Engagement Principal

WorkSpan, Inc.

$120K — $150K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in customer-facing roles like Consulting or Engagement Management
  • Experience engaging with C-level stakeholders
  • Expert in large-scale SaaS and ecosystem transformations
  • Strong communication and facilitation skills
  • Strategic mindset for translating business needs
  • Ability to thrive in fast-paced, collaborative settings
  • Hands-on experience with CRM integrations, especially Salesforce.

Responsibilities

  • Lead complex customer programs from scoping through to hyper-care.
  • Establish clear plans and criteria across various implementation tracks.
  • Proactively manage risks and maintain production readiness.
  • Oversee CRM implementations, focusing on integration and configuration.
  • Coordinate user acceptance testing and manage post-launch support.
  • Facilitate stakeholder communication and conduct regular business reviews.
  • Develop enablement documentation and mentor team members.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional growth and mentorship.
  • Dynamic, fast-paced work environment.
  • Collaboration across cross-functional teams.
  • Impactful role with significant customer interaction.
  • Chance to shape and standardize implementation practices.
Full Job Description
  • We're looking for an Engagement Principal to lead complex, high-impact customer engagements across the WorkSpan platform. In this strategic role, you'll serve as a trusted advisor to our customers and internal teams, ensuring successful implementations, stakeholder alignment, and long-term value delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Program Leadership & Governance
    • Orchestrate complex customer programs from scoping to go-live to hyper-care; run weekly status, exec SteerCo, and RAID management.
    • Establish clear plans, dependencies, and acceptance criteria across co-sell, marketplace, ecosystem, and AI enablement tracks.
    • Proactively escalate risks, secure decisions, and maintain momentum toward production readiness.
  • Technical Implementation Oversight
    • Lead CRM/package implementations (Salesforce managed package installs, Dynamics 365, HubSpot) including SSO, permission sets, and environment promotion.
    • Assist in configuration of partner integrations and marketplaces (AWS ACE, Azure/Microsoft Partner Center, Google Partner Advantage; private offers and IAM/CF stacks, Vector IDs, API prerequisites).
    • Direct field mapping, validation rules, SFDC auto-create flows, and referral automation triggers
  • Customer Outcomes & Adoption
    • Define UAT/production smoke testing strategy; coordinate defect triage and regression; manage hyper-care.
    • Stand up reporting (e.g., Book of Business dashboards), weekly digests, and operational alerts to drive usage.
    • Align on phased rollout (pilot users, teams, partners); ensure enablement, SOPs, and change management are in place.
  • Stakeholder Communication & Executive Alignment
    • Set expectation baselines, handle escalations, and run monthly/quarterly business reviews.
    • Translate business goals to technical workstreams; publish concise recaps, decisions, and next steps.
  • Enablement & Documentation
    • Assist with quick-start guides, UAT scenarios, and SOPs for sales and partner teams.
    • Identify doc/product gaps and coordinate with Product/Engineering for closure.
    • Mentor internal team members and help scale delivery frameworks
  • Product Feedback & Continuous Improvement
    • Channel customer requirements into prioritized backlogs.
    • Standardize implementation assets (mapping templates, test plans, governance cadences) across accounts.

Qualifications:

  • 7+ years of experience in customer-facing roles such as Consulting, Professional Services, or Engagement Management
  • Strong executive presence and experience managing C-level stakeholders
  • Expertise in leading large-scale SaaS implementations or ecosystem transformation projects
  • Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills
  • Strategic thinker with the ability to translate business needs into platform solutions
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with cross-functional teams
  • Hands-on CRM integration experience (Salesforce required; Dynamics 365 strong plus; HubSpot nice-to-have).

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