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Enterprise Implementation Manager

Handshake

San Francisco, CA · HybridFull-time$140–175K/yrPosted 4 days agoStill listed 3 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$140–175K/yr
Location
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Handshake seeks an Implementation Manager for Employer Customer Success to lead enterprise and strategic customer onboarding during the first 60–90 days after sale. Reporting to the Director of Customer Success, the role builds trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, aligns employers on goals, and creates scalable onboarding practices that help partners launch with a clear plan and path to success.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Customer SuccessCustomer EducationOnboardingImplementationProject ManagementExecutive CommunicationRelationship BuildingTime ManagementData-Informed Decision MakingProblem SolvingListeningCross-Functional CollaborationProcess Development

Qualifications

5+ Years Customer-Facing Experience

Benefits

401(k) Match
Parental Leave
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

About Handshake Handshake was founded on a simple belief that everyone deserves a path to a great career, regardless of where they went to school or who they know. Today, we power 25 million job seekers, 1 million+ employers, and 1,600 educational institutions. In 2025, we started Handshake AI and built the fastest-growing AI data business in history. We work directly with frontier AI lab researchers to create evaluations, publish benchmarks, and push the boundary of data. We’ve grown from $0 to ~$1B run rate and pay ~$60M to over 30K individuals every month. Why join Handshake now:

  • Shape how every career evolves in the AI economy, at global scale, with impact your friends, family and peers can see and feel

  • Partner hand-in-hand with world-class AI labs, Fortune 500 partners and the world’s top educational institutions

  • Work together with engineers, scientists, operators, and more from Palantir, Meta, Scale AI, and former YC founders

  • Build a massive, fast-growing business with billions in revenue

About the Role As the Implementation Manager for Employer Customer Success, you’ll be the first touchpoint after the sale, reporting to the Director of Customer Success. You’ll help build a scalable onboarding function that delights our enterprise & strategic customers in their first 60-90 days with Handshake. Your focus is building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and aligning employers on their goals, so every partner launches with a clear plan and a path to success.

  • Launch enterprise & strategic employers through kick-off calls, product set-up, & implementation checklists that drive adoption in the first 60-90 days

  • Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders to translate business goals into clear success metrics & implementation plans

  • Train & coach employer partners on early talent best practices & workflows to accelerate time to value

  • Use data to refine implementation strategies & build SOPs that scale onboarding across the team

Desired Capabilities

  • 5+ years in a customer-facing role with project management experience (customer success, customer education, onboarding, or implementation)

  • Excellent executive-level communication skills, written & verbal, with customers & internal stakeholders

  • Proven track record of building relationships & trust quickly with senior stakeholders

  • Strong project & time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple implementations at once

  • Data-informed approach, with the ability to communicate outcomes in a compelling & tangible way

  • Flexible, creative problem solver who is scrappy, curious, & finds another way when one door closes

  • A good listener who works well across multiple teams & departments

  • Bias for action, with a willingness to roll up your sleeves regardless of title

Extra Credit

  • Prior implementation & project management experience

  • Experience creating & rolling out new processes

Perks Handshake delivers benefits that help you feel supported—and thrive at work and in life. The below benefits are for full-time US employees. 🎯 Ownership: Equity in a fast-growing company 💰 Financial Wellness: 401(k) match, competitive compensation, financial coaching 🍼 Family Support: Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, parental coaching 💝 Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision, mental health support, wellness stipend 📚 Growth: Learning stipend, ongoing development 💻 Remote & Office: Internet, commuting, and free lunch/gym in our SF office 🏝 Time Off: Flexible PTO, 15 holidays + 2 flex days 🤝 Connection: Team outings & referral bonuses Explore our mission, values, and comprehensive US benefits at joinhandshake.com/careers.

How this job compares

Set against the 636 open Implementation Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$140–175K/yr
  • California median$135–262K/yr80 salary ranges
  • US median$135–262K/yr527 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $158K, is 21% below the California median midpoint ($200K) — in the middle half of Implementation Manager salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 89 open Implementation Manager jobs in California and 636 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
Implementation Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 4 to 7 years (586 postings).
Education
312 of the 636 open Implementation Manager jobs (49%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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