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# Engagement Manager – French Speaking

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[Apply for this job](#job-application)[View company](https://jobicy.com/company/gitlab.md)ShareRemote from[UK](https://jobicy.com/job-region/uk.md)SalaryUndisclosedDepartment[Sales](https://jobicy.com/categories/seller.md)EmploymentFull TimeExperienceDirectorPublished19 Oct 2026Apply before18 Nov 2026Listing views52Application actions5Application toolkit

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AI Summary

## The role, at a glance.

The Engagement Manager is a French-speaking services sales-overlay role supporting GitLab customers in adopting high-value DevSecOps platform capabilities. The role conducts discovery, defines desired business outcomes, scopes standard and custom professional-services engagements, and presents technical and commercial proposals. It partners closely with Account Executives, Customer Success Managers, Solutions Architects, Professional Services Operations, and delivery teams to progress and staff engagements. Success depends on meeting financial targets, maintaining services forecasts in Salesforce and Clari, addressing commercial objections, and communicating customer risks and trends. French fluency is explicitly essential, and the position is remote within the United Kingdom.

## Role DNA

A quick view of the complexity, pace, ownership and collaboration implied by the job description.

### Job Complexity

4/5EasyHard

### Pace & Pressure

4/5RelaxedFast-paced

### Autonomy Level

4/5GuidedFull ownership

### Communication Load

5/5IndependentCollaborative

AI insightThis is a commercially accountable, cross-functional role that combines consultative selling, technical solution framing, services scoping, forecasting, and stakeholder coordination. It requires confidence communicating complex value propositions and commercial terms in both French and English.

## Salary analysis

Estimated compensation compared with the broader US market for similar roles.

Estimated job median (per year)Highly competitive$135,000US market range (per year)$110k–$160k0$176k

AI insightThe yearly pay period is inferred from the job context; it was not explicitly stated by the employer. GitLab does not disclose compensation for this vacancy. The displayed figures are reasonable estimated annual USD market compensation for a remote, customer-facing professional-services engagement manager role; yearly cadence is inferred from the full-time professional role convention.

## Core skills

Skills and capabilities most closely associated with this opportunity.

[French language proficiency](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=French%20language%20proficiency.md)[Consultative selling](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Consultative%20selling.md)[Professional services scoping](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Professional%20services%20scoping.md)[Customer discovery](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Customer%20discovery.md)[Customer success management](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Customer%20success%20management.md)[Technical solution presentation](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Technical%20solution%20presentation.md)[Proposal development](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Proposal%20development.md)[Commercial negotiation](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Commercial%20negotiation.md)[Sales forecasting](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Sales%20forecasting.md)[Salesforce](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Salesforce.md)[Clari](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Clari.md)[Stakeholder management](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Stakeholder%20management.md)[DevSecOps](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=DevSecOps.md)[Risk management](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Risk%20management.md)[Services operations coordination](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Services%20operations%20coordination.md)

Sample interview questionsHow would you turn a customer's stated challenge into a scoped GitLab services engagement?I would begin with structured discovery to understand the customer's current state, constraints, stakeholders, desired business outcomes, and adoption gaps. I would map those needs to GitLab's standard offerings where possible, identify areas requiring custom scope, validate assumptions with delivery teams, and present a proposal with clear outcomes, milestones, responsibilities, pricing, and success measures.

How do you balance customer value with the need to meet services revenue targets?

I focus on outcome-based selling rather than leading with capacity or price. By clearly connecting the proposed engagement to adoption, efficiency, security, or compliance outcomes, I can recommend an appropriate scope that creates customer value while supporting sustainable services bookings and delivery quality.

Describe how you would handle a customer objection that they can implement GitLab without consulting services.

I would acknowledge the customer's capability and explore the implementation risks, timeline, internal capacity, and desired outcomes. I would position services as an accelerator that transfers knowledge, reduces delivery risk, and helps the customer realize value sooner, then recommend a focused engagement rather than overscoping the work.

How would you maintain an accurate quarterly services forecast?

I would update Salesforce and Clari weekly using evidence from customer conversations, account-team activity, proposal status, commercial approvals, and staffing feasibility. I would distinguish committed opportunities from earlier-stage pipeline, document risks and next steps, and communicate forecast changes promptly to sales and engagement leadership.

How do you work effectively with Account Executives, Customer Success Managers, and delivery teams?

I establish shared account objectives, define ownership early, and maintain a regular communication rhythm. I use customer discovery and engagement plans to align sales, success, architecture, operations, and delivery teams, ensuring that the proposed scope is commercially sound, deliverable, and connected to the customer's long-term journey.

Opportunity details

## About this role.

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](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuZIb5zszQI) 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.

### An overview of this role

The Engagement Manager plays the critical role in helping Customers drive adoption of high value functionality of the GitLab platform. The Engagement Manager plays a sales overlay role by shaping customer engagements focused helping customers accelerated toward their positive business outcomes with GitLab. The Engagement Manager serves as a trusted advisor to customers in their portfolio, providing guidance to Sales, Customer Success and Professional Services Delivery team and ensuring the highest levels of customer satisfaction.

* Perform discovery (with account team or with customer) to understand customer current-state, constraints and desired positive business outcomes.
* French language is essential for this position.
* Identify standard and custom services to align to customer outcomes.
* Build custom-scoped services engagement proposals for key strategic customers with guidance/review from Sr. Engagement Manager.
* Explain technical solution proposal to account team and/or customer.
* Meet and exceed set financial targets.
* Explain GitLab Services value proposition, catalog of service offerings, and methodologies.
* Explain standard packaged solutions to Customer to gain agreement to move forward.
* Help customer understand commercial terms – price, period of performance, payment/invoice structure, etc.
* Guide Account team to execute governing legal agreement to execute services.
* Coach Account Executives on how to include consulting and education services on quote/order form.
* Coordinate closing process with help from Account Executive.
* Coordinate staffing requirements with PS Operations team to ensure skillset, language, and timezone match are appropriate for each engagement.
* Handle standard objections related to price, DIY implementations, etc.
* Update quarterly bookings forecast on a weekly basis using Salesforce/Clari.
* Identify and communicate risks to account executives and EM leadership team.
* Build relationships with Account Executives, Customer Success Managers and Solutions Architects within their patch to ensure Global Services are included as part of the standard customer journey.
* Join Sales leadership forecast calls (within patch) to report on Services Forecast and to identify key customer accounts where services should be attached.
* Provide timely and predictable responses to incoming questions/requests from customers or account executives to reinforce positive brand of Global Services.
* Establish mentorship with more senior engagement manager.
* Setup individual development plan.
* Communicate trends in customer behavior to Practice Management team.

### How GitLab will support you

* [Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/benefits/general-and-entity-benefits/)
* [Flexible Paid Time Off](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/paid-time-off/)
* [Team Member Resource Groups](https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/inclusion/erg-guide/#:~:text=Definition%20of%20the%20TMRG%20%2D%20Team%20Member%20Resource%20Groups,-TMRGs%20are%20voluntary&text=The%20purpose%20for%20this%20type,developing%20the%20sense%20of%20belonging.)
* [Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/stock-options/)
* [Growth and Development Fund](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/growth-and-development/)
* [Parental leave](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/benefits/general-and-entity-benefits/#parental-leave)
* [Home office](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/finance/expenses/#equipment) support

Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from [underrepresented groups](https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/inclusion/#examples-of-select-underrepresented-groups) are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you’re excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.

### How GitLab Supports Full-Time Employees

* [Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/benefits/general-and-entity-benefits/)
* [Flexible Paid Time Off](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/time-off-and-absence/time-off-types/#flexible-paid-time-off-pto)
* [Team Member Resource Groups](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/company/culture/inclusion/tmrg-tmag/)
* [Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/stock-options/)
* [Growth and Development Fund](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/growth-and-development/)
* [Parental Leave](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/benefits/general-and-entity-benefits/#parental-leave)

Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from [underrepresented groups](https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/inclusion/#examples-of-select-underrepresented-groups) are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you’re excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.

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.](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/hiring/candidate-faq/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](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-policies/inc-usa/#equal-employment-opportunity-policy) and [EEO is the Law](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/labor-and-employment-notices/#eeoc-us-equal-employment-opportunity-commission-notices). If you have a disability or special need that requires [accommodation](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-policies/inc-usa/#reasonable-accommodation), please let us know during the [recruiting process](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/hiring/interviewing/#adjustments-to-our-interview-process).

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