Senior Professional Services Project Manager (EMEA)

GitLab; Greater London; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits and welfare

Flexible PTO

ERGs (Employee Resource Groups)

Equity compensation & ESPP

Growth and development Fund

Parental Leave

Job summary

GitLab in the London area is seeking a Senior Professional Services Project Manager to oversee complex IT/software consulting projects from initiation to closure. You will coordinate with cross-functional teams and our global customers to deliver on time and within budget, while managing executive stakeholders and escalations.

You will drive delivery processes, schedules and risk management, and collaborate with Support, Engineering and Product teams to resolve issues using GitLab technologies.

Qualifications

• Experience managing complex IT or software consulting projects for external customers from initiation through closure.
• Ability to manage scope, schedules, resources, customer expectations, risks, issues, and multiple priorities while delivering executive status reports.
• Build effective relationships with customer leaders and manage escalations.
• Identify and resolve project challenges, motivate teams, and mediate conflicts.
• Experience supporting timely revenue recognition and executing change orders when needed.
• Knowledge of PMI methodologies, Agile/Scrum, SDLC, and project tools including GitLab.

Responsibilities

• Manage large-scale commercial projects and executive stakeholder meetings.
• Collaborate with Support, Engineering, and Product to resolve complex problems using GitLab technologies.
• Improve project management tools, processes, and templates.
• Summarize key projects monthly and support quarterly business reviews.
• Develop delivery schedules, manage scope/resources/status/risk/issues for technical and consulting services.
• Coordinate with customers and GitLab stakeholders, including executive teams, Sales, and TAMs for escalations.
• Establish repeatable delivery processes and metrics.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Executive reporting

Risk and issue management

Revenue recognition support

Change orders

Delivery methodologies (PMI, Agile/Scr

Tools

GitLab

Job description

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.

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Senior Professional Services Project Manager (London area)

An overview of this role

GitLab Senior Professional Services Project Managers manage complex projects from initiation through delivery and closure. In this role, you'll coordinate with cross-functional teams and our global customers to complete distinct projects on time and within budget. You'll use your experience managing information technology and software consulting projects and your knowledge of traditional and agile project management and software development methods. You'll also manage executive stakeholder communications, manage escalations, and help improve Professional Services project management practices.

What you’ll do

• Manage large-scale commercial projects and executive stakeholder meetings and communications.
• Collaborate with GitLab Support, Engineering, and Product teams to resolve complex customer problems using GitLab technologies.
• Drive improvements to Professional Services project management tools, processes, procedures, and templates.
• Summarize key customer projects monthly and provide a summary for quarterly business reviews.
• Develop and manage delivery schedules, customer expectations, project scope, resources, status, risks, and issues for technical and consulting services.
• Manage customer escalations by coordinating with customers and GitLab stakeholders, including the executive team, Sales, and Technical Account Managers.
• Establish reliable, repeatable delivery processes, metrics, and operational procedures.
• Set and achieve forecast goals by aligning customers, Technical Architects, project engineers, partner consultants, and delivery partners.

What you’ll bring

• Experience managing complex information technology or software consulting projects for external customers from initiation through closure.
• Ability to manage project scope, schedules, resources, customer expectations, risks, issues, and multiple priorities while delivering concise executive-level status reports.
• Ability to build effective relationships with customer leaders, communicate with internal and external stakeholders, and manage escalations.
• Ability to identify and resolve project challenges, motivate advisory teams and contributors, and mediate conflicts.
• Experience supporting timely revenue recognition and executing change orders when needed.
• Knowledge of project management and technical delivery methods for software, including Project Management Institute methodologies, agile or Scrum, the software development lifecycle, and project management or agile tools such as GitLab.
• Enterprise customer and Professional Services experience is a plus.

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

Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement.

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