GTM Academy Manila
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Become a Certified GTM Engineer in 3 days.

Manila’s first live, in-person training for the fastest-growing job in tech. Build a real GTM system with your own hands, and leave with the skills and confidence to work as a GTM engineer.

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  • No prior Clay or coding experience required
Format
3 full days, live and in person, in Tagalog and English
Location
BGC, Manila
Cohort 1
December 9-11, 2026
Tuition
USD 750 early bird (25% off)
Instructor
Ericson Dalusong, Certified Clay Expert
Room size
Max 10 students, every build reviewed

The fastest-growing job in tech

Everyone is hiring GTM engineers. Almost nobody is training them.

A GTM engineer builds and runs the systems a company uses to find, reach and win customers. It sits between sales, marketing and ops — data, automation and strategy. It’s one of the fastest-growing job titles in tech, and most people doing it today came from a completely different role. If you’re coming from a sales or marketing background, there has never been a better time to become one.

GTM Engineer
Sales

Pipeline & outreach

Marketing

Signals & demand

Ops

Data & automation

01

Data, automation and strategy

GTM engineering sits between sales, marketing and ops. You'll learn to build and run the systems companies use to find, reach and win customers, not just one piece of it.

02

Built for career changers

Most people doing this job today came from sales, marketing or ops, not a coding bootcamp. If that's you, this is the fastest way in.

03

In person, on purpose

Small room, live debugging, direct feedback on your build. The stuck moments get solved in minutes instead of a week of YouTube.

Inside the program

Three days to go from curious to GTM engineer

GTM engineers build the systems that win customers, and every growing company wants one. Learn the craft, build a real pipeline, and leave ready to work as one.

Students building live inside a GTM Engineering Academy session
01
Day 1

GTM Engineering Principles, Clay 101, and Building Your Target List

Before you build anything, you need the foundation: what the role actually is, why companies are paying for it, and the one tool that runs underneath almost all of it. By the end of the day, you have a scored list of target accounts and the right people to contact at each one.

02
Day 2

Signals, Outbound, Inbound, and the CRM

Every company that grows needs leads going out, leads coming in, and one place to track it all. That's the core of GTM engineering, and it's what companies are hiring GTM engineers to build. Today, you build it with Clay Audiences, Signals, and Workflows.

03
Day 3

AI Agents and Positioning

You'll put AI agents to work across your GTM system, then leave with a portfolio and a clear plan to get hired or land your first client.

Your takeaways

What you leave with

You don’t just learn the principles and foundations of GTM engineering, you leave with the skills to work as one.

  • GTM Engineer Certificate

    Issued by GTM Engineering Academy Manila and earned by completing your final project, not just by showing up. The program also prepares you for the official Clay Certification, which you take separately with Clay.

  • A portfolio project

    A real system you built, ready to walk a client through or put to work solving a problem at your company.

  • Alumni network

    A private alumni group, with the Clay Club Manila community behind it.

  • Academy swag

    An exclusive alumni T-shirt plus official Clay swag.

Beyond the three days

The support and bonuses that come with your seat

The three days are just the start. Once the cohort ends, you keep getting support, and your seat comes with more than three days of live training.

After the training

  • Private Slack community

    New GTM engineering tactics and updates from Ericson and the team, plus a place to ask questions and share wins with your cohort.

  • Build help channel

    Stuck on a Clay table, a workflow, or an agent? Post it in the help channel and get unblocked by the team and your fellow alumni.

  • Free 1-hour Zoom session with Ericson

    Use it within 60 days of the training to review your build, your portfolio, or your first client pitch.

Bonuses

  • Access to hiring database

    Our list of startups and agencies actively hiring GTM engineers.

  • Partner tool discounts

    Exclusive discounts on the GTM tools we use and recommend.

  • Alumni talent list

    Graduates who finish the final project get added to a list we share with agencies and startups that come to us looking for GTM engineers.

Your stack

The tools you’ll work with

One core platform, plus the tools GTM engineers use every day to find, enrich and reach the right people.

Clay

Core platform

Clay

Where GTM engineers do most of their work. Pull in data, enrich it with AI, and build workflows that send clean leads to your CRM and outreach tools.

Plus the rest of the stack

Instantly
Instantly
OpenAI
OpenAI
HeyReach
HeyReach
HubSpot
HubSpot
Apify
Apify
Lemlist
Lemlist
Slack
Slack
Claude
Claude
Attio
Attio
AI Ark
AI Ark
Salesforce
Salesforce
Exa
Exa
Calendly
Calendly
Grok
Grok
Blitz API
Blitz API
Firecrawl
Firecrawl
OutboundSync
OutboundSync
Parallel
Parallel
Findymail
Findymail
Viktor
Viktor

Built for people with the instincts and no obvious way in

Sales, marketing and career shifters

Any role in sales, marketing or ops, from SDRs and AEs to RevOps, or any professional ready to shift into GTM engineering. Stop being handed the list and become the person who builds the system.

New GTM engineers

Already in the role, or just landed it? Sharpen your strategy, learn to build with AI agents, and grow from tool operator into the person who designs the whole system.

Students and fresh grads

You're just starting out and want a head start. Upskill, get certified, and learn what GTM engineering actually is before you're on the job. Must be 18 or older.

Founders

You are the GTM team. Spend three days building your own pipeline machine instead of waiting to hire for it.

Freelancers and VAs

Want a specialized skill clients actually pay for? Stop competing on price and struggling to land clients. Become the one who builds the system.

Not for you if

You want a passive video course with no support, or you’d rather watch than build. This is three days of hands-on work, and you’ll be building the whole time.

Ericson Dalusong presenting at a Clay Club Manila event

Your instructor

Ericson Dalusong

GTM Engineer, Certified Clay Expert, and host of Clay Club Manila. A practitioner working as a GTM engineer, not someone preaching from a slide deck, and a graduate of the first Clay cohort program.

“Most people learning GTM engineering are stitching together YouTube videos and guesswork. Everything in this bootcamp is something I ran for a client first.”
  • Certified Clay Expert

    The first Certified Clay Expert in the Philippines and a graduate of the first Clay cohort program.

  • Awarded by Instantly

    Recognized by Instantly for generating over 5,000 B2B sales opportunities in a single year.

  • Practicing GTM engineer

    Works as a GTM engineer day to day, building real systems for a tech company. Not a guru or a coach, just a practitioner teaching what actually works.

  • Clay Club Manila host

    Runs the Philippine chapter of Clay's global club network since 2024. Eight events and counting, with over 210 active members.

  • Builds with AI agents

    Claude Code, Grokbot, Hermes, and autonomous agents run inside the same workflows you will learn.

  • Certified across the GTM stack

    Also a certified expert in Instantly, Lemlist, HeyReach, and more of the tools that power modern outbound.

Certified. Trusted. Recognized.

Certified experts in the modern GTM stack — the instructor doesn’t just use these tools, he’s certified in them.

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Your learning investment

One price to pick up the skills behind one of the hottest jobs in tech, with everything included.

Early bird · 25% off

USD 750

USD 1,000

per seat

Clay Scholarship available

Limited to 10 people only, on a first-come, first-served basis.

  • 3 full days of live, in-person GTM training and building in BGC, Manila
  • Personal review of your final system, plus your GTM Engineer Certificate, issued by GTM Engineering Academy Manila
  • Ongoing support: private Slack community, build help channel and a free 1-hour Zoom with Ericson
  • Bonuses: hiring database, partner tool discounts and the alumni talent list
  • Venue, materials and meals across the three days
  • Clay Growth seat and credits for 90 days, included
Apply for Cohort 1

By applying you agree to our Privacy Notice.

Joining the waitlist commits you to nothing.

Every application is reviewed by our team. You only pay the investment once you’re approved and vetted, so the room stays small and everyone in it is serious about building.

Questions people ask

What is GTM engineering?+
A GTM engineer builds and runs the systems a company uses to find, reach and win customers. It sits between sales, marketing and ops, covering data, automation and strategy, and it's one of the fastest-growing job titles in tech.
Who is this for?+
Students and fresh grads, early-career sales and marketing people, ops and RevOps, founders, freelancers and VAs, and new GTM engineers who want to sharpen their strategy and learn to build with AI agents. If you're a professional looking to shift into GTM engineering, this is your way in. No prior Clay or coding experience is required. All participants must be 18 or older.
Who is this not for?+
Anyone looking for a passive video course with no support, or who would rather watch than build. This is three days of hands-on work, and you'll be building the whole time.
Do I need to know Clay already?+
No. Day 1 starts from the beginning and the room is deliberately mixed. If you are already advanced, the build blocks scale with you, and the Day 3 automation and CRM work will still be new.
Do I need to code?+
No. You will use AI coding agents to write what needs writing. What you need is systems thinking and a willingness to debug.
What do I need to bring?+
A laptop (Mac or Windows, with permission to install apps) and a Claude subscription (the $20 Pro plan is enough for Claude Code and the Clay connector). Clay access is included with your seat, we set it up before Day 1. Also bring a real GTM problem from your job, a client or your own business. It becomes your final project, so have it ready on Day 1.
When and where exactly?+
Cohort 1 runs three consecutive days, December 9-11, 2026, in BGC, Manila. Exact venue details go to the waitlist first, before any public announcement.
What does a typical day look like?+
Days run roughly 9:00 to 17:00 with build blocks throughout, and lunch is provided. Day 3 closes with a networking session.
Is it live or recorded?+
Fully live and in person. That is the point. The playbooks and templates are yours to keep afterwards.
How many seats are there?+
Only 10, on a first-come, first-served basis. Every participant's build gets reviewed personally, which is why the room is capped.
How much does it cost, and what's included?+
The early-bird price is USD 750 per seat (25% off the regular USD 1,000). It covers the three days of live training, personal review of your final system, your GTM Engineer Certificate, venue, materials and meals, and a Clay Growth seat and credits for 90 days, plus ongoing support and bonuses after the training. Questions about pricing? Email info@leadassassin.com.
What happens after the three days?+
You keep getting support: a private Slack community, a build help channel, and a free 1-hour Zoom session with Ericson within 60 days. You also get the bonuses: access to our hiring database, partner tool discounts, and a spot on the alumni talent list once you finish your final project.
How do I get the GTM Engineer Certificate?+
By completing your final project, not just by showing up. The certificate is issued by GTM Engineering Academy Manila, and that's what makes it worth something when you show it to a client or hiring manager. The program also prepares you for the official Clay Certification, which you take separately with Clay.
Will this get me a job?+
No program can promise a job. What this gives you is a real system to show, a project to walk a client or employer through, access to our hiring database, and a place on our alumni talent list that we share with agencies and startups looking for GTM engineers.
What happens after I join the waitlist?+
Joining commits you to nothing. Our team reviews every application, and you only pay the investment once you’re approved and vetted. If you’re a fit for Cohort 1, we’ll reach out directly with next steps and payment details. Questions in the meantime? Email info@leadassassin.com.
What if I cannot make December?+
Say so in the form, or email info@leadassassin.com. We will hold you for the next cohort and tell you about it first.
Can my company pay?+
Yes. Contact our team at info@leadassassin.com and we’ll send an invoice plus a short internal justification you can forward to your manager.
Can I pay in installments?+
Contact our team at info@leadassassin.com and we’ll go through the payment options with you.
Can I request a scholarship?+

Yes. Cohort 1 includes 10 Clay Scholarship seats, with full tuition covered. Clay Scholarship seats go through the same application and review as paid seats. We look for willingness to learn and a real place to apply the work: your current company, a client, or a clear plan to get there within 3 to 6 months.

How to apply:

  1. Join the Cohort 1 waitlist and say you are applying for the Clay Scholarship.
  2. You can also fill out Clay’s scholarship application. Clay may refer strong applicants to us.
  3. Final selection is made together with Clay before the cohort starts.

Questions? Contact our team at info@leadassassin.com.

Have more questions, or a big one? Contact us at info@leadassassin.com, or message Ericson on LinkedIn.

Cohort 1 · December 9-11, 2026 · BGC, Manila

10 seats. 3 days. Your start as a GTM engineer.

Only 10 people per cohort. Join the waitlist to get the dates, venue and seat details first. You only pay once you’re approved.

Apply for Cohort 1

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