Senior Director, Associate General Counsel

🕒 July 23

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GitLab

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2014

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

💰 Secondary Market on 2020-11

Consulting • Marketing • Artificial Intelligence

GitLab is the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps platform, offering tools for automated software delivery, security, and compliance throughout the software development lifecycle. It provides solutions across areas such as AI-assisted development, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD), source code management, and vulnerability management. GitLab aims to simplify and accelerate software delivery by uniting development, security, and operations on a unified platform. It is particularly recognized for its AI code assistants and has been named a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for DevOps Platforms, making it a preferred choice for many enterprises.

📋 Description

• Define and execute the long-term strategy for GitLab's corporate and compliance legal function, aligning legal priorities with the company's public company obligations, governance standards, and growth trajectory • Serve as a primary legal executive partner to the CFO, People leadership, and E-Group, advising on corporate governance, securities matters, equity strategy, executive compensation, and M&A at the highest levels of complexity and materiality • Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team of corporate attorneys and paralegals, fostering a high-performance, async-first culture as the function scales • Advise on, draft, and maintain templates, policies, and processes for corporate law matters, including securities filings, governance documentation, equity plan administration, executive compensation, and M&A transactions • Own GitLab's ongoing SEC reporting and disclosure obligations, working closely with Finance, Accounting, and external auditors on legal issues relevant to accounting treatment and public company disclosure • Lead legal support for equity plan administration, partnering with Stock Administration, People, and Total Rewards on plan design, grant practices, and compliance • Monitor and analyze changes in corporate and securities law, assess legal risk, and propose creative, practical solutions that account for GitLab's culture, brand, and business priorities • Anticipate legal issues and risks tied to GitLab's continued scale, building the processes and systems needed to minimize potential impact • Champion AI-enabled legal workflows within the corporate legal team, driving adoption of tools that make governance, disclosure, and contract review faster and more consistent • Manage outside counsel relationships across corporate, securities, and M&A matters, ensuring efficient and effective use of external resources • Serve as a senior voice on cross-functional initiatives involving Legal, Finance, People, and Investor Relations, influencing decisions that shape how GitLab operates as a public company

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of combined law firm and in-house legal experience, with substantial tenure leading corporate legal matters at a multinational, publicly traded technology company • J.D. or U.S. law degree equivalent with bar admission in good standing in at least one U.S. state • In-house public company experience with strong working knowledge of the '33 Act and '34 Act, and demonstrated experience managing SEC reporting and disclosure obligations • Proven success partnering across business units, including Finance, Stock Administration, Accounting, People, and Marketing, to resolve complex business and risk management issues while weighing non-legal variables such as culture, brand, communications, government relations, tax, and insurance • Experience advising executives and the board on corporate governance, securities, equity compensation, and M&A matters • Demonstrated fluency in applying AI tools to legal workflows, with a track record of driving adoption across a team rather than just individual use • Practical, creative problem-solving approach that emphasizes addressing business needs while protecting GitLab's interests • Proactive, dynamic, and results-driven leader with strong attention to detail and familiarity working across time zones and cultures • Outstanding interpersonal and executive communication skills, with the ability to interface effectively across all business functions with a responsive, service-oriented attitude • Sound, practical business judgment and demonstrated ability to lead in a fully remote, asynchronous environment

🏖️ Benefits

• 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