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Coursedog

Manager, Implementation Services

🇺🇸 Remote - US

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $110K - $150K

💻 Customer Success

🗓️ October 28th, 2025

SaaS

Edtech.com's Summary

Coursedog is hiring a Manager, Implementation Services. This role involves co-managing a project management team responsible for product implementations, addressing complex customer needs, resolving escalations, and collaborating with multiple departments to enhance customer experience and operational efficiency.

Highlights
  • Manage and develop a team of 8-10 project managers focused on product implementations.
  • Drive process improvements and standardization by collaborating with cross-functional teams.
  • Leverage AI and automation tools to improve deployment efficiency and customer experience.
  • Work closely with Product, Engineering, Customer Success, and User Education teams to solve technical issues and strategize organizational improvements.
  • Focus on enhancing the customer journey to achieve high CSAT scores, product adoption, and retention.
  • Utilize PSA tools for project staffing, capacity planning, and forecasting team utilization and hiring needs.
  • Lead deployment forecasting to maintain strong project plan adherence and support company goals.
  • Require 3-5+ years customer-facing project management experience in SaaS and 1-2 years managing implementation services teams.
  • Familiarity with PSA tools and excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills are essential.
  • Compensation ranges from $110,000 to $150,000 per year with comprehensive benefits including healthcare, retirement plans, and paid parental leave.

Manager, Implementation Services Full Description

We are looking for a strong leader to co-manage our project management team, responsible for product implementations. You will directly manage 8-10 project managers and report to the Senior Director, Implementation Services. You will be responsible for solving complex customer needs, handling customer escalations, and growing and developing your team. This role requires deep understanding of our product suite and integration and involves both detailed support of our projects and customers, as well as higher level strategy. You will partner with the broader Customer Success team, Product, Engineering, Operations, and User Education to continuously improve efficiency and deliver incredible customer experiences. 

Key Responsibilities
  • Team Development: Conduct 1x1s, performance evaluations, facilitate career growth and professional development of the project management team.
  • Process Improvements: Collaborate internally with cross functional teams to improve processes, standardization, time to value, and the overall customer experience.
  • Automation: Consistently focused on finding new ways to drive efficiency with AI and tooling to create a better customer experience, faster deployment, and improve time to value.
  • Collaboration: Work closely with Product, Engineering, Customer Success and User Education to resolve complex technical issues, provide recommendations on product feature development, strategize on organizational improvements, achieve organizational and company-wide goals, and drive customer adoption.
  • Customer Focus: Continuously evaluate and proactively propose new ideas to improve the customer journey - resulting in a positive CSAT for implementation, high product adoption, and long term retention.
  • Project Staffing: Utilize PSA tool capacity planning models to appropriately staff projects and forecast team utilization and hiring needs.
  • Deployment Forecasting: Drive adherence to project plan maintenance resulting in strong quarterly and yearly forecasting of project launches to support company goal tracking and resourcing.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise
Required
  • 3-5+ years customer facing project management experience in a SaaS organization
  • 1-2 years managing an implementation services team
  • Familiarity with PSA tools for managing projects, time tracking, capacity planning, and forecasting
  • Driven self-starter with ownership mentality and a proven record of multi-tasking
  • Ability to communicate user experience, UI, technical issues, and business and product requirements clearly and succinctly verbally and in writing
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with a bias for action and a growth mindset
  • Thrives in a fast-paced environment with the flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and requirements
Preferred
  • Experience with Higher Education Technology is a plus
  • Proven track record of growing and scaling implementation teams is preferred

Working at Coursedog
Healthcare, Dental & Vision
We follow a fixed contribution model to ensure equity and transparency. Each employee receives the same annual dollar amount to allocate toward their medical, dental, and vision coverage. This empowers you to select the plan that best meets your needs — whether it’s a base-level plan or a more comprehensive option.

Depending on the selected coverage level, the company covers:
  • Employee-only coverage: 99% to 55% of monthly premiums
  • Employee + dependents: 77% to 43% of monthly premiums
We proudly partner with Aetna and Guardian, and offer access to best-in-class wellness perks including:
  • Spring Health (mental health support)
  • XP Health (vision benefits)
  • Carrot Fertility (family planning)
  • One Medical (primary care)
We also support pre-tax savings through Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).

Retirement Planning
To support long-term financial health, we offer a 401(k) plan from day one of employment.
Beginning January 1, 2026, we’ll provide a 4% employer match on your annual salary (subject to federal limits) for employees contributing to a tax-advantaged retirement account.

Paid Time Off

We trust our employees to manage their time responsibly. That’s why we offer an unlimited Paid Time Off policy — because flexibility and balance are critical for sustained excellence and personal well-being.

Remote-First Since Inception

We were built for distributed work. Our culture emphasizes flexibility over rigidity, outcomes over hours, and transparency over gatekeeping. We are committed to being a remote-first organization indefinitely, empowering you to work where and how you thrive best.

Equity
As a valued contributor to our collective success, you’ll participate in the upside. All employees are granted equity in the company, with vesting aligned to your role and tenure. Equity grants are reviewed and adjusted with promotions to reflect your evolving impact.

Paid Parental Leave
We proudly support working parents with industry-leading benefits.
  • Primary caregivers are eligible for 12 weeks of paid leave
  • Secondary caregivers receive 6 weeks of paid leave
This time is fully paid and available to all eligible employees regardless of gender or family structure.