Senior Director of Implementation Management

COMPANY: Canoe Intelligence

WEBSITE: https://canoeintelligence.com/

TITLE: Senior Director of Implementation Management

LOCATION: New York City or Jacksonville, FL (hybrid)

SALARY: $180,000 - $200,000 base, plus bonus (based on NY, adjusted for other locations)

The Role

As the Senior Director of Implementation Management, you will manage a global team responsible for leading customers through the onboarding process for Canoe products. The onboarding process is a critical part of the customer journey and is the first step in achieving value from the Canoe solution. You will mentor and grow the team to meet and exceed key performance metrics in the areas of customer experience, time to value, product adoption, and team productivity.

The ideal candidate for this role is a seasoned leader with extensive experience leading software delivery projects for enterprise level financial institutions as well as defined repeatable SaaS onboarding projects.

What You’ll Do

• Leadership: Lead a team of Leaders, Project Managers, and Implementation Consultants in the planning, executing, and delivering implementation projects on time and within budget, ensuring adherence to project scope and objectives.
• Client Engagement: Act as an executive sponsor on projects and collaborate closely with clients, Relationship Managers, sales teams, and internal stakeholders to understand client requirements, define project deliverables, and manage expectations throughout the project lifecycle.
• Team Management: Mentor, coach, and develop the team providing guidance on project methodologies, best practices, and client relationship management.
• Resource Allocation: Manage resource allocation, workload balancing, and capacity planning for the team to optimize project delivery efficiency and effectiveness.
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate project risks, escalate issues as needed, and proactively address challenges to ensure successful project outcomes and client satisfaction.
• Process Improvement: Continuously assess and improve project management processes, tools, and methodologies to enhance efficiency, scalability, and quality of project delivery.
• Stakeholder Communication: Facilitate effective communication and collaboration among cross-functional teams, senior leadership, and clients to drive alignment, transparency, and project success.
• Performance Monitoring: Monitor project performance metrics, KPIs, and SLAs, provide regular status updates and reports to stakeholders, and drive accountability for project milestones and deliverables.
  
  

What We’re Looking For

10 years of professional experience leading an Implementation, Professional Service, Customer Success or Technical Account Management team within a fast-paced environment, startup, or SaaS organization.

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, or related field.

Strong leadership skills, with demonstrated experience in managing and developing high-performing teams.

A data-driven approach to developing, tracking and optimizing performance metrics.

Experience managing a large portfolio of projects at both an enterprise level (>$1M) and smaller repeatable projects (

Experience writing and negotiating Statements of Work

Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build and maintain strong relationships with clients and internal teams.

Analytical mindset, problem-solving skills, and the ability to navigate complex challenges and drive solutions in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

What You’ll Get

• Medical, dental, vision benefits
• Flexible PTO
• 401(k)
• Flexible work from home policy
• Home office stipend
• Employee Assistance Program
• Gym/Wifi reimbursement
• Education assistance
• Parental Leave
  
  

Our Values

• Client First —> Listen, and deliver client-centric solutions
• Be An Owner —> Take initiative, improve situations, drive positive outcomes
• Excellence —> Always set the highest standard for yourself and others
• Win Together —> 1 1 = 3
  
  

Who We Are

Canoe is reimagining alternative investment data processes for hundreds of leading institutional investors, capital allocators, asset servicing firms and wealth managers. By combining industry expertise with the most sophisticated data capture technologies, Canoe’s technology automates the highly-frustrating, time-consuming, and costly manual workflows related to alternative investment document and data management, extraction and delivery. With Canoe, clients can refocus capital and human resources on business performance and growth, increase efficiency, and gain deeper access to their data. Canoe’s AI-driven platform was developed in 2013 for Portage Partners LLC, a private investment firm.

Canoe is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

Our mission is to unlock efficiencies in alternative investment processes by introducing purpose-built automation into the workflows of institutional investors, asset servicers, capital allocators and wealth managers.