Public Sector Strategic Account Executive, SLED - Texas

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.

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An overview of this role

As a Strategic Account Leader on our Public Sector Team, you’ll help state and local agencies and higher education institutions modernize how they build and secure software using GitLab’s AI-powered DevSecOps platform. You’ll align GitLab with agency priorities like CI/CD automation, secure development practices, and infrastructure modernization in regulated environments, acting as the primary point of contact for strategic and large prospects. Reporting to a Regional Director, you’ll own a defined book of business, build and execute multi-year account plans, navigate complex procurement cycles, and partner closely with system integrators and resellers to deliver outcomes that matter to public sector missions.

In your first year, you’ll focus on developing trusted relationships with CIOs, technical leaders, and key stakeholders across your territory, driving successful rollouts and adoption of GitLab, and coordinating with our pre- and post-sales engineering and support teams. You’ll also represent the voice of your customers internally by sharing product feedback and ideas through our public issue tracker, helping shape how GitLab serves the public sector over time.

Location: Remote, Texas

What you’ll do

Build and execute strategic account plans that align GitLab’s AI-powered DevSecOps platform with public sector modernization initiatives

Navigate complex procurement and contracting processes while shaping multi-year technology roadmaps with CIOs and technical leaders

Act as the primary point of contact and trusted advisor for strategic and large public sector prospects and customers

Own your book of business, from pipeline development through close and expansion, using a consultative, mission-focused sales approach

Collaborate with pre-sales and post-sales engineering, customer success, and support teams to ensure successful rollout, adoption, and value realization

Partner with system integrators, resellers, and other channel partners to generate qualified leads and co-create solutions for government challenges

Conduct ongoing prospecting and opportunity development activities within large and strategic accounts to drive new and expansion business

Represent the voice of the customer by sharing feedback and product ideas through GitLab’s public issue tracker and internal teams

What you’ll bring

Experience selling technology solutions to U.S. State and Local Government and Higher Education institutions, including working within regulated environments

Knowledge of the software development lifecycle, including CI/CD automation, secure development practices, and infrastructure modernization

Understanding of State procurement vehicles, compliance requirements, and agency buying cycles, with the ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments

Consultative sales approach that positions technology as a mission enabler and aligns solutions to public sector modernization initiatives

Ability to manage major accounts with a high degree of ownership and control, working under minimal supervision on complex opportunities

Skill in collaborating with system integrators, resellers, and internal pre- and post-sales teams to drive successful customer outcomes

Effective written and verbal communication skills, with strong interpersonal abilities to build consensus across technical and non-technical stakeholders

Alignment with GitLab’s values, openness to learning, and readiness to apply transferable skills and diverse experiences to the public sector domain

About the team

The Public Sector Team focuses on helping U.S. state and local gove…