GitLab Inc.

Area Vice President - Financial Services

GitLab Inc.$150K — $200K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years' progressive experience in strategic sales leadership
  • Track record of successfully recruiting and developing high-performing sales teams
  • In-depth knowledge of Financial Services markets and sales strategies
  • Proven ability to consistently exceed sales quotas
  • Experience in software sales, particularly in DevTools or open-source environments
  • Strong partnership experience with channel partners and cross-functional teams
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills suitable for various audiences

Responsibilities

  • Establish a customer acquisition and expansion strategy for predictable growth
  • Drive annual recurring revenue growth through strong customer engagement
  • Recruit and develop a diverse team of sales leaders and executives
  • Build and maintain strategic customer relationships in Financial Services
  • Provide accurate sales forecasts and manage the sales process effectively
  • Translate strategic priorities into actionable execution plans
  • Collaborate with multiple teams to enhance customer outcomes

Benefits

  • Health, financial, and well-being support
  • Flexible Paid Time Off policy
  • Access to Team Member Resource Groups
  • Equity Compensation and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Growth and Development Fund for professional advancement
  • Parental Leave for new parents
Full Job Description
An overview of this role

As Area Vice President, you'll lead GitLab's Financial Services sales organization and shape how we win new customers, expand existing relationships, and deliver predictable growth. You'll build and develop a team of Regional Sales Directors who lead Enterprise and Commercial Account Executives, helping financial services customers improve how they build, secure, and deliver software with GitLab's DevSecOps platform.

Reporting to the Vice President of Sales, AMER, you'll set the strategy for the area while staying close to customers, leaders, and day-to-day execution. This is an opportunity to build a high-performing sales organization, strengthen key customer and partner relationships, and work across GitLab to create lasting customer value.
What you'll do
  • Establish and deliver a strategy to win new customers, expand existing accounts with purpose, and create a shared vision for long-term growth.
  • Drive customer success and predictable year-over-year annual recurring revenue growth for GitLab.
  • Recruit, develop, and retain a diverse and effective sales organization of Regional Sales Directors and Strategic Account Executives.
  • Build and maintain key customer relationships, and develop strategies that expand GitLab's customer base in Financial Services.
  • Provide detailed and accurate sales forecasts, manage the overall sales process, and set clear metrics for sales funnel management.
  • Lead at both the strategic and operational levels, translating priorities into consistent execution.
  • Partner with Marketing, Channel, Alliances, Product, Engineering, and other teams to support customer outcomes and growth.
What you'll bring
  • Progressive second-line leadership experience leading teams in strategic sales.
  • Repeatable success recruiting, hiring, developing, and retaining leaders and individual contributors in a high-performing enterprise sales organization.
  • Deep experience selling into accounts in core Financial Services markets.
  • Consistent overachievement against an annual quota.
  • Progressive experience in software sales, preferably with development tools or open source software.
  • A proven record of working closely with channel partners and cross-functional peers to support growth.
  • High integrity, initiative, sound judgment, and the ability to communicate and present clearly to a range of audiences.
  • The ability to adapt, work independently, collaborate effectively, manage an ambitious workload, and learn and use GitLab.
  • A bachelor's degree and the ability to travel as needed in line with GitLab's travel policy.
About the team

The Financial Services Sales team helps customers use GitLab to improve how they build, secure, and deliver software. You'll lead through Regional Sales Directors and Strategic Account Executives, working across GitLab to build lasting customer relationships, support customer success, and deliver predictable growth.

Remote-Global

How GitLab Supports Full-Time Employees
  • Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
  • Flexible Paid Time Off
  • Team Member Resource Groups
  • Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Growth and Development Fund
  • Parental Leave

Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.

Country Hiring Guidelines: GitLab hires new team members in countries around the world. All of our roles are remote, however some roles may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements. Our Talent Acquisition team can help answer any questions about location after starting the recruiting process.

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About GitLab Inc.

GitLab Inc. is a web-based Git repository manager that provides source code management, continuous integration and deployment, and other software development-related tools. GitLab Inc. was founded in 2011 by Dmitriy Zaporozhets and Valery Sizov. The company has more than 1,400 employees and more than 100,000 customers. GitLab is a single application for the entire software development lifecycle. From project planning and source code management to CI/CD, monitoring, and security. GitLab helps teams accelerate software delivery and reduce the cycle time to bring ideas to market. GitLab is a remote-first company, with team members located in more than 65 countries.
Learn more about GitLab Inc.
Size
1,400 employees
Market Cap
$6.5 billion
Industry
Founded
2014
NASDAQ

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