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Manager, Support Engineering (AMER)

gitlab · 30+ days ago
Remote, Americas
Negotiable
Full-time
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GitLab is an open core software company that develops the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform, used by more than 100,000 organizations. Our mission is to enable everyone to contribute to and co-create the software that powers our world. When everyone can contribute, consumers become contributors, significantly accelerating the rate of human progress. This mission is integral to our culture, influencing how we hire, build products, and lead our industry. We make this possible at GitLab by running our operations on our product and staying aligned with our values. Learn more about Life at GitLab.

An overview of this role

Like other Managers, Support Managers at GitLab see the team as their product. While they know how to communicate with customers, their time is spent hiring a world-class team and enabling their team to succeed. With Support Engineers, Support Managers own the customer support experience and are always looking to improve the efficiency of our support. Due to the platform nature of GitLab They must also coordinate across departments to accomplish collaborative goals. 


Some examples of our projects of which managers were involved in shepherding: 

What you’ll do  

  • Hire a world-class team of Support Engineers who are focused on delivering excellent technical support
  • Help Support Engineers level up in their skills and experience
  • Drive team members to be self-sufficient and meet KPI goals
  • Build processes that enable team members to collaborate and execute
  • Hold regular 1:1s with all members of your team
  • Help GitLab better understand our customers and their business goals
  • Create a sense of psychological safety in your team
  • Train Support Engineers to conduct technical interviews
  • Improve the customer experience in measurable and repeatable ways

 

What you’ll bring 

  • Experience leading Support Engineering teams
  • Extensive experience building and scaling teams  
  • Focus on employee development and the achievement of desired results
  • Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Experience creating and implementing new processes and procedures
  • Affinity for (and experience with) providing technical customer support
  • Extensive experience in leading teams to take ownership and work to manage the entire issue lifecycle, from customer to development team, to resolution
  • An understanding of what it takes to execute complex Linux System Administration tasks
  • Prior Web application development experience using an MVC framework (e.g. Ruby on Rails, Python, Django, PHP, Laravel)

 

About the team

The Support team is distributed all over the world across AMER, EMEA, and APAC regions. Support Engineers and Managers work on Support Tickets and helping GitLab’s customers, but they also dig into the code and logs to find out why something is not working as expected. The Collaboration here at GitLab is extraordinary and exciting - Support Engineers solve complex problems together and participate in regular pairing sessions and 1:1s, as well as coffee chats and Slack conversations that help them stay connected. Support Team members are core contributors to our customer experience. We think a healthy customer experience is delivered by a healthy team. We focus on building processes at the intersection of our customer needs and our team’s wellbeing. GitLab Team Members have the opportunity for flexibility in their days to achieve that healthy balance. Thanks to our Transparency value, you can see what we are working on in our Support Team page. Additionally, you can see our company roadmap and listen to some of our meetings. 

 

How GitLab will support you

The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of listed locations only. Grade level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, and alignment with market data. See more information on our benefits and equity. Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary.

California/Colorado/Hawaii/New Jersey/New York/Washington/DC pay range
$98,000$210,000 USD

Country Hiring Guidelines: GitLab hires new team members in countries around the world. All of our roles are remote, however some roles may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements. Our Talent Acquisition team can help answer any questions about location after starting the recruiting process.  

Privacy Policy: Please review our Recruitment Privacy Policy. Your privacy is important to us.

GitLab is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. GitLab’s policies and practices relating to recruitment, employment, career development and advancement, promotion, and retirement are based solely on merit, regardless of race, color, religion, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression), national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, mental or physical disability, genetic information (including family medical history), discharge status from the military, protected veteran status (which includes disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, active duty wartime or campaign badge veterans, and Armed Forces service medal veterans), or any other basis protected by law. GitLab will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. See also GitLab’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know during the recruiting process.

Last updated on Jul 29, 2024

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