Customer Activation Manager | Public Sector

Ramp Ramp · Fintech · Washington, DC · Sales

Customer Activation Manager for Ramp's Public Sector team, focusing on successful implementation, adoption, and value delivery of Ramp's financial solutions for government agencies, educational institutions, and nonprofits. This role involves leading onboarding, driving adoption across complex stakeholders, serving as a trusted advisor, ensuring compliance, maximizing utilization, and collaborating cross-functionally. Requires 7+ years of experience in implementation or engagement management in B2B SaaS or public sector technology, with a strong understanding of change management, program management, and public sector procurement processes. AI fluency is mentioned as a requirement for all employees to test new tools and improve efficiency.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead Onboarding & Implementation: Manage the onboarding and rollout of Ramp for newly signed public sector customers, ensuring compliance with government implementation and security requirements.
  2. Drive Adoption Across Complex Stakeholders: Partner with multiple departments and decision-makers, such as finance, procurement, IT, and compliance, to align Ramp with organizational objectives.
  3. Serve as a Trusted Advisor: Act as a strategic consultant and extension of your customers’ teams by advising on best practices, workflow optimization, and change management specific to the public sector.
  4. Ensure Compliance & Security Alignment: Support customers in adhering to relevant regulations (e.g., FedRAMP, state procurement policies) while integrating Ramp into their ecosystem.
  5. Maximize Utilization & Value: Proactively identify opportunities to expand Ramp adoption, drive product utilization, and deliver measurable ROI for public institutions.

Skills

Required

  • 7+ years of experience in implementation or engagement management in a B2B SaaS or public sector–focused technology company.
  • Large scale strategy change management, preferably in Finance or Fintech
  • AI fluency - all employees across all teams at Ramp are required to constantly test new tools and raise the bar for what "efficient" looks like in a modern sales motion
  • Strong program/project management skills, including leading complex technology deployments with multiple workstreams and compliance considerations.
  • Excellent communication and relationship management skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for diverse audiences.
  • Demonstrated success working with technical counterparts in Product, Engineering, and Security to troubleshoot and co-develop solutions.
  • Ability to navigate public procurement processes, manage long sales/adoption cycles, and anticipate organizational needs.
  • High adaptability and comfort working in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.

Nice to have

  • Experience working with public sector organizations (federal, state, local, or education) and managing relationships with numerous stakeholders.
  • Experience with government financial systems, ERP, or accounting platforms (e.g., Oracle, PeopleSoft, Workday, SAP).
  • Familiarity with public sector compliance frameworks (e.g., FedRAMP, SOC 2, HIPAA, CJIS).
  • Project management certification (e.g., PMP, CAPM, or PMI-ACP)
  • Background in finance, accounting, or government procurement.
  • Experience scaling customer success practices at a high-growth company.

What the JD emphasized

  • compliance with government implementation and security requirements
  • relevant regulations (e.g., FedRAMP, state procurement policies)
  • public procurement processes
  • AI fluency - all employees across all teams at Ramp are required to constantly test new tools and raise the bar for what "efficient" looks like in a modern sales motion