OpenGov

Manager I, Professional Services

OpenGov$110K — $125K *
Technical Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferred; people management experience highly desirable.
  • 3 years of project delivery experience in a SaaS setting.
  • Strong experience with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software.
  • Excellent communication skills with a focus on building trust with stakeholders.
  • Proven leadership skills emphasizing team culture and development.
  • Strategic problem-solving abilities with a track record of customer success.
  • Strong organizational skills; ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a team of Implementation Analysts and/or Consultants, promoting strong culture and accountability.
  • Oversee high-quality customer implementations, including data requirements and platform configuration.
  • Support troubleshooting of technical issues related to data and workflows.
  • Reinforce implementation standards and methodology for consistency and quality.
  • Provide hands-on support for complex projects and customer workflow optimization.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve customer processes and meet expectations.
  • Track team metrics and project health to ensure successful delivery of implementations.

Benefits

  • Support for professional development and training initiatives.
  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional engagement.
  • Opportunity to influence internal processes and product enhancements.
  • Potential for career growth within the implementation team.
  • Travel opportunities, approximately 25% of the time.
Full Job Description


Job Summary:

Under the supervision of a Professional Services Director or Sr. Manager, the Manager I will lead and support a team of Implementation Analysts and/or Implementation Consultants responsible for the successful deployment of OpenGov solutions. This role ensures that customer implementations are completed on time, within budget, and with high customer satisfaction. In addition to team leadership and project oversight, this role requires strong technical acumen, particularly in data preparation, workflow documentation, and product configuration. The Manager I will play a critical role in mentoring the team on technical problem-solving, ensuring quality implementation standards, and partnering cross-functionally to continuously improve delivery efficiency.

Responsibilities:
  • Lead, coach, and mentor a team of Implementation Analysts and/or Implementation Consultants, fostering strong team culture, accountability, and continuous development.
  • Drive execution of high-quality customer implementations by overseeing data requirements gathering, technical platform configuration, and administrator training.
  • Support team members in troubleshooting technical issues related to data formatting, system logic, and configuration workflows.
  • Ensure delivery consistency and quality by reinforcing implementation methodology, process documentation, and technical standards.
  • Provide hands-on support for complex projects, including advising on data transformation strategies and workflow optimization.
  • Understand customer pain points and partner with cross-functional teams to simplify, enhance and automate existing processes that will improve customer workflow.
  • Track and manage team utilization, delivery metrics, and project portfolio health to ensure successful outcomes across all implementations.
  • Apply sound judgment in balancing competing project priorities, customer needs, and internal resource availability
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Product, Engineering, and Customer Success to align customer expectations and streamline delivery.
  • Identify and mitigate risks across the portfolio, proactively escalating issues and developing resolution strategies.
  • Gather and share customer feedback to inform internal process improvements and influence product enhancements.
  • Support recruiting, onboarding, and training initiatives to scale the implementation team in alignment with business needs.


Requirements and Preferred Experience:
  • Bachelor's degree preferred or commensurate experience demonstrating the ability to perform the above responsibilities; Prior experience in a people management role is highly desirable.
  • 3 years of project delivery experience in a SaaS setting.
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software experience strongly preferred
  • Experience working with customers at all organizational levels with a high degree of professionalism and business acumen.
  • Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, with a focus on building trust with both internal teams and external customers.
  • Strong leadership skills, with emphasis on fostering team culture, accountability, development, and growth.
  • Strategic thinker with a history of effectively solving problems and tenaciously following through to ensure customer success.
  • Results-oriented with strong people and time management skills, highly organized, motivated and driven to succeed.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Ability to learn domain, products, and project delivery effectively.
  • Strong analytical thinking, systems perspective, and the ability to understand and model customer workflows.
  • Ability to understand and articulate product configuration requirements, process logic, and architecture, as well as build and deliver functional presentations.
  • Teamwork-oriented with a strong focus on customer satisfaction and business development.
  • High standards of excellence in work product with strong attention to detail.
  • Capacity to adapt to evolving products and address customer needs strategically.
  • Strong track record of motivating self and teams toward excellence.
  • Demonstrated ability to balance profitability with customer-service mindset.
  • Strong Excel skills, including using Functions/Formulas to format data such as v-lookup, pivot tables, error- checking, and developing properly formatted reports.
  • ETL tools, ETL report creation, macros and visual basic are not required, but highly desirable.
  • Experience delivering training or support to end users in government or regulated environments..
  • Experience with government budgeting concepts, finance/budgeting solutions, procurement, permitting, licensing, asset management or other related fields is advantageous.
  • Ability to travel approximately 25% of the time


Compensation:

Chicago, IL: $110,000 - $125,000

On target ranges above include base plus a portion of variable compensation that is earned based on company and individual performance.

The final compensation will be determined by a number of factors such as qualifications, expertise, and the candidate's geographical location.

About OpenGov

OpenGov is a cloud-based software company that provides financial transparency and budgeting solutions for the public sector. The company's platform allows governments to streamline their budgeting processes, track performance metrics, and share financial data with the public. OpenGov was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.
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500 employees
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Founded
2012

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