Senior Manager, Solutions Architect - Australia & New Zealand

GitLab
Australia, New Zealand
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringSkills: ["Communication","Technical presentation","Judgment","Mentorship","Cross-functional collaboration"]

Lead and scale a distributed Solutions Architecture team across Australia & New Zealand in a player-coach role. Drive technical strategy through complex sales motions by running evaluations, executive workshops, demos, and proof-of-concepts that connect GitLab’s DevSecOps platform to customer business outcomes. Partner with Sales, Channel, Marketing, Sales Enablement, Product, and the global Solutions Architecture organization to build operating rhythms, strengthen executive relationships, and improve forecasting and execution.

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Senior Manager, Solutions Architect - Australia & New Zealand

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Job Summary

Lead and scale a distributed Solutions Architecture team across Australia & New Zealand in a player-coach role. Drive technical strategy through complex sales motions by running evaluations, executive workshops, demos, and proof-of-concepts that connect GitLab’s DevSecOps platform to customer business outcomes. Partner with Sales, Channel, Marketing, Sales Enablement, Product, and the global Solutions Architecture organization to build operating rhythms, strengthen executive relationships, and improve forecasting and execution.
Location: Australia, New Zealand
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Manage a team of intermediate and senior Solutions Architects across ANZ, setting direction and enabling high-quality execution.
  • •Act as a player-coach by partnering on strategic opportunities and coaching through complex sales cycles to secure technical wins.
  • •Guide regional technical engagement strategy across evaluations, workshops, demonstrations, and proof-of-concepts to produce business outcomes.
  • •Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Channel, Marketing, Sales Enablement, Product Management, and the global Solutions Architecture team.
  • •Maintain operational discipline (workload planning, resource and headcount planning, opportunity forecasting) and define KPIs while hiring, developing, and retaining team members.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Paid LeaveEquity CompensationLearning BudgetParental Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Experience managing technical teams in software or technology sales, pre-sales, consulting, or a related environment, with direct experience in the Australia & New Zealand market.
  • •Strong background in solution architecture, translating technical depth into customer business value and learning GitLab and related tools.
  • •Proven success developing, mentoring, and scaling Solutions Architecture practices or similar customer-facing technical organizations.
  • •Strong communication and technical presentation skills across cultures and with technical and business stakeholders.
  • •Demonstrated business acumen and judgment, influencing cross-functional stakeholders and building scalable, inclusive operating practices in a distributed/remote environment.
Experience:DevSecOps
Skills:CommunicationTechnical presentationJudgmentMentorshipCross-functional collaboration
Languages:English
Tech Stack:DevSecOpsGitLab

Company Brief

GitLab
Provides a single application for the complete DevSecOps lifecycle, offering source code management, CI/CD, security, and collaboration tools to help teams deliver software faster and more securely.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 250M to 500M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2011
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