Technical Project Manager

Get to Know Us:
It's fun to work in a company where people truly believe in what they're doing!
At BlackLine, we're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business of enterprise applications.
Since being founded in 2001, BlackLine has become a leading provider of cloud software that automates and controls the entire financial close process. Our vision is to modernize the finance and accounting function to enable greater operational effectiveness and agility, and we are committed to delivering innovative solutions and services to empower accounting and finance leaders around the world to achieve Modern Finance.
Being a best-in-class SaaS Company, we understand that bringing in new ideas and innovative technology is mission critical. At BlackLine we are always working with new, cutting edge technology that encourages our teams to learn something new and expand their creativity and technical skillset that will accelerate their careers.
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Make Your Mark:
The Technical Project Manager works with customers, partners and the BlackLine Implementation Team to drive small to medium projects to successful go live. The role is responsible for managing the relationship with the customer and partner teams throughout the engagement and is the main point-of-contact between customer/partner and BlackLine teams. They are also able to implement BlackLine's Financial Close modules including Smart Close and FRA for these Customers, acting effectively as an Implementation Consultant and a Project Manager for Projects.
You'll Get To:

• Manage multiple customers, partners and internal stakeholders to ensure the best outcome for both customers and BlackLine.
• Create plans for projects complete with budgetary information and resource needs.
• Outline project success criteria and communicate them to all stakeholders.
• Provide status reporting across leadership regarding project milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks and issues.
• Track and report project financials against estimate; Forecast project effort, escalate and resolve financial issues as they arise.
• Manage project scope, timeline and budget changes.
• Ensure that projects and programs are proceeding according to scope, schedule, budget and quality standards.
• Identify, manage and mitigate project risk
• Act as the escalation point when issues arise with the customer or partner on engagements.
• Reinforce appropriate implementation practices, templates, policies, and tools to ensure successful project delivery.
• Track deliverables using appropriate tools.
• Identify ways to upsell or cross-sell to increase revenue and build brand awareness.
• Complete other projects duties as assigned.
• Leads multiple concurrent implementation projects with general direction and standard implementation procedures.
• Coaches and consults with clients to advocate the features and functionality of BlackLine products during configuration in order to obtain buy-in and user adoption.
• Trains and advises clients to properly use appropriate products to best fit their individual needs based on best practices and use cases.
• Offers recommendations for improving system performance gaps and system options to increase efficiencies and achieve best practice standards.
• Produce Design documentation for Products within scope in line with BlackLine implementation best practice.

What You'll Bring:
Years of Experience in Related Field: 3+ years of experience of project management and 5+ years of experience working with business stakeholders within a cross-functional matrix environment.
Education: BA/BS
Technical/Specialized Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Proficient in MS Office and CRM/project management software.

Other:

• Strong organizational skills.
• Customer-oriented approach.
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.
• Sharp business acumen.
• Problem-solving aptitude.
• Proven ability to demonstrate a drive for results and accountability of business needs.
• Proven ability to work in an ambiguous environment and collaborate across multiple areas in order to achieve a common business objective.
• Demonstrate decisiveness in resolving business problems, making decisions and identifying priorities.

Thrive at BlackLine Because You Are Joining:

• A technology-based company with a sense of adventure and a vision for the future. Every door at BlackLine is open. Just bring your brains, your problem-solving skills, and be part of a winning team at the world's most trusted name in Finance Automation!
• A culture that is kind, open, and accepting. It's a place where people can embrace what makes them unique, and the mix of cultural backgrounds and varying interests cultivates diverse thought and perspectives.
• A culture where BlackLiner's continued growth and learning is empowered. BlackLine offers a wide variety of professional development seminars and inclusive affinity groups to celebrate and support our diversity.

BlackLine is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, race, ethnicity, age, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, ancestry, color, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, medical condition, genetic information, or any other protected class or category recognized by applicable equal employment opportunity or other similar laws
BlackLine recognizes that the ways we work and the workplace itself has shifted. We innovate in a workplace that optimizes a combination of virtual and in-person interactions to maximize collaboration and nurture our culture. Candidates who live within a reasonable commute to one of our offices will work in the office at least 2 days a week.
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