Manager, Solutions Architect - APJ

Overview of the Role

As the Senior Manager, Solutions Architecture - Asia + India (Pre-Sales) at GitLab, you'll manage a distributed team of Solutions Architects working with customers across South East Asia, Taiwan, South Korea, and India. In this player-coach role, you'll guide technical strategy across complex sales motions while also stepping directly into high-impact opportunities to help your team secure technical wins and build customer confidence in GitLab's platform approach. At GitLab, we work at the intersection of technical sales strategy, team development, and operational scale, and you'll help translate customer requirements into clear business outcomes.

You'll partner closely with regional go-to-market counterparts and cross-functional teams including Sales, Channel, Marketing, Sales Enablement, Product Management, and the global Solutions Architecture team. In our all-remote environment, you'll help shape how we grow the Solutions Architecture organization across the region by building strong operating rhythms, strengthening executive relationships, and creating the conditions for your team to do their best work. This role suits someone who combines technical depth, strong judgment, and a hands-on approach to winning business and scaling teams.

Some of the types of projects you'll work on:

• Running technical evaluations, executive workshops, demos, and proof-of-concept engagements that help customers map GitLab's DevSecOps platform to their business goals
• Building regional operating practices that improve team execution, strengthen cross-functional alignment, and scale the impact of Solutions Architects across Asia and India

What you'll do

• Manage a team of intermediate and senior Solutions Architects across South East Asia, Taiwan, South Korea, and 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, Product Management, and other teams to align technical strategy with business priorities.