IT Implementation Lead & Product Specialist
Warrenville, IL - USA
Job Summary
Position Summary
An IT Implementation Lead & Product Specialist serves as the strategic subject matter expert bridging the gap between product development sales marketing and customer support. This role must possess a unique blend of project management and implementation skills alongside the big-picture vision to execute projects effectively. As a subject matter expert you will work directly with clients to analyze business operations identify functionality gaps and recommend solutions that align with implementation best practices. A major emphasis of this position is conducting comprehensive product demonstrations and delivering high-quality client training to prepare customers for successful system rollouts and ensure maximum product adoption. You will be responsible for planning rollouts creating training documentation and driving large-scale concurrent projects with a high degree of collaboration all while empowering clients through robust education and enablement.
Responsibilities
Implementation & Project Management:
- Oversee progress on all active implementation projects assisting project managers to remain on schedule and within budget.
- Gather required information from the client to evaluate objectives scope and goals to create a feasible implementation solution.
- Create workflows documenting the solution and manage define and document risks along with mitigation strategies.
- Identify causes of project delay and collaborate with the Project Manager and business teams to identify and implement workflow improvements that streamline processes.
- Create regular summary reports of project activity including weekly updates and long-term progress highlights.
Client & Stakeholder Management:
- Manage communications and relationships with clients internal stakeholders and external vendors.
- Understand client strategy and comfortably influence stakeholders to articulate concepts challenges and complexities while driving best practices.
Product Specialization & Training:
- Demonstrate system features to clients teaching them how to use their new systems to ensure a successful rollout.
- Serve as the in-house product expert thoroughly understanding product features edge cases and limitations.
- Cross-collaborate with engineering QA and product managers to test new features troubleshoot technical bugs and translate customer feedback into future product improvements.
- Develop training materials and standard operating procedures (SOPs) to train internal go-to-market teams and external customer resources.
- Identify ongoing training needs evaluate training effectiveness by assessing the application of learning to job performance and recommend future development programs.
- Prepare and maintain internal and external product documentation product specs and knowledge bases.
Qualifications :
- Education & Experience: Bachelors degree in a related discipline with 5-7 years of relevant work experience or a comparable number of years of applicable experience.
- Project Management: Strong project management and implementation skills with a proven ability to drive large-scale projects.
- Technical Aptitude: Deep product knowledge with a strong technical aptitude including familiarity with DAM CMS product management tools and the full product lifecycle. Experience with Aproove Workfront or Censhare applications is a plus.
- Problem Solving: Ability to independently evaluate processes analyze complex problems using broad work experience and consistently identify critical elements to develop effective solutions.
- Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to modify communication style (formal and informal) to match the appropriate audience level.
- Travel: This role requires travel up to approximately 20%
Additional Information :
RRDs current salary range for this role is $78700 to $125900 / year. The salary range may be adjusted based on the applicable geographic location of the hired employee and the range may change in the future. At RRD it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions may vary based upon but not limited to education skills experience proficiency performance shift and location. Depending on the role in addition to base salary the total compensation package may also include participation in a bonus commission or incentive program. RRDs benefit offerings include medical dental and vision coverage paid time off disability insurance 401(k) with company match life insurance and other voluntary supplemental insurance coverages plus parental leave adoption assistance tuition assistance and employer/partner discounts.
All employment offers are contingent upon the successful completion of both a pre-employment background and drug screen.
RRD is an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability/veterans
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Full-time
About Company
RRD is a leading global provider of marketing, packaging, print, and supply chain solutions that elevate engagement across the complete customer journey. The company offers the industrys most trusted portfolio of creative execution and world-wide business process consulting, with ser ... View more