Sr Professional Services Manager (Implementation Manager)

LM Wind Power / GE; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with employer match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

PTO & company holidays

Remote work

Job summary

First Advantage seeks a Sr. Professional Services Manager (Implementation) to lead complex enterprise deployments from discovery through go-live and stabilization. You will translate customer requirements into practical solutions, align internal teams, and drive time-to-revenue while ensuring quality and outcomes.

This 100% remote role in the United States requires travel up to 25% and close collaboration with Sales, Product, Technology, and Customer Success teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years leading complex enterprise implementations or professional services in B2B SaaS.
• Strong discovery, requirements gathering, scope and risk management, and launch readiness.
• Ability to translate integrations, APIs, data exchange, and configuration into business insights.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise implementations from discovery to go-live and transition to Customer Success.
• Translate customer needs into scalable, implementable solutions and guide stakeholder decisions.
• Plan, scope, milestones, and ownership with clear success measures and risk controls.

Skills

Project leadership

Customer onboarding

Stakeholder management

B2B SaaS

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

Tools

ATS/HRIS systems

Job description

## Sr Professional Services Manager (Implementation Manager)Apply: US\\_Remote: Full time: Posted Today: R10508At 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 **Sr. Professional Services Manager** (Implementation) you will be the connective tissue between customer requirements and successful onboarding to the First Advantage program. Owning complex enterprise 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 senior, 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 complex enterprise 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.* Mentor peers by sharing expertise, providing practical guidance, and supporting their growth in implementation leadership, customer engagement, and problem-solving.* 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.* 7+ years leading complex enterprise 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!**What Are You Waiting For? Apply Today!** You have learned a little about us today – we want to learn about you! If you think this position and our company are a great fit for your areas of interest and expertise, tell us about you by applying now! ***The salary range for this position is approximately $100- 125K 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.*#LI-LR1