Engagement Manager - EMEA - Gitlab - Remote - Global

As a Senior Professional Services Engagement Manager focused on EMEA, you will play a critical role in driving GitLab’s growth in the region by structuring services engagements that create true partnership and shared success with our customers. You will lead efforts to design, position, and close outcome-oriented professional services engagements that translate complex DevSecOps and digital transformation initiatives into clear, measurable mission-critical outcomes. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Engagement Management, EMEA, you will work at the intersection of technical solutioning and customer requirements, aligning each engagement to their unique needs and objectives. In your first year, you will build trusted advisor relationships with technical leaders and partners to help integrate professional services into account strategies from early discovery through successful delivery. This is a unique opportunity to shape large-scale implementations that improve how customers plan, build, secure, and operate software using GitLab. Some examples of our projects include designing and structuring outcome-based professional services engagements that align GitLab capabilities to customers needs, partnering with account executives, solutions architects, and delivery leaders to turn complex DevSecOps transformations into clear, actionable implementation roadmaps and statements of work. Build trusted advisor relationships with division chiefs, program managers, and technical leaders, conduct discovery sessions with prospects and Systems Integrators to understand current-state capabilities, requirements and desired business outcomes, design outcome-oriented services proposals that align GitLab capabilities with customer success metrics and objectives, structure engagements and commercial proposals to clear outcomes maintaining flexibility for staff augmentation and packaged offerings when needed, develop custom-scoped SOWs and staffing plans for complex implementations, engaging with technical architects and delivery leadership to ensure deliverability, articulate GitLab's services value proposition, catalog offerings, and implementation methodologies in the context of customer requirements, gain agreement on scope and price while guiding customers through commercial terms, procurement processes, and contracting structures, manage project- and account-level escalations, ensuring rapid resolution and maintaining customer confidence, position consulting, training, success tiers, and additional solutions proactively to ensure successful outcomes and long-term customer retention, facilitate solutioning sessions including implementation roadmapping, enterprise strategy discussions, and executive-level requirements gathering, drive measurable outcomes by structuring services that support customer success metrics, accurately forecasting services bookings, and tracking key performance indicators related to bookings, margin, and attachment to strategic opportunities. Own the engagement lifecycle from initial discovery and pre-sales solutioning through scoping, SOW development, staffing alignment, and transition to delivery, ensuring engagements are deliverable, clearly defined, and outcome-oriented. Influence cross-functional teams by articulating GitLab’s professional services value proposition in the context of federal requirements and compliance frameworks, and by feeding customer insights back into sales, delivery, and practice management. Partner with regional sales and engagement leadership to prioritize and manage services opportunities that support critical deals and strategic initiatives, providing clear recommendations on risk management, negotiation strategies, and commercial structures. Foster a culture of enablement and continuous improvement by training field teams on how to position and sell professional services by sharing trends, feedback, and suggestions that improve go-to-market content and operational processes. How GitLab will support you Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being Flexible Paid Time Off Team Member Resource Groups Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan Growth and Development Fund Parental leave Home office support Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.