Director, Pipeline Excellence

Gitlab

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. An overview of this role As a Senior Manager, CX Services Operations at GitLab, you will lead the operational teams that power our post-sales services motion. This is a people leadership role responsible for managing and developing a team of operations professionals across two domains: Professional Services (PS) Operations and Customer Success Management & Advocacy (CSMA) / Success Tiers Operations. As the business scales and organizational scope expands, this role requires a leader who can own processes around forecasting, resource management, and financial operations while building a team capable of sustaining them. Reporting to the Senior Director of Revenue Operations, you will be a critical connector between the CX Services organization and the teams that enable it. You will partner closely with other Revenue Strategy & Operations teams, Finance, and Sales to ensure that CX Services operational needs are clearly defined, well-represented, and executed with precision. You will thrive in GitLab's all-remote, values-driven environment, where documentation, iteration, and cross-functional partnership are core to how we work. What you'll do * Lead, manage, and develop a team of operations professionals across PS Ops and CSMA / Success Tiers Ops * Partner with Revenue Technology to represent and prioritize CX Services operational requirements for Professional Services and Customer Success systems, including Gainsight, Salesforce, and PS project management platforms, and serve as the CX Services voice in tool evaluation and enhancement discussions * Build and maintain strong cross-functional partnerships with Revenue Strategy & Operations (RSO), Finance, and Sales to operationalize go-to-market initiatives, translate CX Services requirements into data and process solutions, and drive resolution of escalated operational issues * Establish and maintain operational cadences including forecast reviews, PS delivery health reporting, and CSMA pipeline hygiene that support CX Services leadership's ability to manage risk and act on customer data * Partner with Revenue Analytics to deliver reporting and data views that connect team performance to business outcomes, including PS utilization, CSMA health metrics, and Success Tiers adoption * Lead and contribute to PS financial operations, including project-level margin tracking, rate card management, and revenue recognition compliance across T&M, fixed-fee, and blended engagement structures * Drive improvement in PS and CSMA bookings and revenue forecasting processes, reducing reliance on manual aggregation and building toward a connected pipeline-to-delivery view that supports confident in-quarter decision-making * Support PS portfolio and offering management, including service catalog governance, pricing and packaging currency, and ensuring fixed-fee structures remain aligned to evolving customer and market needs * Partner with CSMA leadership to operationalize Success Tiers delivery, supporting capacity planning, coverage model design, and the data infrastructure needed to track tier performance and customer outcomes What you'll bring * Demonstrated progressive experience across Professional/CX Services operations and, with direct ownership of outcomes in each domain * Proven people management experience, including the ability to develop and retain a distributed team in a fast-paced SaaS environment * Fluency with Customer Success and Professional Services systems including Gainsight, Salesforce, and PS project management platforms such as Kantata * Working knowledge of PS financial operations, including margin tracking, rate card structures, and revenue recognition considerations across T&M, fixed-fee, and blended engagement types * Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives, influence without direct authority, and translate ambiguous business questions into clear process, reporting, or systems solutions * Comfort building and improving foundational operational processes in a scaling environment, where not everything is defined and the ability to move from ambiguity to structure is essential About the team The CX Services Operations team sits within the Revenue Operations function at GitLab and is responsible for the processes, data standards, and operational programs that enable our Professional Services and CSMA / Success Tiers teams to operate at scale. This team works in close partnership with other Revenue Strategy & Operations teams, CX field teams, Finance, and Sales to ensure operational alignment across the services delivery lifecycle. We value clear documentation, thoughtful iteration, and practical solutions that help our go-to-market teams move with confidence and clarity. HOW GITLAB WILL SUPPORT YOU * Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being * Flexible Paid Time Off  * Team Member Resource Groups * Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan * Growth and Development Fund * Parental leave  * Home office support Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application. The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of the United States only. This range is intended to reflect the role's base salary rate in locations throughout the US. 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. United States Salary Range $139,200—$208,800 USD HOW GITLAB SUPPORTS FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES * Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being * Flexible Paid Time Off  * Team Member Resource Groups * Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan * Growth and Development Fund * Parental Leave  Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country Hiring Guidelines: GitLab hires new team members in countries around the world. All of our roles are remote, however some roles may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements. Our Talent Acquisition team can help answer any questions about location after starting the recruiting process.   Privacy Policy: Please review our Recruitment Privacy Policy. Your privacy is important to us. GitLab is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. GitLab’s policies and practices relating to recruitment, employment, career development and advancement, promotion, and retirement are based solely on merit, regardless of race, color, religion, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression), national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, mental or physical disability, genetic information (including family medical history), discharge status from the military, protected veteran status (which includes disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, active duty wartime or campaign badge veterans, and Armed Forces service medal veterans), or any other basis protected by law. GitLab will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. See also GitLab’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know during the recruiting process.

Gitlab

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. AN OVERVIEW OF THIS ROLE As the Director, Customer Experience (CX) Strategy at GitLab, you will lead the team responsible for shaping the strategic direction of our post-sales organization and turning complex customer, market, and business signals into clear decisions that improve retention, expansion, adoption, and long-term customer value.  This role is a direct business partner to our Chief Customer Officer (CCO) and supports our Global Customer Experience organization which encompasses Customer Success, Renewals, and Professional Services. It focuses on business planning, lifecycle design, coverage/segmentation strategy, executive decision support, strategic programs, and performance insight across the customer journey. Success in this role means owning several high-priority cross-functional initiatives, leading the strategy function effectively, and helping the business make better decisions through strong analysis, planning, and structured execution.  WHAT YOU’LL DO * Set the vision and priorities for the CX Strategy function, aligning strategic programs, analytics, and planning around customer lifecycle outcomes and GitLab business priorities. * Own annual planning and in-year strategic cadences for CX, including business planning, coverage and segmentation decisions, headcount and investment proposals, executive reviews, and priority-setting across Customer Success, Renewals, and Professional Services. * Develop and evolve business models, KPI frameworks, and executive decision support for CX leadership so the organization can make better tradeoffs around customer health, retention, expansion, and growth efficiency. * Lead high-priority cross-functional initiatives from ideation through implementation, bringing structure to ambiguous problems and driving alignment across CX, Sales, Finance, Product, Revenue Operations, and Data teams. * Shape customer lifecycle strategy, including journey design, handoffs, engagement models, and program recommendations that improve customer outcomes and field effectiveness. * Partner with Product and customer-facing leaders to bring voice-of-customer insights, adoption signals, and customer feedback into roadmap discussions, program design, and strategic decision-making. * Define the strategic requirements and business cases that inform systems, tooling, reporting, and process changes, in partnership with CX Operations and Revenue Technology leaders. WHAT YOU’LL BRING * Progressive experience in strategy, analytics, customer success, renewals, revenue operations, consulting, and/or business planning roles in a B2B SaaS environment. * Strong business acumen with the ability to connect customer lifecycle strategy to operating metrics, planning decisions, financial considerations, and go-to-market outcomes. * Demonstrated success leading cross-functional initiatives and influencing without direct authority across multiple senior stakeholder groups. * Experience hiring, developing, and leading high-performing distributed teams. * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to interpret complex data and translate it into clear recommendations, business cases, and strategic decisions. * Fluency with key CX and GTM systems and analytical tools such as Salesforce, Gainsight, BI tools, spreadsheets, and SQL, along with comfort defining business requirements for data and tooling investments. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to create executive-ready documents, decks, proposals, and recommendations. * Comfort operating in an all-remote, asynchronous, values-driven environment with a high degree of ownership, iteration, and transparency. ABOUT THE TEAM The CX Strategy team is a small, high-impact partner to the broader Customer Experience organization, focused on steering the end-to-end customer journey from purchase through adoption, renewal, expansion, and advocacy. The team works across strategy, analytics, planning, and cross-functional programs to help CX leaders make better decisions, prioritize investments, and improve customer and business outcomes.   The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of the United States only. This range is intended to reflect the role's base salary rate in locations throughout the US. 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. United States Salary Range $168,000—$285,600 USD HOW GITLAB SUPPORTS FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES * Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being * Flexible Paid Time Off  * Team Member Resource Groups * Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan * Growth and Development Fund * Parental Leave  Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country Hiring Guidelines: GitLab hires new team members in countries around the world. All of our roles are remote, however some roles may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements. Our Talent Acquisition team can help answer any questions about location after starting the recruiting process.   Privacy Policy: Please review our Recruitment Privacy Policy. Your privacy is important to us. GitLab is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. GitLab’s policies and practices relating to recruitment, employment, career development and advancement, promotion, and retirement are based solely on merit, regardless of race, color, religion, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression), national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, mental or physical disability, genetic information (including family medical history), discharge status from the military, protected veteran status (which includes disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, active duty wartime or campaign badge veterans, and Armed Forces service medal veterans), or any other basis protected by law. GitLab will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. See also GitLab’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know during the recruiting process.

Gitlab

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. AN OVERVIEW OF THIS ROLE As the Senior Director, Deal Desk, you will lead GitLab's global Deal Desk organization and help evolve it from a strong quote-to-cash control point into a strategic commercial capability that helps GitLab structure, approve, operationalize, and win complex subscription and consumption-based deals at scale. You will oversee the global approach to deal structure, bookings reconciliations, and Salesforce bookings fidelity, while serving as a trusted partner to Sales and Finance leaders. In this role, you will help define how GitLab brings newer pricing and packaging models to market, including usage-based and hybrid motions, while keeping commercial processes simple, scalable, auditable, and aligned to GitLab's value-based pricing philosophy. You will work across Sales, Finance, Product, Pricing, Legal, Sales Operations, Enterprise Applications, Fulfillment, and Customer Experience to set commercial guardrails, approvals, systems requirements, and field enablement that support GitLab's transition toward a consumption-first go-to-market model. This is a high-impact leadership opportunity for someone who can connect commercial strategy with operational execution. In your first year, you will shape how GitLab supports complex deals globally, improve consistency across processes and systems, and strengthen the operating model that enables the field to move faster without compromising policy, margin, or customer experience. WHAT YOU'LL DO * Lead the global Deal Desk organization, including managers and regional teams, and own the hiring, enablement, operating rhythm, and ongoing evolution of the function. * Own the end-to-end service model for Deal Desk and Order Management, ensuring the team can support increasing deal complexity while maintaining speed, consistency, and control. * Serve as the executive escalation point for complex, non-standard, and strategic transactions, balancing customer needs, deal velocity, pricing discipline, and operational integrity. * Own the commercial operating model for consumption-priced and hybrid offers, including standard deal patterns, approval thresholds, exception paths, and field guidance for non-standard structures. * Partner with Product and Pricing to translate pricing and packaging strategy into executable commercial rules, approval matrices, quoting workflows, and systems requirements for new products, bundles, and monetization changes. * Define guardrails for multi-year agreements, ramps, bundled offers, usage-based constructs, private offers, channel motions, and other complex commercial terms so they can be supported without creating downstream billing, fulfillment, or accounting risk. * Own global bookings fidelity and reconciliations, including Salesforce bookings accuracy, quote quality, and policy compliance across the quote-to-cash lifecycle. * Partner with Sales Operations, Enterprise Applications, Finance, Accounting, Audit, and Compliance teams to improve workflows, strengthen controls, increase automation, and ensure commercial decisions can be operationalized cleanly in downstream systems and processes. WHAT YOU'LL BRING * Significant leadership experience in Deal Desk, Pricing Strategy, Revenue Operations, Sales Operations, Finance Operations, or a closely related quote-to-cash function within enterprise software. * Proven success leading global or multi-region teams that support complex sales motions, high-growth environments, and cross-functional stakeholders. * Deep understanding of software pricing models, including per-user, tiered, multi-year, usage-based, and hybrid pricing, with the ability to convert pricing strategy into scalable commercial policy. * Strong command of bookings policy, revenue recognition concepts, audit readiness, and compliance requirements in a controlled business environment. * Fluency with core quote-to-cash systems, including customer relationship management (CRM) and billing platforms such as Salesforce and Zuora, and the ability to partner effectively on systems design and workflow improvements. * Experience designing or improving approval workflows, escalation paths, service-level expectations, executive deal review processes, and CRM or CPQ-enabled quoting operations. * Strong commercial judgment across direct, channel, private offer, and other non-standard sales motions, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and make balanced decisions. * Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to use data to influence senior leaders, align cross-functional teams, and lead through change in a global, all-remote environment. The Deal Desk team at GitLab helps the business balance speed, control, and a strong customer experience as it scales. As part of this team, you'll lead work that improves commercial processes and helps complex transactions move forward in a consistent, scalable way. As a distributed team, the Deal Desk organization focuses on clear decision-making, strong partnership, and continuous improvement. The work is especially meaningful for leaders who enjoy solving complex commercial and operational problems at a company that is continuing to scale.  The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of the United States only. This range is intended to reflect the role's base salary rate in locations throughout the US. 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. United States Salary Range $203,200—$345,600 USD HOW GITLAB SUPPORTS FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES * Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being * Flexible Paid Time Off  * Team Member Resource Groups * Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan * Growth and Development Fund * Parental Leave  Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country Hiring Guidelines: GitLab hires new team members in countries around the world. All of our roles are remote, however some roles may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements. Our Talent Acquisition team can help answer any questions about location after starting the recruiting process.   Privacy Policy: Please review our Recruitment Privacy Policy. Your privacy is important to us. GitLab is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. GitLab’s policies and practices relating to recruitment, employment, career development and advancement, promotion, and retirement are based solely on merit, regardless of race, color, religion, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression), national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, mental or physical disability, genetic information (including family medical history), discharge status from the military, protected veteran status (which includes disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, active duty wartime or campaign badge veterans, and Armed Forces service medal veterans), or any other basis protected by law. GitLab will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. See also GitLab’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know during the recruiting process.