About this Functional Expert Champion, RE NXT & AI Innovation role at Blackbaud
About the Role
As a Functional Expert Champion, you'll help nonprofit organizations get the most value from Blackbaud's RE NXT platform by combining product expertise, industry best practices, and customer engagement. You'll serve as a trusted advisor, thought leader, and product advocate, helping customers adopt new capabilities, understand emerging AI innovations, and achieve meaningful business outcomes.
Working across Product, Customer Success, Marketing, Sales, and Data & AI teams, you'll translate complex product capabilities into clear, compelling stories that drive customer success, product adoption, and long-term growth.
What You'll Do
- Serve as a subject matter expert and advocate for RE NXT Web View and emerging AI-powered capabilities.
- Engage directly with customers to increase product adoption, optimize workflows, and drive measurable business outcomes.
- Deliver presentations, webinars, executive briefings, product demonstrations, and industry thought leadership content.
- Partner with customers to identify best practices and help them achieve greater operational maturity and success.
- Collaborate with Product, Marketing, and Customer Success teams to shape messaging, adoption strategies, and customer enablement programs.
- Develop customer-facing resources including playbooks, best-practice guides, case studies, and success stories.
- Analyze product usage and customer feedback to identify trends, opportunities, and areas for improvement.
- Act as a liaison between customers and internal teams, helping influence product innovation and future roadmap priorities.
What We'll Want You to Have
- 8+ years of experience in Customer Success, Product Marketing, Solutions Consulting, Product Management, or a related SaaS role.
- Experience presenting to executive, technical, and end-user audiences with confidence and credibility.
- Strong communication, storytelling, and presentation skills.
- Ability to translate product capabilities into customer value and business outcomes.
- Experience working cross-functionally across multiple teams.
- Knowledge of RE NXT or similar enterprise SaaS platforms and customer workflows.
- Experience driving product adoption, change management, digital transformation, or customer success initiatives.
- Preferred: Nonprofit industry experience and familiarity with AI-powered technologies and solutions.
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Blackbaud powers social impact through purpose‑driven technology and responsible AI. Guided by our Intelligence for Good® vision, we’re building a culture where innovation, trust, and human expertise come together to help organizations make a greater difference in the world.
Blackbaud is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.
The starting base pay is $87,700.00 to $114,200.00. Blackbaud may pay more or less based on employee qualifications, market value, Company finances, and other operational considerations.Benefits Include:
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Remote-flexible workforce
Wellness Programs
401(k) program with employer match
Flexible paid time off
Generous Parental Leave
Donations for Doers
Pet insurance, legal and identity protection
Tuition reimbursement program
