Senior Implementation Manager

Work Force Software, an ADP company, is hiring a Senior Implementation Manager.

Location:

3 days in office and 2 days from home. This role can be based at any of our offices in Milton Keynes, Bristol, Cheadle, or Staines.

As a Senior
Implementation Manager
, you will be responsible for leading a team of professional consultants and project managers supporting the implementation process for new clients. You will carry the Work Force Software (WFS) relationship forward after a sale and enable the first interaction between Work Force’s largest clients and our industry-leading HR solutions. You will build relationships with clients and seamlessly implement our technologies to ensure your clients achieve long‑term success.

You will ensure contractual responsibilities, and timelines are met for complex projects of all sizes while holding our internal resources accountable.

The Senior Implementation Manager partners closely with clients to understand evolving business requirements and ensure consulting teams deliver high‑quality solutions that maximize client value, adoption, and operational efficiency. This role combines client relationship management, delivery oversight, team leadership, and execution accountability. You will be responsible for establishing and managing clients’ expectations, changes or gaps in delivery and mitigate issues that may interfere with project success.

Still, every day will be different because you will meet clients within different geographies and industries. The solutions you provide will differ based on the clients’ unique needs. Our top‑ranked training will help to set you up for success!

To thrive in this role, you demonstrate honesty and compassion for clients’ needs. You can balance the client and internal teams’ needs to deliver projects on time while mitigating staffing risks and meeting financial objectives. Pace should not scare you. We also have a healthy dose of fun. Not only can you find a career here but friendships that last in a company that values inclusion.

• Oversee a portfolio of clients ensuring strong retention, satisfaction, and long‑term partnership growth.
• Function as a strategic partner to clients, aligning solutions with business goals to increase adoption and realized value.
• Provide escalation management and resolution leadership for client delivery concerns.
• Lead client governance discussions that proactively address risks, identify growth opportunities, and reinforce account stability.
• Partner with teams on Statements of Work and change orders, ensuring accurate scoping, profitability, and margin optimization.
• Collaborate internally by possessing an effective, diplomatic, and influential communication style to achieve support while implementing positive and successful change initiatives.
• Build a high‑performing, engaged team culture through coaching, development, and performance management.
• Monitor and manage billable utilization, labor mix, and delivery costs to protect and improve margins while meeting contractual commitments.

• Oversee a portfolio of clients ensuring strong retention, satisfaction, and long‑term partnership growth.
• Function as a strategic partner to clients, aligning solutions with business goals to increase adoption and realized value.
• Provide escalation management and resolution leadership for client delivery concerns.
• Lead client governance discussions that proactively address risks, identify growth opportunities, and reinforce account stability.
• Partner with teams on Statements of Work and change orders, ensuring accurate scoping, profitability, and margin optimization.
• Collaborate internally by possessing an effective, diplomatic, and influential communication style to achieve support while implementing positive and successful change initiatives.
• Build a high‑performing, engaged team culture through coaching, development, and performance management.
• Monitor and manage billable utilization, labor mix, and delivery costs to protect and improve margins while meeting contractual commitments.

• 10+ years of people management, strong…