An overview of this role

Commercial Named Account Executives are the primary point of contact between prospective and existing customers of GitLab within the top end of the mid-market, which currently works with companies that employ between 250 to 3,999 employees. These GitLab team members manage the spectrum of project sizes, ranging from small fast growing teams in smaller agile organizations to complex enterprise projects advising on the journey with GitLab to achieve specific business outcomes.

Commercial Named AEs work closely in tandem with the business development team and sales management to manage a broad book of business spread over a large opportunity value range and focus on exceeding client expectations.

This person must be located in Eastern or Central Timezones. 

What you'll do

• Meet or exceed quota while fostering strong customer relationships
• Articulate the value of GitLab to our Commercial prospects and customers in the US Eastern region
• Take ownership of and act as the CEO for the book of business in your territory:
• Document the buying criteria & process, next steps & owners
• Build a strong pipeline through a healthy cadence of prospecting activity
• Prospect and close new business to expand your territory
• Ensure adoption of our solutions and do your best to avoid churn and contraction
• Work and collaborate with our Partner ecosystem to drive new business and value for our customers
• Create an accurate forecast for each quarter against your plan/budget
• Drive attendance to our events, which you will be part of to further network with current and prospective customers
• Contribute to root cause analyses on wins/losses.
• Communicate lessons learned to the team, including account managers, the marketing team, and the technical team.
• Contribute to documenting improvements in our sales handbook
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, such as Customer Success, Renewals, Sales Development, etc. to provide account leadership, ensuring a good outcome for our customers in the pre- and post-sales process
• Be the voice of the customer by contributing product ideas to our public issue tracker
• Master MEDPICC and Command of the Message on all opportunities

What you'll bring

• A true desire to see customers benefit from the investment they make with GitLab
• Demonstrated progressive experience with SaaS sales through pitching on value to development team (preferably devops)
• Interest in GitLab, and open source software
• Ability to leverage established relationships and proven sales techniques for success
• Effective communicator, strong interpersonal skills
• Motivated, driven and results oriented
• Excellent negotiation, presentation and closing skills
• Preferred experience with Git, Software Development Tools, Application Lifecycle Management
• You share our values, and work in accordance with those values.
• Ability to travel regularly to meet with customers in person and comply with the company’s travel policy

An overview of this role

Commercial Named Account Executives are the primary point of contact between prospective and existing customers of GitLab within the top end of the mid-market, which currently works with companies that employ between 250 to 3,999 employees. These GitLab team members manage the spectrum of project sizes, ranging from small fast growing teams in smaller agile organizations to complex enterprise projects advising on the journey with GitLab to achieve specific business outcomes.

Commercial Named AEs work closely in tandem with the business development team and sales management to manage a broad book of business spread over a large opportunity value range and focus on exceeding client expectations.

This person must be located in Central, Mountain, or Pacific Timezones. 

What you'll do

• Meet or exceed quota while fostering strong customer relationships
• Articulate the value of GitLab to our Commercial prospects and customers in the US Eastern region
• Take ownership of and act as the CEO for the book of business in your territory:
• Document the buying criteria & process, next steps & owners
• Build a strong pipeline through a healthy cadence of prospecting activity
• Prospect and close new business to expand your territory
• Ensure adoption of our solutions and do your best to avoid churn and contraction
• Work and collaborate with our Partner ecosystem to drive new business and value for our customers
• Create an accurate forecast for each quarter against your plan/budget
• Drive attendance to our events, which you will be part of to further network with current and prospective customers
• Contribute to root cause analyses on wins/losses.
• Communicate lessons learned to the team, including account managers, the marketing team, and the technical team.
• Contribute to documenting improvements in our sales handbook
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, such as Customer Success, Renewals, Sales Development, etc. to provide account leadership, ensuring a good outcome for our customers in the pre- and post-sales process
• Be the voice of the customer by contributing product ideas to our public issue tracker
• Master MEDPICC and Command of the Message on all opportunities

What you'll bring

• A true desire to see customers benefit from the investment they make with GitLab
• Demonstrated progressive experience with SaaS sales through pitching on value to development team (preferably devops)
• Interest in GitLab, and open source software
• Ability to leverage established relationships and proven sales techniques for success
• Effective communicator, strong interpersonal skills
• Motivated, driven and results oriented
• Excellent negotiation, presentation and closing skills
• Preferred experience with Git, Software Development Tools, Application Lifecycle Management
• You share our values, and work in accordance with those values.
• Ability to travel regularly to meet with customers in person and comply with the company’s travel policy

An overview of this role

As a Commercial Account Executive, Mid-Market, you’ll be the primary point of contact for prospective and existing customers in our mid-market segment, helping organizations modernize how they plan, build, secure, and ship software with GitLab’s AI-powered DevSecOps platform. You’ll own a broad book of business in your territory and serve as a strategic, trusted advisor to your accounts as you prospect, run complex sales cycles, and guide customers on their journey with GitLab to achieve clear business outcomes while supporting adoption and reducing churn. You’ll collaborate closely with Sales Development, Solutions Consultant, Renewals, Partners, and Sales leadership, using value-based selling and structured sales methodologies (such as MEDDPICC and Command of the Message) to build a healthy pipeline, run accurate forecasts, and support revenue goals across a wide range of deal sizes.

Must be located in Central, Mountain, or Pacific Timezones in the US. 

What you’ll do

• Own and manage a broad Mid-Market book of business as the primary point of contact in your territory, focusing on new and expansion opportunities.
• Focus on customer accounts with 250 to 1,999 employees, managing the spectrum of project sizes and complexity within the mid-market segment.
• Articulate the value of GitLab’s AI-powered DevSecOps platform to Mid-Market prospects and customers, tailoring messaging to their business and technical needs.
• Build and maintain a healthy pipeline through consistent prospecting, qualification, and advancement of opportunities, using structured methodologies (such as MEDDPICC and Command of the Message) to support your pipeline and revenue goals.
• Document buying criteria, decision processes, next steps, and key stakeholders to run disciplined, well-orchestrated sales cycles.
• Collaborate with sales development, customer success, renewals, marketing, technical teams, and partners to deliver a cohesive pre- and post-sales experience, co-sell and close opportunities, and expand GitLab’s footprint while delivering added value for customers.
• Support customer adoption of GitLab solutions, proactively work to reduce churn and contraction, and participate in quarterly forecasting and territory planning.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by sharing win/loss insights, updating the sales handbook, and being a clear voice of the customer into the product via our public issue tracker.

What you’ll bring

• Experience selling SaaS solutions by leading value-based conversations with technical and business stakeholders, ideally including development or DevSecOps teams.
• Ability to manage a broad mid-market territory as the primary point of contact, owning a book of business from prospecting through close, adoption, and expansion.
• Skill in building and maintaining strong customer relationships, including effective discovery, negotiation, and closing to support long-term customer outcomes.
• Comfortable driving consistent outbound prospecting activity, creating and maintaining a healthy pipeline, and maintaining accurate territory and forecast documentation.
• Ability to collaborate closely with cross-functional partners (sales development, customer success, renewals, marketing, partners, and technical teams) to coordinate account strategies.
• Clear and structured communication skills, including presenting the GitLab value proposition to different audience levels and documenting customer insights and lessons learned.
• Interest in GitLab, open source, and tools that support software development, with the ability to connect customer business challenges to GitLab’s DevSecOps platform.
• Willingness to travel to meet customers and attend events as needed, and openness to bringing relevant, transferable sales experience from a variety of backgrounds.

About the team

The Commercial Account Executive - Mid-Market role sits within GitLab’s broader Sales organization, focused on helping mid-market customers adopt and expand their use of our AI powered DevSecOps platform. You’ll be part of a distributed team of Account Executives, Sales Development, Solution Consultants, Renewals, and Partners who work asynchronously across regions to manage a broad book of business and a wide range of opportunity sizes. Our mission is to guide customers through their journey with GitLab, from first evaluation to long term value realization, by developing new business, strengthening customer relationships, and supporting healthy product adoption. We collaborate closely through shared playbooks, our sales handbook, and GitLab itself to stay aligned on territory plans, pipeline health, and best practices. For more on how we work, see the Commercial Account Executive Handbook.

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An overview of this role

Commercial Named Account Executives are the primary point of contact between prospective and existing customers of GitLab within the top end of the mid-market, which currently works with companies that employ between 250 to 3,999 employees. These GitLab team members manage the spectrum of project sizes, ranging from small fast growing teams in smaller agile organizations to complex enterprise projects advising on the journey with GitLab to achieve specific business outcomes.

Commercial Named AEs work closely in tandem with the business development team and sales management to manage a broad book of business spread over a large opportunity value range and focus on exceeding client expectations.

What you'll do

• Meet or exceed quota while fostering strong customer relationships
• Articulate the value of GitLab to our Commercial prospects and customers in Canada 
• Take ownership of and act as the CEO for the book of business in your territory:
• Document the buying criteria & process, next steps & owners
• Build a strong pipeline through a healthy cadence of prospecting activity
• Prospect and close new business to expand your territory
• Ensure adoption of our solutions and do your best to avoid churn and contraction
• Work and collaborate with our Partner ecosystem to drive new business and value for our customers
• Create an accurate forecast for each quarter against your plan/budget
• Drive attendance to our events, which you will be part of to further network with current and prospective customers
• Contribute to root cause analyses on wins/losses.
• Communicate lessons learned to the team, including account managers, the marketing team, and the technical team.
• Contribute to documenting improvements in our sales handbook
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, such as Customer Success, Renewals, Sales Development, etc. to provide account leadership, ensuring a good outcome for our customers in the pre- and post-sales process
• Be the voice of the customer by contributing product ideas to our public issue tracker
• Master MEDPICC and Command of the Message on all opportunities

What you'll bring

• A true desire to see customers benefit from the investment they make with GitLab
• Demonstrated progressive experience with SaaS sales through pitching on value to development team (preferably devops)
• Interest in GitLab, and open source software
• Ability to leverage established relationships and proven sales techniques for success
• Effective communicator, strong interpersonal skills
• Motivated, driven and results oriented
• Excellent negotiation, presentation and closing skills
• Preferred experience with Git, Software Development Tools, Application Lifecycle Management
• You share our values, and work in accordance with those values.
• Ability to travel regularly to meet with customers in person and comply with the company’s travel policy

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