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Implementation Consultant

Location: Remote within Canada Employment

Type: Full-Time (40 hours/week)

About the Role

As an Implementation Consultant, you will play a key role in ensuring customers successfully adopt and realize value from our software. You will guide clients through onboarding, configuration, training, testing, and go-live activities while providing best-practice recommendations throughout the implementation process.

You will work closely with customers and cross-functional teams, including Customer Success, Product, Support, and Development, to deliver a seamless implementation experience and drive long-term customer satisfaction.

What You'll Do

Customer Onboarding & Implementation

  • Lead assigned customer implementations from kickoff to go-live.
  • Gather customer requirements and support solution configuration.
  • Coordinate implementation activities, timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
  • Assist with data migration validation, system setup, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
  • Ensure project milestones and implementation standards are consistently met.

Training & Customer Enablement

  • Conduct virtual and onsite training sessions for administrators and end users.
  • Develop and maintain customer training materials, guides, and documentation.
  • Assess customer readiness for deployment and adoption.
  • Monitor training effectiveness and recommend improvements to onboarding programs.

Customer Relationship Management

  • Serve as a primary point of contact throughout the implementation process.
  • Provide proactive communication and project status updates.
  • Troubleshoot customer questions and coordinate resolutions with internal teams.
  • Advise customers on best practices and workflow optimization.

Process Improvement

  • Create and maintain implementation processes, templates, and documentation.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across the Professional Services team.
  • Provide feedback to Product and Development teams based on customer needs and implementation experiences.

Collaboration

  • Partner closely with Customer Success, Support, Product, and Development teams.
  • Contribute to team knowledge sharing and process enhancements.
  • Assist colleagues with implementation planning and customer onboarding initiatives.

Requirements

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in SaaS implementations, onboarding, customer success, professional services, software training, or related customer-facing roles.
  • Experience managing multiple projects or customer engagements simultaneously.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills.
  • Ability to build strong customer relationships and influence stakeholders.
  • Comfortable learning and explaining technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
  • Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience implementing SaaS, ERP, CRM, HRIS, association management, or business software solutions.
  • Project management experience or exposure to implementation methodologies.
  • Experience delivering software training or customer enablement programs.
  • Experience supporting software integrations or data migration activities.
  • Post-secondary education in Business, Information Technology, or a related field.

Success Factors

  • Customer Focus
  • Communication & Influence
  • Problem Solving
  • Time Management
  • Adaptability
  • Collaboration
  • Accountability
  • Continuous Learning
  • Results Orientation

Additional Requirements

  • Ability to travel periodically within Canada and the United States as required.
  • Valid passport and ability to travel internationally when needed.
  • Criminal background check required.

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