Grafana Labs
Senior Engagement Manager (Remote, United Kingdom)
Job Summary
Grafana Labs is seeking an Engagement Manager to lead and oversee customer projects within their professional services team, focusing on driving successful outcomes in the observability space. The role involves coordinating cross-functional teams, managing project scope and risks, and maintaining clear communication with clients and internal stakeholders. Candidates should have experience in engagement or project management within the technology sector, with strong problem-solving and presentation skills. The position offers flexible and remote work arrangements, along with benefits like equity, bonuses, and generous paid leave.
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Grafana Labs is a remote-first, open-source powerhouse. There are more than 20M users of Grafana, the open source visualization tool, around the globe, monitoring everything from beehives to climate change in the Alps. The instantly recognizable dashboards have been spotted everywhere from a NASA launch and Minecraft HQ to Wimbledon and the Tour de France. Grafana Labs also helps more than 3,000 companies -- including Bloomberg, JPMorgan Chase, and eBay -- manage their observability strategies with the Grafana LGTM Stack, which can be run fully managed with Grafana Cloud or self-managed with the Grafana Enterprise Stack, both featuring scalable metrics (Grafana Mimir), logs (Grafana Loki), and traces (Grafana Tempo).
We’re scaling fast and staying true to what makes us different: an open-source legacy, a global collaborative culture, and a passion for meaningful work. Our team thrives in an innovation-driven environment where transparency, autonomy, and trust fuel everything we do.
You may not meet every requirement, and that’s okay. If this role excites you, we’d love you to raise your hand for what could be a truly career-defining opportunity.
Grafana Labs is looking for an Engagement Manager who is passionate about driving successful business outcomes for our customers in the observability space. Engagement Managers within Grafana’s Professional Services department are project leaders who set and execute the direction of customer engagements. They influence both the customer and our internal teams to manage and deliver Grafana technologies that realize customer business objectives. They build process and tooling to ensure we are scaling our business effectively, organizing our projects correctly, and communicating outcomes efficiently.
Engagement Managers in Grafana Professional Services will partner with Sales, Support, Customer Success, and Product to deliver resilient observability architecture, addressing customer and business outcomes. Engagement Managers organize and plan for the project deliverables in the SOW, assist our Products team in motivating for improved technologies, and embed with customers to deliver ideal outcomes. They deliver status reports, unblock customers, hold recurring customer meetings, communicate risks, and track engagements. The Engagement Managers role is critical to creating a holistic understanding of the customer experience for Sales, Support, and the Customer Experience team.
Responsibilities:
- Manage a diverse portfolio of customer projects, providing oversight and execution of project deliverables, resource management, completion of milestones and escalation managementLead the planning, execution and delivery of customer projects, ensuring alignment with customer expectations and business goals
- Coordinate cross-functional teams (e.g. operations, partners, sales) to deliver projects on time and within scopeMonitor project progress, manage risks, and resolve issues and escalations in a timely manner
- Prepare and present regular project status reports to customers, highlighting progress, outcomes and next stepsWork with customers to define project scope and objectives that align with their strategic goalsFacilitate regular team meetings, providing guidance and support to ensure successful project outcomes
- Analyze customer feedback and data to inform decision-making and continuous improvement effortsUse data-driven insights to recommend enhancements to customer strategies or engagement approaches
- Review and monitor regional resource availability to maximize utilization for project staffingWork collaboratively with a global team of engagement managers to streamline operational processes and effectively scale the business
Requirements:
- 3+ years Engagement Management/ Project Management experience in the technology space.
- 2+ years of experience in technology/software pre-sales or technical consulting
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities
- High level of business acumen and ability to translate client needs into actionable solutions
- Working knowledge of project management tools and methodologies (e.g. Rocketlane, Jira) and CRM systems (e.g. Salesforce, PlanHat)
- - Certification in Project Management (PMP, Agile, etc) is a plus.
- Excellent presentation skills with comfort speaking to customers and executives
In the UK, the base compensation range for this role is £87,000 - £105,000. Actual compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset as assessed in the interview process. Benefits include equity, bonus (if applicable), and other benefits listed on our careers page.
*Compensation ranges are country specific. If you are applying for this role from a different location than listed above, your recruiter will discuss your specific market’s defined pay range & benefits at the beginning of the process.
Why You’ll Thrive at Grafana Labs:
- Scaling Organization – Tackle meaningful work in a high-growth, ever-evolving environment.
- Remote-First, Global Culture – Work from anywhere with collaboration at the heart of everything we do.
- Transparent Communication – Expect open decision-making and regular company-wide updates.
- Innovation-Driven – Autonomy and support to ship great work and try new things.
- Open Source Roots – Built on community-driven values that shape how we work.
- Empowered Teams – High trust, low ego culture that values outcomes over optics.
- Career Growth Pathways – Defined opportunities to grow and develop your career.
- Approachable Leadership – Transparent execs who are involved, visible, and human.
- Passionate People – Join a team of smart, supportive folks who care deeply about what they do.
- In-Person onboarding - We want you to thrive from day 1 with your fellow new ‘Grafanistas’ to learn all about what we do and how we do it.
- Balance is Key - We operate a global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum. 3 days of your annual leave entitlement are reserved for Grafana Shutdown Days to allow the team to really disconnect. *We will comply with local legislation where applicable.
Equal Opportunity Employer: We will recruit, train, compensate and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, disability, age, veteran status, and all the other fascinating characteristics that make us different and unique. We believe that equality and diversity builds a strong organization and we’re working hard to make sure that’s the foundation of our organization as we grow.
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