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full-timeManager, Customer Success
Gitlab · Remote, United States
GitLab provides an intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps, helping organizations improve developer productivity and operational efficiency. As a Manager of Customer Success, you will lead a North America-based team of Customer Success Managers and Architects tasked with ensuring clients realize measurable value from the platform. Your daily responsibilities will involve coaching team members to support account health, overseeing onboarding and renewal processes, and facilitating executive business reviews. You will act as a bridge between your team and internal departments like Sales, Product, and Engineering to ensure a cohesive customer experience and effective resolution of escalations. This role requires a leader who can manage resource allocation, drive talent development, and cultivate senior-level relationships with client stakeholders. It is well-suited for candidates with prior experience leading customer-facing teams in the software or technology sectors. A strong understanding of the software development lifecycle, DevOps methodologies, and familiarity with cloud, container, or application security technologies is essential for success in this position. You will be expected to integrate AI tools into your workflow to enhance team efficiency and strategic impact.
GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster. The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to 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. As a Manager, Customer Success , you will lead a North America-based team that helps customers realize value from GitLab through strong adoption, measurable outcomes, and trusted partnership. You will partner closely with both executive sponsors and day-to-day end users/practitioners to drive adoption and measurable outcomes. Reporting to the Director of Customer Success, , you will coach Customer Success Managers and Customer Success Architects to support account health across onboarding, adoption stages, executive business reviews, and renewals, while also improving how the team works. This is a people leadership role with broad scope: you will develop talent, strengthen customer relationships, and partner across Sales, Product, Engineering, and other teams so customers are supported through growth, change, and escalation. What you'll do Lead a team of Customer Success Managers and Customer Success Architects focused on customer adoption, account health, customer satisfaction, and advocacy. Coach team members through regular feedback, development support, and career growth conversations to strengthen knowledge, communication, and execution. Partner with the Director of Customer Success to define team goals, clarify responsibilities, and align priorities with company direction. Manage resource assignments, staffing levels, and hiring activity to support team coverage and customer needs. Develop senior-level relationships with customers and support the team in building trusted advisor partnerships. Collaborate with Sales, Product Management, Engineering, Professional Services, and other internal teams to create a consistent customer experience. Support customers during escalations by working with other leaders to coordinate clear, effective responses. Improve the processes and tools used by the team and oversee initiatives tied to objectives and key results. What you'll bring Experience leading customer-facing teams in software, technology, consulting, sales, or customer success environments. Ability to guide teams that drive software adoption and manage customer relationships across onboarding, adoption, business reviews, and renewals. Knowledge of software development lifecycle practices, related tools, and agile or DevOps ways of working. Familiarity with cloud or container technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker, application security concepts such as static application security testing (SAST) and dynamic application security testing (DAST), or cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Microsoft Azure. Skill in translating strategy into clear initiatives, coordinating execution, and tracking delivery across competing priorities. Capability to lead distributed teams across regions, cultures, and lines of business, while working effectively with senior executives and external stakeholders. Willingness to travel occasionally for customer meetings and team events, as needed. Strength in communication, coaching, feedback, delegation, planning, and process improvement. Warmth and care in your leadership approach—able to coach with empathy and build trust on a human level. Interest in candidates with transferable experience who can connect technical concepts to business value and collaborate well across functions. About the team On the Customer Success team, we are accountable for customer adoption, measurable outcomes, customer satisfaction, and building customer advocacy across GitLab. We also act as a key connection point between customers and the broader GitLab ecosystem, helping streamline collaboration with Product Management, En
| Role | Manager, Customer Success |
|---|---|
| Company | Gitlab |
| Location | Remote, United States |
| Type | full-time |
| Compensation | Not disclosed |
| Posted | 2026-10-16 |
| Deadline | Rolling |
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