Professional Services Education Services

Levels

Senior Manager, Professional Education Services

The Senior Manager, Professional Education Services reports to the Senior Director, Professional Services.

Senior Manager, Professional Education Services Job Grade

The Senior Manager, Professional Education Service is a grade 9.

Senior Manager, Professional Education Services Responsibilities

Set strategic direction for Professional Education Services
Develop and execute inbound and outbound marketing strategy to align with business goals
Manage execution and delivery of education services
Learning platform administration and reporting
Clarify service offering details with the GitLab Field Sales team and Engagement Managers
Work with GitLab Customer Success and Sales team members to position, scope, and sell services
Define requirements for authoring tools and learning administration platform(s)
Plan and execute GitLab Services Partner onboarding and enablement
Plan and operationalize internal Professional Services enablement working with team department leaders
Team and talent development (hiring, performance management, growth and career development)
Scale Education Services delivery through GitLab Partners
Plan and execute of the GitLab Certified Training Partner program
Oversee resource capacity, project delivery quality and operational success metrics including bookings, revenue, utilization, on-time completion, time to value (10% of sold users are active), CSAT, stage adoption, user adoption (growth), and renewals.
Meet Education Services bookings and revenue goals
Manage collaboration with stakeholders to perform needs analysis, develop learning objectives and design deliverables that meet the business needs and education services quality standards.
Create and organize training sessions, and deliver instructor led training programs as needed to achieve business outcomes and effective transfer of learning in the workplace.
Forge relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that both tactical and strategic goals and outcomes are met.
Complete hiring and performance management processes to support a high performing training team.
Provide confidential coaching/facilitation and work closely with all levels of operations staff to ensure the integrity of the program and provide highly skilled feedback on staff performance in scheduled training and informal skills-based coaching.
Ensure Training Specialists and Operations staff are provided with up-to-date knowledge of project related updates, processes, and procedures.
Develop a means of measuring the effectiveness of training programs developed or administered through evaluation, testing, and assessment of program outcomes.
Apply adult learning theory and instructional design, eLearning, certifications, and creation of knowledge transfer curriculum and taxonomy
Collaborate with SMEs to design effective learning experiences, managing and supporting them through the course and certification development processes
Align content distribution paths with GitLab Partner ecosystems and experience to increase efficiency and scale
Build a partner-centric approach for creating and updating content that answers the “what’s in it for the partner” question and resolves what’s missing from a partner perspective when delivering customer education
Manage training delivery and content development of partner and customer education programs
Design and implement new training and certification programs to our Partner community, including virtual and onsite instructor-led training, webinars, and e-learning
Design and manage a feedback program to evaluate training content, establish KPIs, and maintain a continuous improvement cycle
Work with our internal operations team to manage the Education Services technical environments and LMS platforms
Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams in Professional Services, Product Management, Marketing, and Sales
Manage relationships with Partner Certified Trainers and community of practice Collaborate with Senior leadership to ensure financial and operational goals are met

Senior Manager, Professional Education Services Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business, management, education or related field.
Demonstrated progressive building and managing for-profit education businesses, including product management, learning content delivery, training delivery, and certification programs.
Comprehensive knowledge of the principles, methods, and techniques used in the development and delivery of training and certification programs
Comprehensive knowledge of relevant training technologies, such as Learning Management Systems (LMS).
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to focus and clarify concepts
Demonstrated problem solving and decision-making abilities with effective organizational and time management skills; the ability to handle multiple projects and priorities effectively in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision
Strong organizational, multi-tasking and presentation skills. Ability to create momentum and foster organizational change
Must exhibit initiative, decisiveness and creativity, along with self-motivation and the ability to assume responsibility and maintain strict confidentiality
Proven ability to conduct training needs assessments with key stakeholders.
Proven ability to develop training curriculum and deliver effective and satisfying learning experiences.
Experience with performance management, coaching, and mentoring team members.
You share our values, and work in accordance with those values.
Ability to use GitLab

Performance Indicators

Career Ladder

The next steps for the Professional Services Education Family would be to move to the Director, Professional Services Job family.

Hiring Process

Applicants for this position can expect the hiring process to follow the order below. Please keep in mind that applicants can be declined from the position at any stage of the process. To learn more about someone who may be conducting the interview, find their job title on our team page.

Selected candidates will be invited to schedule a 30min screening call with one of our Global Recruiters
Next, candidates will be invited to schedule a first interview with the Hiring Manager
Next, candidates will be invited to interview with 2-5 team members
There may be a final executive interview

Additional details about our process can be found on our hiring page.

Compensation

Compensation information for this role can be found on our Sales Commissions handbook page. On this page, we have an overview of the standard OTE base and variable split for each Sales job family. Also listed on the page, is our quota ramp information by segment as well as our seasonality assumptions. New salespeople who join after the fiscal year may be eligible for a super commission rate which pays out at a higher rate until the ramped quota is met - watch the video on the page to learn more!

Sales compensation plans are governed by the Sales Compensation Plan terms and conditions. Some differences may apply. For any specific compensation questions, please contact your manager (current manager or hiring manager).

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