Manager, Solutions Architect - India

GitLab is hiring a Manager, Solutions Architect - India in India.

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, in

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of intermediate and senior Solutions Architects across India, setting clear direction and enabling high-quality execution across the region.

• Act as a player-coach by partnering directly on strategic opportunities, building executive relationships, and coaching your team through complex sales cycles to help secure the technical win.

• Guide regional strategy for technical evaluations, workshops, demonstrations, and proof-of-concept engagements, ensuring customer needs are translated into meaningful technical and business outcomes.

• Work cross-functionally with global Solutions Architecture, Sales, Channel, Marketing, Sales Enablement, and Product Management to align on priorities and execute against regional goals.

• Manage dotted-line relationships with Channel Solutions Architects and subject matter experts, driving accountability, collaboration, and alignment around common goals.

• Maintain strong operational discipline across workload planning, resource allocation, headcount planning, opportunity forecasting, and field execution.

• Define and track key performance indicators for the team, communicating progress, risks, and priorities clearly to your team, peers, and senior stakeholders.

• Hire, develop, and retain high-performing Solutions Architects while strengthening team capability, encouraging innovation, and building a scalable regional organization for future growth.

What you’ll bring

• Experience managing technical teams in software or technology sales, pre-sales, consulting, or a related environment, with direct exposure to the India market. Strong background in solution architecture or comparable practical experience, with the ability to relate technical depth to customer business value and apply transferable experience from adjacent domains while learning GitLab and related tools.

• Proven success developing, mentoring, and scaling Solutions Architecture practices or similar customer-facing technical organizations in growing businesses.

• Strong communication and technical presentation skills, with the ability to engage effectively across cultures and with both technical and business stakeholders.

• Demonstrated business acumen and sound judgment, balancing technical excellence with commercial outcomes and regional priorities.

• Track record of influencing cross-functional stakeholders and building strong partnerships across Sales, Channel, Marketing, Enablement, Product, and other senior stakeholder groups.

• Experience building inclusive, high-performing teams and creating clear, accountable operating practices in a distributed or remote environment.

• Ability and willingness to travel in line with business needs and GitLab's travel policy.

About GitLab

The Solutions Architects team at GitLab is an established technical partner for the field, and we help customers and internal teams see the value of GitLab's platform approach during complex engagements. We combine technical credibility, customer confidence, and strong business partnership to enable success across the customer journey. Our work helps turn technical validation into confidence, momentum, and long-term value for prospects, customers, and partners. We also play an important role in