Major Account Executive, Financial Services - US East

GitLab; Connecticut; Remote; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Paid Time Off

Equity Compensation

Job summary

GitLab is seeking a Major Account Executive for the FINS Enterprise team to drive deals with large, regulated enterprises on our AI-powered DevSecOps platform. You will manage complex sales motions, build durable pipelines, and partner with cross-functional teams to deliver customer value.

This is a remote-global role; travel may be required. GitLab emphasizes collaboration, transparency, and a consultative approach across regions and teams.

Qualifications

• Experience driving complex B2B software sales cycles with large enterprises.
• Ability to travel if needed per role requirements.
• Preferred experience with Git, software development tools, application lifecycle management, or security tools.

Responsibilities

• Drive the full sales cycle in large, complex enterprises, including prospecting, qualifying, developing, and closing opportunities.
• Provide strong account leadership in both pre- and post-sales to ensure customers realize value from GitLab’s platform.
• Coordinate with Solutions Architects, Customer Success, Support, and partners to design and execute account strategies.

Job description

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.

As a Major Account Executive on our FINS Enterprise team, you'll help large, regulated organizations adopt, implement, and expand their use of GitLab’s AI-powered DevSecOps platform. You’ll focus on major enterprise prospects and customers, guiding them through complex DevSecOps and software delivery transformations across areas like CI/CD automation, secure development, and infrastructure modernization. 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 before, during, and after the sale. In your first year, you’ll be expected to build and manage a healthy enterprise pipeline, create repeatable sales motions, and drive successful rollouts and adoption that translate into measurable results and long-term expansion.

• Support GitLab’s strategic large prospects and customers as a trusted advisor throughout their DevSecOps journey.
• Drive the full sales cycle in large, complex enterprises, including prospecting, qualifying, developing, and closing new opportunities across your assigned accounts.
• Provide strong account leadership and direction in both the pre‑sales and post‑sales process to ensure customers realize value from GitLab’s AI‑powered DevSecOps platform.
• Coordinate closely with Solutions Architects, Customer Success, Support, and strategic channel partners to design and execute account strategies that drive adoption, expansion, and retention.
• Develop and execute structured account plans based on customer business needs, including opportunity mapping, stakeholder alignment, and multi‑threaded engagement across technical and business teams.
• Ensure successful rollout and ongoing adoption through proactive account management activities, regular business reviews, and clear alignment on customer outcomes.
• Prepare and deliver accurate activity and forecast reports, and contribute to root cause analysis on wins and losses while sharing lessons learned with account managers, marketing, and technical teams.
• Act as the voice of the customer by sharing feedback and product ideas, and use a consultative approach to create proposals, quotes, and presentations that clearly link GitLab’s solutions to customer business objectives.
• A true desire to see customers achieve meaningful outcomes and long‑term value from their investment in GitLab.
• Experience driving complex B2B software sales cycles with large enterprises, ideally in DevSecOps, software development tools, or adjacent SaaS solutions.
• Able to provide a high degree of account management and control, working under minimal supervision on complex opportunities while maintaining clear communication and alignment.
• Ability to generate new business and expand existing accounts through consultative, multi‑stakeholder sales motions that result in sustainable, long‑term partnerships.
• Experience collaborating with strategic channel partners to develop opportunities, co‑sell, and support successful customer adoption.
• Preferred experience with Git, software development tools, application lifecycle management, or security/application security tools.
• You share our values and work in accordance with them, use GitLab in your daily work, and are able to travel if needed while following GitLab’s travel policy.

The Enterprise Sales team is responsible for driving growth, adoption, and long‑term value for GitLab's AI‑powered DevSecOps platform with our largest and most strategic customers. As a Major Account Executive on the FINS Enterprise team, you'll be part of a distributed, all‑remote team that works asynchronously across regions and partners closely with GitLab's sales engineering, marketing, and customer success teams. We value transparency, collaboration, and a consultative approach, and we support one another through shared account planning, regular deal reviews, and knowledge sharing focused on enterprise customers across regulated and large‑scale environments.

Remote-Global

The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of the United States only. Grade level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, alignment with market data, and geographic location. The base salary range does not include any bonuses, equity, or benefits. See more information on our benefits and equity. Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary.

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Benefits to support your health, finances, and well‑being

• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan

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