sales performance management.

About the Role

CaptivateIQ's Professional Services team partners with customers after the deal closes to bring their sales compensation programs to life inside CaptivateIQ — from business requirements and comp plan design through data structure, build-out, UAT, and go-live, before handing off to Customer Success.

We're hiring a Senior Professional Services Consultant to join a growing team leading these implementations end-to-end. This is a client-facing role: you'll move fluidly between customer meetings and hands-on build work, owning the project timeline while managing customer expectations along the way. It's a strong fit for someone who thrives in ambiguity, enjoys solving complex compensation problems, and wants the pace and ownership of a fast-moving, startup environment.

What You'll Do

• Lead full-cycle CaptivateIQ implementations for customers — from business requirements documentation and comp plan design through data structure, build-out, configuration, UAT, and go-live.

• Design system configurations that maximize modeling efficiency and repeatability for each customer's comp plan.

• Own project timelines, prioritizing your own work and setting expectations with customers and internal stakeholders across multiple concurrent implementations.

• Serve as the primary client-facing point of contact throughout the implementation, building trust with customer admin teams.

• Scope new implementation or post-implementation services and support related negotiations as needed.

• Lead the handoff to Customer Success at go-live, ensuring a clean transition across cross-functional teams.

• Become an expert in CaptivateIQ and in sales commission structures, applying best-practice calculation design across a range of plan types.

• Collaborate with Product Managers, Customer Success Managers, and Sales throughout the engagement.

• Proactively identify and elevate project or account risks before they impact the customer or the timeline.

• Maintain billable utilization against your target, balancing active implementation work with team commitments and initiatives that drive broader organizational impact.

• Proactively define and adopt team best practices that raise the bar for delivery quality.

What You'll Bring

• Background in sales compensation — as a consultant, or as an administrator/practitioner using a comp tool in-house.

• 6+ years of experience as a consultant or implementation professional, with demonstrated project leadership (managing other consultants is not required).

• Strong grasp of data modeling, formulas, and spreadsheet/database tools (Excel or similar); comfort with object-oriented and relational data concepts.

• Excellent time management — able to move seamlessly between client meetings and hands-on build work, prioritizing across multiple engagements.

• Friendly, obsessively customer-focused, and service-oriented, with strong problem-solving instincts.

• Strong communication, analytical, and collaboration skills; comfortable working independently while knowing when to seek guidance.

• A startup mindset — comfortable with ambiguity in a fast-changing environment, with a clear sense of why that environment is the right fit for you.

• Background at a SaaS/technology company.

Nice to Have

• SQL experience.

• Experience with AI implementation.

• Experience with CaptivateIQ or a competitor's sales compensation software (e.g., Xactly, Varicent, SAP Commissions).

• Proficiency with CRMs (e.g., Salesforce) or ERPs (e.g., NetSuite).

$105,000 - $140,000 a year

The compensation offered for this position will depend on numerous factors, including individual proficiency, anticipated performance, and the location of the selected candidate. The OTE salary range for this role is$105,000 – $140,000. Compensation for candidates hired in Canada will be provided in Canadian dollars and may differ from the ranges listed above due to currency conversion. Our OTE salary is just one component of CaptivateIQ's competitive total rewards package, which also includes equity, comprehensive health benefits, and other perks and benefits.

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