Implementation Specialist

Summary

Join Smartsheet as a Senior Implementation Specialist and guide launch customers through successful product adoption. Collaborate with Sales, Customer Success, Training, and Consulting teams to ensure smooth implementations and faster adoption rates. Lead multiple concurrent engagements, designing and building Smartsheet solutions tailored to client needs. Maintain deep technical knowledge of Smartsheet products and identify expansion opportunities. Advise on best practices and meet key performance indicators. Mentor team members and foster growth in customer adoption. This full-time position reports to a Manager of Solution Services in Costa Rica and offers teleworking options.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of relevant work experience and education (minimum 3-5 years)
• Hands-on working experience in the configuration, customization, and implementation of SaaS applications
• Project Management skills: timeline, scope management, project execution
• Strong foundation in the development of spreadsheet formulas (Excel, Google Sheets, Smartsheet, etc) and logic
• Experience collaborating with customers to understand business requirements and translate them into a SaaS based solution
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical subjects to non-technical end user personnel
• Experience with problem solving and risk resolution
• Highly motivated and resourceful team-player
• High level of motivation, self-starter, excellent at follow-up, team-player with ability to deliver within defined timelines in order to promote a collaborative environment and superior team performance
• Ability to build trusted relationships with customers and effectively communicate with them about the engagement and if there are potential risks/blockers in a proactive way
• Strong communication skills (written, verbal, presentation), with the ability to explain technical subjects to non-technical end user personnel in large enterprises
• Passion for working with leading edge, web-based technologies and a desire to deeply understand Smartsheet’s benefits, use cases, and business and technical elements
• Demonstrated ability to succeed in a fast-paced, dynamic, growth-oriented environment with the ability to quickly adjust between clients and use cases
• Hands-on working experience in the configuration, customization, and implementation of SaaS applications

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple (15-20) concurrent engagements to implement Smartsheet across a variety of client industries and use cases, ensuring your clients are gaining the most value from the Smartsheet platform
• Collaborate with customer stakeholders to drive timelines, manage scope, and change requests
• Design, demonstrate, and build Smartsheet solutions that fit within new & existing customer business needs
• Gain and maintain deep technical knowledge of Smartsheet including premium products
• Identify product and services expansion opportunities for Smartsheet with the customer's user base
• Serve as an advisor on best practices and capabilities of the Smartsheet platform at scale across a variety of industries and business functions
• Meet or exceed key performance indicator (KPI) targets aligned to the role
• Accomplish other tasks as assigned
• Implement packaged solutions from the Services Catalog in an accelerated time to value manner
• Advise and prescribe best practices for solution implementation within the context of the package
• Recommend tangential solutions and scalability to propel the customer along the Customer Journey map, leveraging all Professional Services offerings
• Expand upon best practice package designs and help evolve the Catalog offerings
• Act as a mentor to your team fostering growth and efficiency in customer adoption
• Navigate customer conversations, trial new techniques to enhance your soft skills and engagement leadership capabilities, to become a trusted partner and advisor to your customers business problems
• Accomplish other tasks as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• Business process optimization experience
• Experience with Agile project management methodologies and/or software development lifecycle methodologies
• Management or Technology Consulting experience

Benefits

• Fully paid Health & Life insurance for full-time employees and family members
• Monthly stipend to support your work and productivity
• Asociacion Solidarista with employee and employer contributions as well as potential alliances with entities such as universities, gyms, etc
• 12 days paid Vacation + Flexible Time Away Program
• 20 weeks fully paid Maternity Leave
• 12 weeks fully paid Paternity/Adoption Leave
• Personal paid Volunteer Day to support our community
• Opportunities for professional growth and development including access to Udemy online courses
• Company Funded Perks including a counseling membership and your own personal Smartsheet account
• Teleworking options from any registered location in Costa Rica (role specific)