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# Sr. Project Manager at Accela

- **Company:** Accela
- **Location:** United States
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-08-31
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/accela/jobs/8159691

## Job description

## ABOUT THE ROLE

You will play an important role in the continued growth and success of Accela by ensuring the successful, on-time delivery of large and complex Professional Services implementations.  You will be an integral part of a cross-functional team, identifying what needs to be accomplished and partnering with others in the organization to execute to a plan.  You will leverage proven processes and templates to deliver projects, while remaining highly adaptable to any changing demands from the customer or corporate landscape.  You care deeply about driving business value to a customer so you operate from the perspective of “How can I achieve a win-win for the customer and Accela” and “How can we help our customers achieve greater business value with our product?”.

While we are busy changing the world, we also strongly believe in having fun and excitement at work, and encourage a collaborative and healthy work-life balance.

If you are motivated by the idea of delivering on the promise of democracy in the digital age and solving for a new era of more efficient, open and innovative governance, then we’d love to hear from you.

## SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

As the owner of the cross-functional Professional Services delivery process you will make significant impacts on the customer and Accela’s business in these key areas:

- Project Management:  Manage engagements start-to-finish by applying standard and accepted project management principles; lead project planning and budgeting; mobilize and direct the work streams of cross-functional project teams; champion the Statement of Work.
- Project Health:  Drive on-time and on-budget completion of projects; track project progress and variability; work collaboratively with customer and internal teams to identify risks; develop and execute appropriate risk mitigation strategies within a defined escalation path; implement appropriate tracking and reporting metrics in a manner that provides transparency and visibility into project health.
- Customer Relationship Management: Foster an environment of highly effective and collaborative communications in day-to-day interactions with clients and stakeholders; serve as the first point of escalation on the project; support Regional Director in executive steering committees.
- Cross Functional Teamwork: Lead and support collaboration across many internal stakeholder groups — Consultants, Architects, Project Management Office, Cloud Operations, Product, Support, Partners and others.
- Business Development: Support initiatives to grow new business and expand existing projects; participate in aspects of the proposal development process and budget estimation.

## REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Government Enterprise Software — 5 years leading successful implementations of COTS software/platform-based solutions for Tier-1 government clients.
- Complex Projects — 5 years leading projects of $1M+ budget, 12+ months duration, and involving more than one government department or group.
- Project Management Certification — Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred; skilled at identifying the appropriate strategies and tools for planning and tracking complex projects and driving teams to high productivity.
- Proven ability to manage multiple complex projects that are at various stages of delivery.
- Aptitude for understanding and applying new technologies and methodologies.
- BA or BS in a technical discipline, or similar technical degree program.
- Use of formal project management tools (e.g., MS-Project, Visio, etc.).
- Strong technical background, with previous experience with delivery of enterprise class software.
- Strong analytical skills and experience managing technical and project management issues.
- Strong organizational skills with an ability to manage competing client demands.
- Ability to interact and communicate with CxO-level personnel.
- Excellent communications and interpersonal skills.
- Permitting and Licensing knowledge desired
- Ability to travel up to 50% percent of the time.

## ABOUT ACCELA

For nearly 20 years, Accela has been an industry leader in designing and delivering government software to improve efficiency, increase citizen engagement and enable the development of thriving communities. Today, citizens are savvy to how services should be delivered, and expect a consistently convenient, openly transparent view into their local government. While government agencies struggle to do more with less, our mission has never been more critical. Accela provides a robust, cloud-based platform of government software solutions that accelerate growth, efficiency, and transparency in communities of all sizes. From planning, to building, to service request management and more, Accela’s SaaS offerings level the playing field for small and medium governments and enable smaller agencies to leverage larger city technologies. Our open and flexible technology helps agencies address specific needs today, while ensuring they are well prepared for the emerging challenges of the future.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION Accela believes in developing and nurturing a workplace community where our differences are celebrated, and everyone feels a sense of psychological safety and belonging. Accela is committed to putting resources and attention towards evolving our practices, policies, and philosophies to enable diversity to thrive and to support equity in opportunity for everyone.

## COMPENSATION AND WELL-BEING

The annual base salary range for this full-time position is $115,000 - $135,000 (less applicable taxes). The actual annual base salary offered may be adjusted based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, location, education, skills, training, and experience. In addition to an annual base salary, this position is eligible for an annual bonus target. This is a discretionary bonus awarded based on company and individual goal achievement.

Accela’s U.S. team members will receive a generous benefits package consisting of options including flexible time off, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, family planning benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match, health savings account with company contributions, flexible spending account, life, accident, and disability coverage, business travel insurance, employee assistance programs, and other well-being benefits.

Accela is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer and will respond to requests for job accommodations.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, or based on disability, gender identity, and sexual orientation

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## About Accela

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Accela provides a unified, end-to-end SaaS platform that automates permitting, licensing, inspections, and service requests for state and local governments.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Growth Stage)
- **Headquarters**: San Ramon, California, USA
- **Founded**: 1999
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (the company was founded prior to the current executive team)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: GovTech (Government Technology / Civic Technology)
- **Target customers**: B2G – specifically state and local government agencies (over 900 agencies served, including 50%+ of top U.S. cities and counties)
- **Mission or purpose**: To help governments innovate so they can improve the business and citizen experience, promoting community development and creating an environment where citizens and businesses thrive.

## Products & Services
- **Civic Platform (SaaS)**: A unified, end-to-end cloud platform that automates the complete service lifecycle for government agencies. Key modules include:
    - **Building Permitting**: Digital applications, plan review, inspections, and approvals.
    - **Planning & Zoning**: Streamlines land use applications from submission to decision.
    - **Business Licensing**: Provides a seamless digital path from application to renewal.
    - **Occupational Licensing**: Manages applications, renewals, and compliance for licensed professions.
    - **Fire Prevention**: Digital inspections and permitting for fire safety staff.
    - **Environmental Health**: Digital inspections, licensing, and complaint management for public health.
    - **Asset Management**: Full lifecycle management for infrastructure assets.
    - **Service Requests**: Route, track, and resolve citizen requests with cross-department visibility.
- **AI for Government**: AI features built specifically for government workflows, designed to be explainable, auditable, and accountable, grounded in 30 years of real government workflows.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Serves over 300 million citizens worldwide across 900+ government agencies. 50%+ of top U.S. cities and counties use Accela.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly listed on the company website or in recent search results. (Partnerships are likely with major cloud providers like AWS or Azure, but not explicitly confirmed in provided data.)
- **Growth Signals**: The company is actively hiring across multiple departments (Engineering, Sales, Customer Success, Operations) with a remote-first posture, indicating growth. The company has a 100% implementation success rate over five years and an in-house implementation team with an 8-year average tenure.

## Competitive Advantages
- **30 Years of GovTech Expertise**: The platform is purpose-built for government, not adapted from a generic solution. This gives Accela deep domain knowledge and embedded best practices.
- **End-to-End Unified Platform**: Unlike competitors with siloed solutions, Accela offers a single, integrated platform covering the full lifecycle of permits, licensing, and service requests.
- **High Implementation Success Rate**: A 100% implementation success rate over five years, backed by a tenured in-house implementation team, builds strong customer trust.
- **AI Built for Government**: Their AI is designed to be explainable, auditable, and accountable, addressing key concerns of public sector clients.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI Integration**: Embedding AI across the entire civic platform to improve efficiency and citizen experience.
- **Expanding Customer Base**: Continuing to win new agencies, especially small and medium governments, by offering enterprise-grade SaaS solutions.
- **Deepening Product Capabilities**: Enhancing existing modules (asset management, environmental health, etc.) and adding new ones to remain the single source of truth for government operations.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven Work**: Employees directly contribute to making government more efficient, transparent, and user-friendly for citizens and businesses.
- **Culture**: Emphasizes performance, productivity, and collaboration. The company is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, with a focus on psychological safety and belonging.
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: The vast majority of roles are listed as "Remote Based - US" or "Remote-Ireland". Some roles (e.g., Business Development Representative) are hybrid (Kansas City, MO). The company has physical offices in San Ramon, CA and Draper, UT, but most employees work remotely.
- **Compensation & Benefits**: Competitive salary, retirement plan support, medical/dental/vision/wellness/disability coverage, paid holidays, and a Responsible Time Off (RTO) policy. Additional perks include fitness challenges, virtual meditation/yoga, wellness days, and motivational speaker events.
- **Engineering Culture**: Engineers work on cutting-edge cloud technology, delivering scalable and reliable SaaS solutions for the public sector. The company is hiring for roles like Lead Software Engineer, Platform Infrastructure Principal Architect, and Site Reliability Engineer.

## Sources
1. [Accela.com](https://www.accela.com/)
2. [Accela Careers Page](https://www.accela.com/about/careers/)
3. [Greenhouse Job Board](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/accela)
4. [Built In - Accela Profile](https://builtin.com/company/accela)
5. [Accela Leadership Team](https://www.accela.com/about/leadership/)

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