Senior Manager, Deal Desk, EMEA

GitLab; Ireland; A distancia; EUR 120.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Flexible Paid Time Off

Team Member Resource Groups

Equity Compensation & Employee Stock-P

Growth and Development Fund

Parental Leave

Descripción de la vacante

GitLab is seeking a senior leader to head the EMEA Deal Desk, aligning pricing strategy and policy with our global standards. You will partner with Sales and Finance to manage complex transactions and drive revenue growth across the EMEA region.

As part of Revenue Operations, you will shape regional processes, ensure compliance, and deliver executive-ready insights on deal quality and pricing trends. This role offers strategic impact in a fast-growing public company with diverse product

Formación

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in business, finance, or a related field.
• Proven experience leading Deal Desk teams in enterprise SaaS.
• Strong understanding of SaaS pricing models and policy implementation.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the EMEA Deal Desk team, including hiring, enablement, and operating rhythm.
• Own end-to-end service model for Deal Desk and Order Management across EMEA.
• Advise Sales leaders on deal quality, pricing discipline, and strategic approvals.

Conocimientos

Deal Desk leadership

Pricing strategy

Revenue Operations

Sales operations

Educación

Bachelor's degree in business/finance or related field

Herramientas

CRM (Salesforce)

CPQ tools

Descripción del empleo

About GitLab

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100\\* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster. The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software. \\*Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab.

Job Overview

An overview of this role GitLab's Deal Desk team partners closely with our Field Organization to support Quoting, Pricing and booking transactions. This team serves as the primary liaison between our Sales & Finance teams and is responsible for the efficient, accurate and timely sales bookings. As part of the larger Revenue Operations team, the Deal Desk team supports our constantly changing and complex business as we launch new products, implement new processes and expand into new countries.

Responsibilities

Lead the EMEA Deal Desk team, including hiring, enablement, operating rhythm, and ongoing iteration of the function within the region. Own the end-to-end service model for Deal Desk and Order Management across EMEA, ensuring the function scales with the complexity, pace, and control requirements of a fast-growing public company. Serve as the regional escalation point for complex, non-standard, and strategic transactions, balancing customer needs, deal velocity, pricing discipline, and operational integrity. Partner with the Global Deal Desk leader and peer regional managers to ensure EMEA practices stay aligned with global policy while reflecting regional nuances (currency, local terms, data residency, etc.). Act as a strategic advisor to Sales leadership on deal quality, pricing discipline, exception handling, and commercial strategy in support of healthy revenue growth. Create and deliver executive-ready insights on deal quality and pricing effectiveness, including discount trends, cycle times, exception rates, approval bottlenecks, and the business impact of pricing decisions. Ensure complex deal structures can be operationalized cleanly in downstream systems and processes, with clear handoffs into billing, fulfillment, revenue recognition, and customer-facing execution.

Qualifications

Several years of manager experience in Deal Desk, Pricing Strategy, Revenue Operations, Sales Operations, Finance Operations, or a closely related quote-to-cash function in enterprise SaaS, ideally with EMEA or multi-country exposure. Proven success leading Deal Desk teams supporting complex, fast-growing sales organizations and cross-functional stakeholders. Solid understanding of SaaS pricing models, including per-seat, tiered, multi-year, and usage-based pricing, and the ability to apply pricing strategy into scalable commercial policy. Working knowledge of bookings policy, revenue recognition principles, audit readiness, and public-company compliance requirements. Experience operating or improving approval workflows, escalation paths, SLAs, deal review processes, and CRM or CPQ-enabled quoting operations. Strong commercial judgment across direct, channel, private offer, and other non-standard sales motions common in EMEA. Strong communication skills, with the ability to tell a clear story from data, influence stakeholders, and drive alignment in ambiguous situations. A customer-focused, solutions-oriented mindset with strong emotional intelligence and experience leading a regional team through change.

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…