Senior Professional Services Partners Manager, Subcontractor Partner Solutions

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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. An overview of this role As the Senior Professional Services Partners Manager, Subcontractor Partner Solutions, you will own the strategy, operating model, and partner relationship framework for GitLab's subcontractor and services partner bench.

In this role, you will help scale high-quality Professional Services delivery by building the systems, governance, and partner motions that allow external delivery capacity to work effectively alongside GitLab teams. This role sits at the center of Professional Services and works closely with Ecosystems, Sales, Enablement, Finance, Legal, Procurement, IT, Security, and regional delivery management to create a consistent, global approach to subcontractor partner onboarding, readiness, compliance, and performance. You will be tasked with improving how GitLab identifies, enables, governs, and grows subcontractor partners so they can support customer engagements with quality and consistency.

In your first year, you will help mature the subcontractor partner model by strengthening lifecycle processes, improving visibility into partner skills and capacity, and creating better alignment between Professional Services delivery needs and broader partner strategy. This is a strong fit for someone who enjoys solving operational complexity, building scalable programs, and working across many teams to improve delivery outcomes for customers and internal stakeholders.

What You’Ll Do

Own the subcontractor partner operating model for Professional Services, including partner company onboarding, partner consultant lifecycle management, access coordination, readiness tracking, shadow and reverse-shadow progression, status management, and offboarding. Develop and execute a global strategy for subcontractor and services partners that expands delivery capacity while maintaining quality, customer satisfaction, and alignment with regional business needs, using capacity, quality, and customer satisfaction metrics to guide decisions. Serve as the primary relationship manager for strategic subcontractor and services partners, building strong partnerships with partner principals and delivery managers.