Senior Engagement 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:
As a Senior Engagement Manager, you are an experienced leader responsible for the successful delivery of our largest and most complex customer-facing projects. You are accountable for orchestrating the efforts of cross-functional teams to ensure we deliver on our commitments, on time and within budget. You will establish and lead project governance, including steering committees with senior customer stakeholders, and serve as the primary point of accountability for the success of these high-visibility engagements. This is a senior individual contributor role focused on complex project delivery and senior stakeholder management, with no direct reports.
You'll Get To:

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex, multi-workstream projects for large Enterprise customers.
• Establish and direct project governance, including facilitating steering committee meetings to report on progress, manage expectations, and mitigate risks.
• Develop and manage integrated project plans for large, multi-phase engagements, coordinating dependencies across multiple internal and customer teams.
• Partner with customer leadership to ensure project execution aligns with their stated business objectives and success criteria.
• Manage project-level risks, issues, and scope changes, ensuring a clear escalation path and proactive resolution.
• Oversee project financials, including budgeting, forecasting, and profitability.
• Drive the adoption of established delivery methodologies and contribute to the continuous improvement of our best practices.
• Mentor and guide Engagement Managers and project team members, fostering their growth and ensuring delivery excellence.

What You'll Bring:

• Extensive experience (e.g., 7+ years) in managing large-scale, enterprise-level SaaS implementation projects.
• Proven track record of successfully managing complex, multi-phase projects with significant budgets.
• Demonstrated experience leading executive-level steering committees and reporting to senior leadership.
• Expertise in formal project management methodologies (e.g., PMP, Agile, PRINCE2) and advanced project management tools.
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and influencing skills, with the ability to build consensus at all levels of an organization.
• Strong business acumen and the ability to connect project delivery to stated business objectives and value realization.

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 3 days a week.
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Salary Range:
USD $128,000.00/Yr. - USD $161,000.00/Yr.
Pay Transparency Statement:
Placement within this range depends upon several factors, including the applicant's prior relevant job experience, skill set, and geographic location.
In addition to base pay, BlackLine also offers short-term and long-term incentive programs, based on eligibility, along with a robust offering of benefit and wellness plans.
We are committed to pay transparency and ensuring candidates have clear information about compensation expectations. For roles that include variable incentive components such as an Incentive Compensation Plan (ICP) or On-Target Earnings (OTE), the compensation structure may follow a split model - for example, a 50/50, 70/30, or 60/40 ratio between base salary and variable incentive.
BlackLine is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible experience for all candidates. If you require a reasonable accommodation that would better enable your success during the application or interview process, please complete this form.
Accommodations:
BlackLine is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible experience for all candidates. If you require a reasonable accommodation that would better enable your success during the application or interview process, please complete this form.