AppZen is the leader in autonomous spend-to-pay software. Its patented artificial intelligence accurately and efficiently processes information from thousands of data sources so that organizations can better understand enterprise spend at scale to make smarter business decisions. It seamlessly integrates with existing accounts payable, expense, and card workflows to read, understand, and make real-time decisions based on your unique spend profile, leading to faster processing times and fewer instances of fraud or wasteful spend. Global enterprises, including one-third of the Fortune 500, use AppZen’s invoice, expense, and card transaction solutions to replace manual finance processes and accelerate the speed and agility of their businesses. To learn more, visit us at www.appzen.com.
Job Description:
The Implementation Success Manager (ISM) is an experienced, hands-on project manager who owns the end-to-end delivery of AppZen Expense Audit and Card Audit implementations. You will run multiple single- and multi-country implementations simultaneously – from kick-off through design, configuration, integration, testing, go-live and hypercare – managing scope, schedule, risk, quality and stakeholders.
Working hours :
This role requires working 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM IST (Monday to Friday) to overlap with our global customers and stakeholders. Please make sure you are comfortable with this schedule before applying.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Manage the end-to-end deployment of the solution (across all modules, functionalities, integration points, and people/change management topics in scope), manage the roadmap, and report to the global steering committee.
Build trustworthy relationships to communicate and work effectively with customers, internal teams, and stakeholders.
Oversee global/regional TE policy or template development if multi-country deployment and in program scope in case of EA implementation.
Study the AP process and map it to the ecosystem of the Autonomous AP solution.
Drive the requirement gathering and documentation.
Evaluate complex customer business requirements gathered by the Implementation Consultants following Fin Trans proven and consistent methodology.
Manage the development and review of functional documentation, such as TE policies and process documentation, CDW (conceptual design), and technical integration design.
Independently drive the product configuration according to customer business requirements while considering functional and technical dependencies.
Gathering of detailed integration-related requirements/inputs from the Fin Trans/AP
Team customers and translate customer requirements into application design (according to customer needs and the respective scope of implementation)
Act hands-on in complex technical configurations and conduct functional reviews of configurations completed by Implementation/Functional Consultants.
Manage UAT-related test result evaluation and bug-fixing.
Manage and maintain cut-over plan (business and technical) Deliver on SLA and commitments under time and budget pressure, incl. updating project tracking systems and fulfilling administrative responsibilities.
Ideal candidates have:
8+ years of experience implementing SaaS products or other relevant business consulting, with a track record of managing enterprise implementations end to end.
Strong project management skills – scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality and stakeholder management – with experience running multiple concurrent projects.
Experience utilizing project management tools such as GoodDay, Asana, etc.
Ability to effectively use, design and deploy AI agents.
Working knowledge of AI/ML and large language model concepts and how they are applied to finance automation.
Knowledge of T&E, expense report and corporate card processes, policies and audit controls.
Hands-on understanding of SaaS integration frameworks (APIs, SFTP/flat-file feeds, SSO) for integration with expense management, corporate card and ERP systems.
Exceptional customer presence and presentation skills; comfortable talking with C-level executives.
Ability to liaise with multiple internal cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, Support, Sales).
Ovii Interpretation
The Implementation Success Manager leads end-to-end delivery of AppZen Expense Audit and Card Audit implementations for enterprise customers. The role coordinates project plans, customer requirements, product configuration, integrations, testing, and launch activities across concurrent deployments, with working hours set to overlap with global customers.
Role at a glance
Enterprise SaaS implementation deliveryExpense and card audit solutionsEnd-to-end project managementCustomer and stakeholder coordinationConfiguration and integrationUAT and go-live readinessGlobal customer collaboration
Build customer and internal stakeholder relationships, communicate progress, and report to global steering committees.
Gather and document business and integration requirements, then map accounts-payable processes to the solution and its design.
Configure the product to customer requirements and review complex configurations and functional documentation.
Coordinate UAT results, defect resolution, and business and technical cutover plans.
Support multi-country deployments, including regional travel-and-expense policy or template development when in scope.
Good fit signals
Brings at least eight years of SaaS implementation or relevant business consulting experience, including end-to-end enterprise implementations.
Has managed several concurrent projects and is comfortable balancing scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality, and stakeholders.
Can work hands-on with SaaS configuration and integrations involving APIs, file feeds, SSO, and finance systems.
Can present confidently to customer executives and collaborate across Product, Engineering, Support, and Sales.
Familiarity with expense and card processes, AI concepts, or tools such as GoodDay and Asana may be useful; project management certifications are preferred.
Meet appzen
AppZen provides AI-powered software for autonomous finance operations, focused on accounts payable, travel and expense auditing, corporate cards, compliance and spend management. Its Mastermind platform and finance-specialized AI models and agents read financial documents, apply company policies, identify risk, resolve exceptions and automate finance workflows while integrating with existing ERP and expense systems. Products include Autonomous AP, Expense Audit, AP Inbox Service Center, Autonomous Cards, VAT Reclaim Agents, AI Agent Studio and analytics. AppZen serves large global enterprises, including more than 65 Fortune 500 companies, across industries such as technology, manufacturing, life sciences, financial services and higher education.
Founded
2012
Company size
201-500 employees
Company stage
Not known
Headquarters
Santa Clara, USA
Why work here
AppZen offers candidates exposure to production-scale agentic AI applied to complex enterprise finance problems rather than purely experimental AI. The company raised a $180 million Series D growth round in September 2025 to expand its Mastermind AI platform and global go-to-market operations, and it serves more than 500 enterprises, including over 65 Fortune 500 companies. Recent launches including ZenLM Plus, Autonomous Cards and VAT Reclaim Agents show continued product investment. Current engineering roles involve LLM and agent workflows, RAG, Python, Go, Temporal, Docker, APIs and ERP integrations. AppZen also has active roles across engineering, data science, product and commercial teams. Many Pune technical positions are explicitly on-site, which candidates should consider when evaluating work-style fit.
Anant Kale co-founded AppZen in 2012 and serves as CEO. Before AppZen, he spent more than a decade at Fujitsu, ultimately serving as VP of Applications, after earlier consulting experience. He studied at the University of Mumbai and has led AppZen's development from an AI-first finance automation company into an autonomous finance platform.
Kunal Verma co-founded AppZen in 2012, developed its core AI technology and serves as CTO, overseeing R&D and data science. He earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Georgia focused on semantic technologies, has published more than 50 refereed papers and holds multiple patents. Before AppZen, he spent nearly seven years at Accenture in research and data-management roles.
GAGaurav AgrawalChief Financial OfficerView bioHide bio
Gaurav Agrawal is AppZen's CFO and helps lead financial strategy, investments, growth and profitability. He has more than two decades of finance experience, including senior finance roles at Confluent and LinkedIn and earlier experience at Lyft. He began his career in M&A and holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley.
NBNick ButrymChief Revenue OfficerView bioHide bio
Nick Butrym became AppZen's Chief Revenue Officer in March 2026 and leads global sales, pre-sales and the partner ecosystem. He previously served as CRO of HungerRush and held senior leadership roles at PTC, ServiceNow and EMC. His role focuses on scaling AppZen's go-to-market organization, international growth and customer expansion.
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