Field Chief Technology Officer (Public Sector)

GitLab; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Generous Paid Time Off

Flexible schedule

Job summary

GitLab is seeking a Field CTO, Public Sector, to serve as a trusted technical advisor for government customers, aligning DevSecOps, security, and compliance with mission outcomes across complex environments.

You will engage executives such as CISOs and CTOs, guide pre-sales engagements, and translate technical strategy into clear guidance, while collaborating with sales, marketing, and product teams in a fully remote, asynchronous setting.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to translate security and compliance requirements into DevSecOps strategy.
• Experience in pre-sales, consulting, or solutions architecture for public sector.
• Strong verbal and written communication with executives to engineers.

Responsibilities

• Advise customers on DevSecOps and platform adoption in public sector.
• Lead executive-level conversations with CISOs and CTOs.
• Collaborate with sales, marketing, and product teams across GitLab.
• Represent GitLab with transparency and credibility in regulated environments.

Skills

DevSecOps

Security

Compliance

Pre-sales

Solutions architecture

Executive communication

Public sector experience

Job description

• As a Field CTO, Public Sector at GitLab, you will serve as a trusted technical advisor for public sector customers and prospects, helping them connect DevSecOps strategy, security, and compliance goals to real business and mission outcomes
• You will work closely with executive stakeholders during the pre-sales process, offering strategic guidance on how GitLab can support secure software delivery, modernization efforts, and platform adoption across complex environments
• In this role, you will combine technical depth with executive communication
• You will build relationships with leaders such as Chief Information Security Officers, Chief Security Officers, Chief Technology Officers, and chief security architects, while also partnering across GitLab with sales, marketing, and product teams
• Your perspective from the field will help shape customer conversations, influence go-to-market strategy, and inform how GitLab continues to serve public sector organizations
• Note: This is an individual contributor, customer-facing technical advisory role; it does not include direct people management responsibilities
• You will help customers understand the value of a single DevSecOps platform, contribute to industry conversations around standards and guidance, and represent GitLab in a way that reflects our values of transparency, collaboration, and results
• Engage with customers in a technical consulting and advisory role during the pre-sales process, providing technical assistance and strategic guidance
• Deliver executive-level thought leadership on DevSecOps, security, and compliance for strategic public sector opportunities, including new and growth accounts
• Build and maintain relationships with customer leaders such as Chief Information Security Officers, Chief Security Officers, Chief Technology Officers, and chief security architects
• Partner with the marketing team to develop content and support media engagement opportunities that increase awareness of GitLab in the public sector market
• Educate customers on the value of the GitLab platform and related technologies, and support conversations across multiple levels of the organization to help enable successful deployment
• Assist with requests for information and responses related to government publications and public-private partnership opportunities
• Participate in and contribute to working groups connected to government publications, standards, and demonstrations
• Curate and communicate public sector field feedback, collaborate on prioritization with marketing and product teams, and contribute to sales strategy, playbooks, enablement, and reusable technical content for the field
• The Field CTO, Public Sector role works across customer-facing and internal teams to help GitLab meet the needs of public sector organizations with clarity, credibility, and deep technical insight
• This role partners closely with sales, solutions, marketing, and product stakeholders to represent customer priorities, strengthen technical strategy in the field, and support GitLab’s position in a highly regulated and mission-driven market
• The team environment is collaborative, remote, and asynchronous, with a strong focus on sharing knowledge and turning field insight into action
• The work is especially meaningful because it brings together executive advisory skills, platform expertise, and an understanding of security and compliance expectations that matter in public sector environments
• Success in this role comes from being able to translate complex technical topics into clear guidance, while also helping GitLab improve how we serve this market over time
• At GitLab, you’ll do this work in a values-driven culture built on collaboration, results, efficiency, diversity, inclusion and belonging, iteration, and transparency

Benefits

• We offer benefits to manage your health, wealth, and well-being regardless of location
• Flexibility in schedule to be there for life’s important moments
• Equity compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan offered
• Generous Paid Time Off

This role is well suited for someone who enjoys operating at the intersection of technology strategy, customer engagement, and market leadershipExperience selling to, supporting, or working within the public sectorDemonstrated expertise in DevSecOps strategy, application security, and compliance for regulated environments, including providing risk-based guidanceExperience in technical pre-sales, consulting, solutions architecture, or comparable customer-facing IT roles, including using GitLab (and willingness to learn quickly) to support customer conversations and demonstrationsStrong verbal, written, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate technical strategy effectively to audiences ranging from executives to engineersWorking knowledge of the end-to-end software development lifecycle, including CI/CD and modern engineering and operations practicesAbility to coordinate across time zones and adapt schedules to customer and internal stakeholder needsExperience with cloud computing and modern platform architectures that support secure software deliveryExperience creating and delivering technical thought leadership content (presentations, demos, written materials) independentlyLiving in the Washington D.C. Metro area preferredComfort working in a fully remote, distributed, and asynchronous environmentEmployment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check, as permitted by applicable law