Senior Services Partner Manager
Job Summary
The Senior Professional Services Partners Manager will lead the strategy and operational model for GitLab's subcontractor and services partner ecosystem. This role focuses on scaling high-quality delivery capacity by building governance, readiness frameworks, and lifecycle processes. You will collaborate cross-functionally to ensure partner performance, compliance, and strategic alignment with global delivery goals.
Responsibilities
- Manage global subcontractor partner operating model and lifecycle
- Drive partner delivery readiness, compliance, and performance metrics
- Coordinate contract and engagement workflows with Legal and Finance
- Collaborate with regional delivery teams to align staffing and capacity
Required Skills
- Subcontractor partner management
- Professional Services operations
- Contract and terms negotiation
- Program and project management
- Data analysis and operational reporting
Job Details
### Core Responsibilities
- Own the subcontractor partner operating model, including partner onboarding, consultant lifecycle management, access coordination, readiness tracking, and offboarding.
- Develop and execute a global strategy for subcontractor and services partners to expand delivery capacity while maintaining quality, customer satisfaction, and regional alignment.
- Serve as the primary relationship manager for strategic partners, building strong partnerships with partner principals and delivery managers.
- Partner with Professional Services, Delivery, and regional leadership to identify staffing needs, evaluate partner resources, and maintain visibility into partner skills, capacity, and specialty coverage.
- Manage contract and engagement workflows, including contract initiation, work authorization, purchase order coordination, invoice routing, and retainer administration.
- Improve delivery readiness by shaping onboarding guidance, enablement expectations, shadowing requirements, certification alignment, and delivery standards.
- Establish and maintain partner performance scorecards, feedback loops, and compliance mechanisms to assess quality, utilization, and future fit.
- Drive process improvement and automation across engagement workflows and systems to reduce manual effort and improve data accuracy.
### Requirements
- Demonstrated progressive experience in subcontractor partner management, Professional Services operations, or ecosystem roles within a technology company.
- Experience building, managing, and improving partner operating models that support scalable services delivery.
- Strong working knowledge of partner administration, contract processes, and terms and conditions management.
- Ability to work effectively across Professional Services, Sales, Legal, Finance, Procurement, and regional delivery stakeholders.
- Experience managing strategic partner relationships and building credibility with internal stakeholders and external executives.
- Strong program and project management skills, including process documentation, workflow improvement, governance, and reporting.
- Data-informed thinking with the ability to track partner performance, capacity, and risk while translating findings into recommendations.
- Familiarity with operational systems such as CRM, professional services automation, procurement, and partner portal tools.