Engagement Manager
PAR Technology · Remote
For over four decades, PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE: PAR) has been a leader in restaurant technology, empowering brands worldwide to create lasting connections with their guests. Our innovative solutions and commitment to excellence provide comprehensive software and hardware that enable seamless experiences and drive growth for over 100,000 restaurants in more than 110 countries. Embracing our "Better Together" ethos, we offer Unified Customer Experience solutions, combining point-of-sale, digital ordering, loyalty and back-office software solutions as well as industry-leading hardware and drive-thru offerings. To learn more, visit partech.com or connect with us on LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, and Instagram.
Position Description:
PAR Technology is seeking a highly organized and customer-focused Engagement Manager (EM) to lead the successful delivery of PAR Restaurant portfolio project implementations and ongoing app enhancements for our customer brands. This role is responsible for managing project execution, coordinating cross-functional teams, and ensuring customers achieve value from Punchh solutions while maintaining timelines, scope, and quality standards.
The EM serves as the primary delivery lead during implementations and key initiatives, partnering closely with Customer Success, Product, Engineering, and partner teams to drive predictable, high-quality outcomes.
Position Location:
Remote - New York, Texas, Pennsylvania, Florida, North Carolina, Minnesota, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois
Reports To:
Manager, Engagement
What We’re Looking For:
Requirements:
3–5 years of experience in project management, implementation, or customer delivery roles in a SaaS environment is required.
Experience managing multiple concurrent projects with defined scope and timelines.
Exposure to restaurant, retail, loyalty, or marketing technology platforms is highly preferred.
Strong organizational and time-management skills with attention to detail.
Clear written and verbal communication skills for customer-facing interactions.
Ability to manage dependencies across multiple teams.
Proactive problem-solver with a structured approach to execution; comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Marketing, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Additional skills:
Familiarity with POS ecosystems, payments, guest loyalty, APIs, and third-party integrations is a major plus.
Experience with project management and collaboration tools (e.g., Salesforce, Jira, Smartsheet, Monday).
Understanding of implementation lifecycles, testing phases, and launch processes.
Project management training or certification (PMP, CAPM, Scrum, or similar) is a plus but not required.
Unleash your potential: What you will be doing and owning:
Project Delivery & Execution
Own end-to-end delivery of Restaurant implementations and scoped enhancements for assigned customers.
Develop and manage project plans, timelines, and milestones to ensure on-time delivery.
Track and manage scope, risks, dependencies, and action items throughout the project lifecycle.
Coordinate internal and external resources to support integrations (POS, Online Ordering, CDP, CRM, etc.).
Ensure deliverables meet PAR quality standards and client requirements.
Customer Engagement
Serve as the primary day-to-day contact and project owner for delivery-related activities.
Establish clear expectations on timelines, responsibilities, and dependencies.
Provide regular and proactive status updates, risks, and mitigation plans to stakeholders.
Support customers through requirements, strategy, testing, launch preparation, and go-live activities.
Cross-functional Coordination
Partner with Technical Account Managers, Product, Engineering, Strategists, Execution Services and Customer Success to align on requirements and delivery plans.
Facilitate internal project reviews, standups, and readiness checkpoints.
Ensure smooth handoff from Sales to delivery and from implementation to Customer Success.
Risk & Issue Management
Identify delivery risks early and drive mitigation plans.
Manage change requests and scope adjustments in alignment with internal processes.
Escalate issues appropriately to Senior/Enterprise EM leadership when needed.
Adoption & Launch Support
Drive readiness for UAT, production launch, and post-launch validation.
Ensure key product capabilities (loyalty, ordering, payments, offers, messaging, integrations) are configured and tested successfully.
Support early adoption activities in partnership with Customer Success.
Process & Continuous Improvement
Follow established delivery methodologies, templates, and tools.
Contribute feedback to improve implementation processes, documentation, and tooling.
Maintain accurate project data in systems of record (e.g., Salesforce, Jira, Smartsheet).
AI Integration:
Leverage AI tools to streamline project planning, status reporting, and risk tracking across PAR implementations.
Interview Process:
Interview #1: Video Screen with Talent Acquisition Team
Interview #2: Video interview with the Hiring Manager (via MS Teams)
Interview #3: Video interview with Leadership (via MS Teams)
PAR is proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. We also provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable laws. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, or for your role at PAR, please contact accommodations@partech.com. If you’d like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant, please visit the US Department of Labor's website.
More jobs at PAR Technology · Food & Hospitality jobs in Texas