5+ years managing customer-facing SaaS implementations or 3+ years with a master's degree, handling multiple projects simultaneously.
Strong knowledge of public safety operations, including fire, EMS, and law enforcement.
Proven track record in managing project plans, timelines, and scope with multiple contributors.
Ability to drive outcomes through matrixed teams without direct authority.
Comfortable with data analysis, including integration and migration risk assessment.
Experience with project management tools and Microsoft 365 applications.
Excellent communication skills for concise reporting and stakeholder engagement.
Responsibilities
Own a portfolio of 40+ concurrent Core implementations from contract to go-live and handoff.
Maintain up-to-date project documentation in Rocketlane for transparency and accountability.
Lead customer kickoffs, setting clear expectations and action items tailored to agency needs.
Conduct bi-weekly check-ins on new projects and monthly on upsells to identify and resolve blockers.
Customize project plans to fit agency operations, including governance and budget cycles.
Direct the work of various teams without direct authority, ensuring commitment to timelines.
Identify and communicate product and process gaps to leadership, proposing solutions for improvement.
Benefits
Remote work opportunity within the US.
Autonomous role with significant ownership of project delivery.
Engagement with a diverse portfolio of public safety implementations.
Opportunity to influence internal processes and improvements.
Collaboration with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment.
Full Job Description
Job Title: Implementation Manager, Core
Location: Remote - US Only Country: United States Department: Professional Services Reports To: Director, Professional Services Position Type: Full-Time Salary: $100,000 Job Summary:
The Core Implementation Manager (Core IM) is the sole owner of a portfolio of roughly 40+ First Due Core implementations, typically multi-module engagements. These standard and moderately complex projects carry real configuration complexity and frequently include CAD integration and historical data migration, requiring disciplined project management, strong customer command, and the ability to direct several internal specialists toward a single go-live date.
The Core IM owns the customer relationship and every project in the portfolio from contract signature through go-live and handoff to Customer Success, and is accountable for planned duration, scope, risk, customer communication, and time to value. This is a fully autonomous role: you are self-directed on all delivery decisions inside the signed SOW and involve leadership only on commercial and relationship exceptions. Core delivery runs on a paired model: the Implementation Manager owns the project, the assigned Implementation Consultant owns module configuration and functional product depth, and Technical Services owns integration and data migration execution. Key Responsibilities:
Own a full portfolio of roughly 40+ concurrent Core implementations from contract signature through go-live and handoff to Customer Success, consistently holding planned duration below team goal.
Keep Rocketlane, the system of record, current always (plans, timelines, milestones, task status, owners, and dates) so any colleague can open a project and know exactly where it stands. Complete documentation and exit gates on time, not retroactively.
Lead customer kickoffs with command: set clear expectations, correct unrealistic assumptions in the room, and close with an agreed action list, owners, and dates. Adapt the agenda to each agency's politics and readiness based on Discovery.
Run a progress cadence of at least bi-weekly check-ins on new acquisition projects and monthly on upsells, using each one to find and remove the real blocker rather than read status.
Tailor each plan to the agency's operational reality, including shift patterns, governance and approval cycles, budget calendars, and go-live blackout windows. Own multi-module sequencing, phasing, and dependency decisions across the platform.
Direct and sequence the work of Implementation Consultants, Technical Services, Integrations, Support, and Product without direct authority, securing commitment on dates. Module configuration is owned by the assigned Implementation Consultant.
Proactively surface product gaps, process gaps, communication silos, and methodology friction to leadership with supporting specifics and a proposed fix, and help own internal improvement efforts.
Qualifications:
This is a remote role, but the person hired must live in the US.
5+ years of experience managing customer-facing SaaS implementations (or 3+ years plus a master's degree), including a portfolio of multiple concurrent projects.
Strong public safety industry knowledge, including how fire, EMS, or law enforcement agencies operate and how decisions are made inside them.
Demonstrated ownership of project plans, timelines, risk management, escalation recovery, and scope discipline, including change orders, on projects with multiple internal contributors.
Proven ability to drive delivery outcomes through matrixed contributors without direct reporting authority.
Working data literacy: comfortable reading record counts, spotting bad mappings, and assessing integration and migration risk.
Experience with implementation project management tooling.
Proficiency with Microsoft 365, including Teams, Outlook, SharePoint, and Excel.
Excellent written and verbal communication, including concise, actionable follow-ups, status reporting an executive stakeholder can act on, and delivering bad news early with a recommended path.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience working to billable utilization targets in a professional services organization.
PMP, CAPM, or equivalent project management credential.
Experience with fire, EMS, or law enforcement records management, CAD systems, or emergency services software.
Working knowledge of Salesforce.
Experience in a high-growth SaaS environment with evolving methodology and tooling.
