Full-Time

Implementation Specialist

Updated on 9/3/2026

RoadRunner Recycling

RoadRunner Recycling

501-1,000 employees

Tech-enabled, fully-managed commercial waste and recycling

Compensation Overview

$24.04 - $26.44/hr

+ 8% bonus

No H1B Sponsorship

Remote in USA

Remote

Must work standard hours in the Eastern (EST) time zone. Remote applicants are not supported from Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, or Puerto Rico.

Bachelor's

Category
Solution Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Sales

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Requirements
  • At least 3 years of experience in operations, account management, or sales.
  • A bachelor's degree is required.
  • Ability to act under ambiguity using sound judgment and strong decision-making skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects, multitask, and prioritize conflicting assignments with minimal supervision.
  • Ability to influence and collaborate across all organizational levels and functions.
  • Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities while adapting quickly to changing business needs.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to facilitate meetings with diverse and sometimes conflicting points of view.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and timely decision-making skills.
  • Ability to understand both strategic objectives and tactical details.
Responsibilities
  • Lead timely and successful customer onboarding execution according to customer needs and objectives.
  • Manage day-to-day communication and collaboration with customers and internal vendor, service, and operations teams during strategy implementation.
  • Partner with customers to understand their business issues and related needs.
  • Recommend Diversion (Recycling) and Brokering (Savings) plans to customers where appropriate.
  • Perform Broker and Diversion plan implementations to fit customer needs.
  • Manage and update internal workflows to track customer activities and approvals.

RoadRunner Recycling provides tech-enabled, fully-managed commercial waste and recycling services, consolidating programs for businesses by handling day-to-day operations, vendors, and invoicing while tailoring services to each location to save costs and increase recycling. It relies on proprietary technology and data analysis to optimize routing and vendor oversight without owning trucks or landfills. Unlike traditional waste haulers, it uses an asset-light, data-driven approach and centralized management to improve service levels and reduce costs across a client’s portfolio. Its goal is to help clients achieve Zero Waste by boosting recycling and reducing landfill waste while lowering overall waste-management expenses.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Series D

Total Funding

$174.1M

Headquarters

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Founded

2014

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • RoadRunner reported 13,500+ customers and $159 million total cost savings by August 2026.
  • TIME and Statista named RoadRunner one of America's Top GreenTech Companies in 2026.
  • RoadRunner claims 1.4 million tonnes of recyclables diverted, supporting sales into ESG-focused enterprises.

What critics are saying

  • RoadRunner depends on 4,500 independent vendors whose service failures hit customers immediately.
  • Waste Management and Republic Services can bundle hauling, pricing, and disposal against RoadRunner.
  • If enterprise margins stay thin, RoadRunner's asset-light model becomes a scalable broker, not a moat.

What makes RoadRunner Recycling unique

  • RoadRunner's patented Oversite, Waste Metering, BillCheck, and Priceshield software drives optimization.
  • RoadRunner manages 4,500+ independent vendors across 30+ waste streams nationwide.
  • Compology's 2022 acquisition strengthened RoadRunner's data, AI, and ESG reporting capabilities.

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Benefits

Remote Work Options

Flexible Work Hours

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

401(k) Company Match

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

2%
Technical.ly
Mar 24th, 2023
What Roadrunner Recycling And Iralogix Execs Learned From A Challenging Year

Even during hard times, some founders remain optimistic and treat setbacks as learning opportunities. On a rainy morning on the North Side, Innovation Works and EY hosted a panel discussion with RoadRunner Recycling CEO and founder Graham Rihn, iraLogix Chief Strategy Officer and cofounder Joe Hipsky, and BlueTree Venture Fund leading founder Catherine Mott. The speakers looked back at their years in Pittsburgh’s startup scene and shared the highs and lows of running a business in a challenging economy. Economic impact of the pandemic

The Business Journals
Mar 20th, 2023
RoadRunner Recycling inks lease to move headquarters to TechMill 41 in Lawrenceville

RoadRunner Recycling Inc., a startup that's outpaced so many local startups in growth, hiring and venture funding, is moving to Lawrenceville.

FinSMEs
Nov 15th, 2022
Roadrunner Recycling Raises $20M In Series D Extension

RoadRunner Recycling, a Pittsburgh, PA-based sustainable waste management company, raised $20M in Series d funding. The round was led by Fifth Wall

FinSMEs
Jan 10th, 2022
Roadrunner Raises $70M In Series D Funding

RoadRunner Recycling, a Pittsburgh PA-based sustainable waste management company, raised $70M in Series D funding. The round, which brings total funding to date to $129.5m, was led by BeyondNetZero and General Atlantic. The company intends to use the funds to further develop its machine-learning and marketplace technology, grow its enterprise business offering, drive national expansion, and [] The post RoadRunner Raises $70M in Series D Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

VentureBeat
Jan 7th, 2022
Data-driven waste management platform RoadRunner raises $70M

RoadRunner Recycling, a data-driven waste management platform that diverts junk from landfill, has raised $70 million.