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GitLab is hiring a Field CTO at the Principal Solutions Architect level to join the Strategic Field Organization, based remotely in Australia or Singapore. This role reports to the Global Head of Field CTOs and supports large, strategic global prospects and customers requiring high-level strategic planning around DevSecOps transformation, solution recommendations, and advisory services.
In this position, you will serve as a trusted advisor to GitLab prospects and customers during presales engagements, demonstrating how the GitLab platform and professional services address business requirements. You will create and maintain relationships with customer executives on large Net ARR deals, provide executive-level thought leadership on strategic opportunities (new logos and growth), and act as a prospect and customer advocate on DevSecOps transformation initiatives.
Key responsibilities include curating and managing field feedback while collaborating with the product team on roadmap and issue prioritization; scaling regional expertise within the field through enablement and content contributions; building and maintaining subject matter expertise in GitLab-relevant technology sectors through industry monitoring and participation in external working groups; and keeping current on emerging methodologies and technologies to drive solution and product strategy.
You will also engage proactively with existing customers to provide thought leadership, participate in evangelism activities around unique customer requirements (meetups, presentations), and continuously seek market feedback to improve the GitLab platform.
GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps, trusted by more than 50 million registered users and over 50% of the Fortune 100. The company embraces AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into daily workflows.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Significant experience as a CTO or Principal Solutions Architect with expertise in architecture of enterprise software development workflows
- Experience delivering information/cyber security and compliance-related solutions and assessments
- Experience with software development tools, practices, and methodologies
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to articulate and communicate strategies to all organizational levels (executive to staff engineer)
- Ability and willingness to learn and use GitLab as an integral part of the role
- Ability to travel and comply with company travel policy
