Implementation Manager, Essentials

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Implementation Manager owning high-volume SaaS implementations for First Due, whose software helps fire and EMS agencies operate safer and smarter. Configuring modules, driving adoption, and transitioning customers to success.

Responsibilities:

  • Own end-to-end delivery of a large book of concurrent Essentials implementations from sales transition through configuration, go-live, and Customer Success transition
  • Build and maintain projects in Rocketlane against the standard Essentials milestone structure
  • Prioritize and sequence the portfolio so anchor modules land first and engagements do not stall
  • Run structured escalation and recovery for at-risk or unresponsive engagements
  • Validate sales transition, contracted scope, module list, and expectations before kickoff
  • Personally configure the majority of purchased modules for each agency
  • Convert agency operational and regulatory requirements into working configuration and validate functionality before go-live
  • Route advanced modules to specialist Implementation Consultants and coordinate their work
  • Deliver guided live configuration and drive self-service enablement through the learning platform and webinars
  • Coach lean, volunteer, and combination agency staff through adoption
  • Coordinate CAD and dispatch integration work, including discovery of dispatch capability, budget, and data quality
  • Execute documented transition to Customer Success, including open items, launch risk, and adoption gaps
  • Use First Due AI tooling for status drafting, meeting summaries, action capture, and first-pass configuration and discovery preparation
  • Validate AI-assisted output and handle customer data according to First Due standards
  • Maintain accurate Rocketlane project records, escalation logs, assignments, go-live data, and value-realization records

Requirements:

  • Four or more years of customer-facing implementation, professional services, or configuration experience in a SaaS environment
  • Direct hands-on ownership of product configuration
  • Ability to carry a high volume of concurrent projects
  • Strong public safety industry knowledge, especially fire service and EMS operations
  • Project management discipline, including scheduling, milestone and risk tracking, structured status, and documented escalation
  • Ability to drive customer adoption and usage
  • Comfort configuring software across a broad functional footprint and learning new modules quickly
  • Demonstrated use of AI tooling within a delivery workflow, with human validation judgment
  • Excellent written and verbal communication
  • Experience with Rocketlane or a comparable professional services delivery platform
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft 365, including Outlook, Teams, Word, and Excel
  • Ability to travel up to 10 percent
  • Must be authorized to work for any US employer in the United States
  • Must successfully pass a criminal background check
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience is preferred, not required
  • No employment visa sponsorship or sponsorship transition available

Benefits:

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • FSA/HSA
  • 401(k)
  • Flexible PTO
  • Fully remote workplace
  • Technology stipend
  • Opportunities for advancement
  • Travel to customer sites, team events, and company offsites up to 10 percent
  • Reasonable accommodation during the interview process and employment
  • Equal opportunity, diversity, and inclusivity commitments