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Manager, Solutions Architects - San Francisco

AI summary of the role

This is a first-line management role leading a distributed team of intermediate and senior Solutions Architects supporting Enterprise customers in the West sales territory.

What you’ll do

  • Lead a distributed team of intermediate and senior Solutions Architects supporting Enterprise customers in the West territory.
  • Coach, mentor, and develop team members through regular feedback, career support, and skills development in both technical and consultative areas.
  • Guide by example by engaging in key customer opportunities as a Solutions Architect, from discovery through technical validation and successful adoption of the GitLab platform.
  • Drive the quality and consistency of technical evaluations, demos, and proofs of concept so that GitLab solutions clearly address customer business and technical requirements.

What you’ll bring

  • Experience mentoring and developing technical team members, including giving and receiving constructive feedback.
  • Experience managing or leading technical pre-sales or information technology professionals, ideally in an enterprise-focused environment.
  • Strong technical presentation and communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical and business stakeholders.
  • Knowledge of the end-to-end software development lifecycle, including modern software development or operations practices.

Technologies

GitLab · DevSecOps · CI/CD · cloud computing · Enterprise Edition · software development lifecycle · continuous integration · continuous deployment

About GitLab

All-remote, open-core DevSecOps platform combining SCM, CI/CD, security, compliance, and agentic AI so enterprises can ship software faster with governance.

Public · 2000–5000 people

Source and classification

Deployment team leadership · Evidence for this classification:

solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software. *Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab. Location: San Francisco, California An overview of this role As the Manager, Solutions Architects for our Enterprise team in the San Francisco Bay area, you'll lead a distributed group of intermediate and senior Solutions Architects serving enterprise customers in the West sales territory. You'll guide your team to act as trusted advisors to GitLab prospects and customers, helping them validate GitLab's Enterprise Edition as the
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