Engagement Manager - French Speaking

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An overview of this role

The Engagement Manager plays the critical role in helping Customers drive adoption of high value functionality of the GitLab platform. The Engagement Manager plays a sales overlay role by shaping customer engagements focused helping customers accelerated toward their positive business outcomes with GitLab. The Engagement Manager serves as a trusted advisor to customers in their portfolio, providing guidance to Sales, Customer Success and Professional Services Delivery team and ensuring the highest levels of customer satisfaction.

• Perform discovery (with account team or with customer) to understand customer current-state, constraints and desired positive business outcomes.
• French language is essential for this position.
• Identify standard and custom services to align to customer outcomes.
• Build custom-scoped services engagement proposals for key strategic customers with guidance/review from Sr. Engagement Manager.
• Explain technical solution proposal to account team and/or customer.
• Meet and exceed set financial targets.
• Explain GitLab Services value proposition, catalog of service offerings, and methodologies.
• Explain standard packaged solutions to Customer to gain agreement to move forward.
• Help customer understand commercial terms - price, period of performance, payment/invoice structure, etc.
• Guide Account team to execute governing legal agreement to execute services.
• Coach Account Executives on how to include consulting and education services on quote/order form.
• Coordinate closing process with help from Account Executive.
• Coordinate staffing requirements with PS Operations team to ensure skillset, language, and timezone match are appropriate for each engagement.
• Handle standard objections related to price, DIY implementations, etc.
• Update quarterly bookings forecast on a weekly basis using Salesforce/Clari.
• Identify and communicate risks to account executives and EM leadership team.
• Build relationships with Account Executives, Customer Success Managers and Solutions Architects within their patch to ensure Global Services are included as part of the standard customer journey.
• Join Sales leadership forecast calls (within patch) to report on Services Forecast and to identify key customer accounts where services should be attached.
• Provide timely and predictable responses to incoming questions/requests from customers or account executives to reinforce positive brand of Global Services.
• Establish mentorship with more senior engagement manager.
• Setup individual development plan.
• Communicate trends in customer behavior to Practice Management team.

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.

How GitLab Supports Full-Time Employees

• 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

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.

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