diff --git a/addon/flamenco/operators.py b/addon/flamenco/operators.py
index 093173a0..7a979230 100644
--- a/addon/flamenco/operators.py
+++ b/addon/flamenco/operators.py
@@ -307,7 +307,9 @@ class FLAMENCO_OT_submit_job(FlamencoOpMixin, bpy.types.Operator):
             ),
         )
 
-        return checkout_root / blendfile.name  # TODO: get relative to the checkout dir.
+        # Having Shaman enabled on the Manager automatically creates a variable
+        # "jobs" that will resolve to the checkout directory.
+        return PurePosixPath("{jobs}") / checkout_root / blendfile.name
 
     def _on_bat_pack_msg(self, context: bpy.types.Context, msg: _Message) -> set[str]:
         from .bat import interface as bat_interface
diff --git a/internal/manager/api_impl/varrepl_test.go b/internal/manager/api_impl/varrepl_test.go
index 46647133..02c0dbfa 100644
--- a/internal/manager/api_impl/varrepl_test.go
+++ b/internal/manager/api_impl/varrepl_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package api_impl
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
 import (
+	"path"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -95,3 +96,20 @@ func TestReplacePathsUnknownOS(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 	assert.Equal(t, "{hey}/haha", replacedTask.Commands[2].Parameters["otherpath"])
 }
+
+func TestReplaceJobsVariable(t *testing.T) {
+	worker := persistence.Worker{Platform: "linux"}
+
+	// Having the Shaman enabled should create an implicit variable "{jobs}".
+	conf := config.GetTestConfig(func(c *config.Conf) {
+		c.Shaman.Enabled = true
+		c.Shaman.StoragePath = "/path/to/shaman/storage"
+	})
+
+	task := varreplTestTask()
+	task.Commands[2].Parameters["filepath"] = "{jobs}/path/in/shaman.blend"
+
+	replacedTask := replaceTaskVariables(&conf, task, worker)
+	expectPath := path.Join(conf.Shaman.CheckoutPath(), "path/in/shaman.blend")
+	assert.Equal(t, expectPath, replacedTask.Commands[2].Parameters["filepath"])
+}
diff --git a/internal/manager/config/settings.go b/internal/manager/config/settings.go
index 8044fbdd..43f0c4f2 100644
--- a/internal/manager/config/settings.go
+++ b/internal/manager/config/settings.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -180,6 +181,7 @@ func DefaultConfig(override ...func(c *Conf)) Conf {
 	for _, overrideFunc := range override {
 		overrideFunc(&c)
 	}
+	c.addImplicitVariables()
 	c.constructVariableLookupTable(zerolog.TraceLevel)
 	return c
 }
@@ -222,6 +224,7 @@ func loadConf(filename string, overrides ...func(c *Conf)) (Conf, error) {
 		overrideFunc(&c)
 	}
 
+	c.addImplicitVariables()
 	c.constructVariableLookupTable(zerolog.DebugLevel)
 	c.parseURLs()
 	c.checkDatabase()
@@ -231,6 +234,31 @@ func loadConf(filename string, overrides ...func(c *Conf)) (Conf, error) {
 	return c, nil
 }
 
+func (c *Conf) addImplicitVariables() {
+	if !c.Shaman.Enabled {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Shaman adds a variable to allow job submission to create
+	// checkout-dir-relative paths.
+	shamanCheckoutPath := c.Shaman.CheckoutPath()
+	absPath, err := filepath.Abs(shamanCheckoutPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error().Err(err).Msg("unable to find absolute path of Shaman checkout path")
+		absPath = shamanCheckoutPath
+	}
+	c.Variables["jobs"] = Variable{
+		IsTwoWay: false,
+		Values: []VariableValue{
+			{
+				Audience: VariableAudienceAll,
+				Platform: VariablePlatformAll,
+				Value:    absPath,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
 func (c *Conf) constructVariableLookupTable(logLevel zerolog.Level) {
 	lookup := map[VariableAudience]map[VariablePlatform]map[string]string{}
 
@@ -330,8 +358,8 @@ func (c *Conf) ExpandVariables(valueToExpand string, audience VariableAudience,
 	}
 
 	varsForPlatform := map[string]string{}
-	updateMap(varsForPlatform, platformsForAudience[platform])
 	updateMap(varsForPlatform, platformsForAudience[VariablePlatformAll])
+	updateMap(varsForPlatform, platformsForAudience[platform])
 
 	if varsForPlatform == nil {
 		log.Warn().
diff --git a/internal/manager/config/settings_test.go b/internal/manager/config/settings_test.go
index b701b235..6220dd71 100644
--- a/internal/manager/config/settings_test.go
+++ b/internal/manager/config/settings_test.go
@@ -40,3 +40,17 @@ func TestVariableValidation(t *testing.T) {
 
 // TODO: Test two-way variables. Even though they're not currently in the
 // default configuration, they should work.
+
+func TestShamanImplicitVariables(t *testing.T) {
+	c := DefaultConfig(func(c *Conf) {
+		// Having the Shaman enabled should create an implicit variable "{jobs}".
+		c.Shaman.Enabled = true
+		c.Shaman.StoragePath = "/path/to/shaman/storage"
+	})
+
+	if !assert.Contains(t, c.Variables, "jobs") {
+		t.FailNow()
+	}
+	assert.False(t, c.Variables["jobs"].IsTwoWay)
+	assert.Equal(t, c.Shaman.CheckoutPath(), c.Variables["jobs"].Values[0].Value)
+}