Commercial Account Executive – South Korea

Jobicy; United States; Remoto; USD 110.000 - 170.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Health insurance

Flexible PTO

Equity Compensation & ESPP

Growth and Development Fund

Parental Leave

Descrizione del lavoro

GitLab is seeking a Commercial Account Executive to own and grow a book of commercial accounts across South Korea and adjacent markets. You will drive the full sales cycle, from outbound prospecting to discovery, negotiation, and closing, while expanding product adoption and ARR growth.

You will mentor teammates, collaborate with Sales Development, Customer Success, Renewals, and partners, and represent GitLab in executive discussions to deliver measurable outcomes and long‑term value for

Competenze

• Ability to drive complex B2B software sales cycles, ideally in a Commercial Account Executive role.
• Comfort selling a SaaS/DevSecOps platform to commercial accounts and breaking into new customers.
• Excellent deal management, forecasting, and CRM discipline with accurate pipeline hygiene.
• Proven ability to mentor peers and elevate team performance.

Mansioni

• Own and grow a book of commercial accounts across your territory, driving ARR growth.
• Lead the full sales cycle from prospecting to discovery, negotiation, and close.
• Drive adoption and consumption of new products with key customers.
• Collaborate with partners, Sales Development, Customer Success, Renewals, and SEs.
• Represent GitLab in meetings and events with compelling value propositions.

Conoscenze

B2B sales

CRM tools

Forecasting

Multi‑threading

Executive coverage

Mentoring

Communication

Negotiation

Strumenti

Salesforce

Clari

Descrizione del lavoro

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.

*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.

An overview of this role

As a Commercial Account Executive in our South Korea team, you’ll drive GitLab’s growth by helping Commercial organizations adopt, implement, and expand our AI-powered DevSecOps platform. You’ll also elevate your impact through team leadership and mentoring. You’ll primarily focus on commercial accounts across South Korea, guiding customers through their digital and DevSecOps journeys and driving pipeline generation that translates into measurable new ARR and long‑term expansion. In this role, you’ll act as a key connector between customer stakeholders and GitLab’s field organization so GitLab is seen as a trusted, long-term partner across the full sales cycle. You’ll also mentor and coach fellow team members, sharing knowledge and learnings to elevate team performance. In your first year at this level, you’ll deepen executive‑level customer relationships, continue building a healthy book of business, and demonstrate consistent top‑tier performance while supporting the growth of your peers.

What you’ll do

• Own and grow a book of commercial accounts in your primary territory across South Korea, focusing on organizations that can benefit from GitLab’s AI‑powered DevSecOps platform.
• Drive the full sales cycle with commercial customers by generating and qualifying pipeline through outbound prospecting, then leading discovery, negotiation, and close to create new ARR.
• Work with your key customers to drive adoption and consumption in new products.
• Meet or exceed quota by building strong, long‑term customer relationships and acting as the primary point of contact for all commercial opportunities in your territory.
• Articulate the value of GitLab to Commercial prospects and customers, clearly connecting our platform to their business outcomes, productivity goals, and security needs.
• Manage your territory by documenting buying criteria and processes, defining next steps and owners, and keeping opportunity information accurate and up to date. Create clear quarterly forecasts against your plan through regular pipeline and deal reviews.
• Collaborate closely with partners, Sales Development, Customer Success, Renewals, and Solutions Architects to drive new business, ensure adoption, and support expansion while minimizing churn and contraction.
• Represent GitLab in customer meetings and events by driving attendance and delivering compelling presentations, proposals, and reports that communicate value and outcomes. Contribute customer ideas to our public issue tracker and apply MEDPICC and Command of the Message on all opportunities.
• Mentor and coach fellow Commercial Account Executives, sharing sales strategies, customer insights, and lessons learned to help elevate team performance and contribute to team goal achievement.
• Regularly meet on‑site with key customers to develop and strengthen executive‑level relationships, ensuring GitLab is viewed as a strategic, long‑term partner at the highest levels of the organization.

What you’ll bring

• Ability to drive complex B2B software sales cycles and build trusted relationships with commercial and Commercial customers, ideally in a Commercial Account Executive or similar role serving Commercial customers.
• Ability to quickly learn and sell a complex SaaS or DevSecOps platform to commercial and Commercial accounts, including identifying and breaking into new customers.
• Excellence in operational rigor for deal management in Salesforce and Clari (or similar CRM and forecasting tools), with the ability to create reliable forecasts and manage your territory using both insight and data.
• Skill in managing and closing larger, more complex deals in the Commercial segment using proven multi‑threading, negotiation, and executive coverage strategies.
• Self‑starter who is a manager of one when it comes to territory account planning, quarterly and annual KPI execution, and driving new business acquisition and expansion through consultative, multi‑stakeholder sales motions.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and coach peers, share knowledge and learnings across the team, and take on additional team‑level responsibilities that elevate team performance and collective goal achievement.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate value at all levels of the customer organization, lead clear and compelling customer conversations, and remain calm and solutions‑focused under pressure.
• Experience driving adoption and consumption with customers whilst leading your account team.
• Outbounding: Not afraid to email, call, prospect into prospective accounts whilst building value narratives that land.
• Adaptability, flexibility, creativity and a desire to build something new!

About the team

The Commercial Sales team is responsible for driving growth, adoption, and long‑term value for GitLab’s AI‑powered DevSecOps platform with our customers. As a Commercial Account Executive, you’ll be part of a distributed, all‑remote team that works asynchronously across regions and partners closely with GitLab’s sales engineering, marketing, Sales Development, Customer Success, Renewals, and partner teams. We value transparency, collaboration, and a consultative approach, and we support one another through shared territory planning, regular deal reviews, and knowledge sharing focused on winning new customers, expanding existing accounts, and helping commercial organizations get the most value from GitLab.

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

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