Strategic Account Executive, France

About this role

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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GitLab is an open-core software company that develops the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform, used by more than 100,000 organizations. Our mission is to enable everyone to contribute to and co-create the software that powers our world. When everyone can contribute, consumers become contributors, significantly accelerating human progress. Our platform unites teams and organizations, breaking down barriers and redefining what\'s possible in software development. Thanks to products like Duo Enterprise and Duo Agent Platform, customers get AI benefits at every stage of the SDLC.

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.

An overview of this role

As a Strategic Account Executive, you'll own a portfolio of strategic and large enterprise customers and prospects in France, helping them realize the full value of GitLab's AI-powered DevSecOps platform.

You'll solve real business problems for senior stakeholders by breaking into net new enterprise accounts and expanding adoption within existing customers, using a consultative sales approach to connect their priorities with GitLab's DevSecOps and AI capabilities.

You'll lead full-cycle, complex deals, collaborate closely with pre- and post-sales teams and strategic channel partners, and act as the voice of your customers by sharing their feedback and product ideas through GitLab\'s public issue tracker.

In your first year, you'll be expected to build and execute focused account plans, establish a healthy, qualified pipeline, and drive successful evaluations and rollouts that set the foundation for long-term growth across your territory.

What you’ll do

• Own a portfolio of strategic and large enterprise accounts in France, driving both new customer acquisition and expansion within existing customers.

• Lead complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles from prospecting and qualification through evaluation, negotiation, and close using a consultative approach.

• Develop and execute focused account plans that connect customer priorities with GitLab’s AI-powered DevSecOps platform and GitLab Duo capabilities.

• Collaborate with Solutions Architects, Customer Success, Support, and Channel partners to run successful evaluations, rollouts, and long-term adoption of GitLab.

• Partner with strategic channel partners to plan and execute joint territory activities, co-selling motions, and campaigns that build and progress qualified pipeline.

• Act as the voice of the customer by sharing feedback and product ideas through GitLab’s public issue tracker and with internal product and go-to-market teams.

• Maintain accurate activity, pipeline, and forecast data, and contribute to win/loss reviews to continuously improve sales execution and territory strategy.

• Work with Marketing to shape and support account-based and regional campaigns tailored to priority accounts and key buying centers in your territory.

What you’ll bring

• Experience managing and growing large, complex strategic or enterprise accounts, including both new logo acquisition and expansion of existing customers.

• Background selling software, developer tools, or related technology solutions to senior business and technical stakeholders in enterprise organisations.

• Skill in building and executing structured account plans, managing pipeline and forecast data, and coordinating cross-functional resources across pre-sales, post-sales, support, and channel partners.

• Ability to run full-cycle, multi-stakeholder sales processes using a consultative approach, from prospecting and qualification through evaluation, negotiation, and close.

• Effective communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate customer needs into clear input for product, marketing, and technical teams.

• Familiarity with Git, software development tools, or application lifecycle management, and interest in learning GitLab’s DevSecOps and AI-powered platform.

• Alignment with GitLab’s values, including transparency, collaboration, and inclusion, with…