**To be considered for this position, candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without the need for employer sponsorship now or in the future.** The **Senior** **Implementation Manager** is client-facingand leads the end-to-end delivery of SavvyMoney's Lending and Deposit product implementations for our financial institution Partners. From post-sale kickoff through go-live, this role is the primary point of accountability, translating Partner business goals into configured, integrated, and tested solutions across a complex ecosystem of core banking systems, digital banking Strategic Partners, credit bureaus, and ancillary vendors. **Key responsibilities include -** **Project Lifecycle Management** - Drive decisions, escalations, and accountability across internal and Partner teams. Own end-to-end delivery of Lending and Deposit implementations, averaging four months from kickoff through go-live, with two to three concurrent Partner projects. - Maintain project plans, risk logs, and status reporting for internal leadership and Partner stakeholders. **Partner Relationship Management** - Serve as the primary point of contact for Partner executives, product owners, compliance leads, and technical resources. - Lead discovery, requirements workshops, configuration reviews, and go-live readiness checkpoints. - Communicate progress, risks, and tradeoffs in terms that resonate with both business and technical audiences. **Technical Delivery and Integrations** - Learn each Partner's technology stack, including core banking, loan origination, digital banking, credit bureaus, and identity and fraud vendors. - Coordinate integrations with Strategic Partners and third-party providers, managing dependencies, credentials, and testing windows. **Cross-Functional Collaboration** - Own clean handoffs from Sales into delivery and from delivery into post-launch support. - Surface Partner feedback to Product and Engineering to influence roadmap priorities. - Contribute to playbooks, templates, and process improvements that strengthen the Operations function. - Communicates clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing. **Skills & Experience** - Experience: 5+ years in client-facing implementation, project management, or technical account management, preferably in fintech, banking technology, or enterprise SaaS serving financial institutions. - Domain Expertise: Working knowledge of lending (consumer, auto, credit card, personal loan) and deposit (checking, savings, CD, money market) products and the systems behind them. - Technical Skills: Comfort with REST/JSON APIs, file-based integrations, data mappings, and configuration specs. Experience coordinating integrations across core banking, LOS, digital banking, or CRM platforms. - Tools and Platforms: - Atlassian (Jira and Confluence) for ticket tracking, project management, and documentation. - Smartsheet for project plans, dashboards, and executive reporting. - AI tools such as Claude to accelerate documentation, communications, and analysis. Curiosity about applying AI to improve delivery is strongly valued. - Soft Skills: Direct, results-oriented communicator with strong ownership, sound judgment under incomplete information, and the ability to adapt across executive, technical, and operational audiences. - Education: Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Finance, or related field, or equivalent experience. **Base salary** The annual base salary for this position is $115,000.00 and $125,000.00 based on experience and geography + Annual Bonus Potential **Additionally we provide** - Equity Compensation Package - Flexible Time Off (FTO) - take time off as needed to rest and recharge. - Medical, Dental, Vision - 100% premium paid for employee - Disability/Life Insurance - Opportunity for learning and career growth with a top Bay Area technology company - Reimbursement for remote work setup - Monthly stipend for phone and internet - Team building events, culture activities, all hands events - Paid time off to volunteer and serve the community - Half day Fridays - 401k matching contribution - Beautiful California East Bay offices in Dublin, CA