Strategic Account Executive

🕒 May 26

🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💼 Account Executive

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GitLab

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

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

• Supports GitLab’s strategic large prospects and customers. • Provide account leadership and direction in the pre- and post-sales process • Conduct sales activities including prospecting and developing opportunities in large/strategic accounts • Ensure the successful rollout and adoption of GitLab products through strong account management activities and coordination with pre-and-post sales and support resources • Be the voice of the customer by contributing product ideas to our public issue tracker • Generate qualified leads and develop new customers in conjunction with our strategic channel partners. • Expand knowledge of industry as well as the competitive posture of the company • Prepare activity and forecast reports • Contribute to root cause analysis on wins/losses. • Communicate lessons learned to the team, including account managers, the marketing team, and the technical team • Assist sales management in conveying customer needs to product managers, and technical support staff • Utilize a consultative approach, discuss business issues with prospect and develop a formal quote, a written sales proposal or a formal sales presentation addressing their business needs. • Develop an account plan to sell to customers based on their business needs. • Collaborate with Marketing on marketing strategies.

🎯 Requirements

• A true desire to see customers benefit from the investment they make with you • Able to provide high degree of account management and control • Work under minimal supervision on complex projects • Experience selling into large organizations • Ability to leverage established relationships and proven sales techniques for success • Excellent negotiation, presentation and closing skills • Preferred experience with Git, Software Development Tools, Application Lifecycle Management • You share our values, and work in accordance with those values. • Ability to use GitLab • Ability to travel if needed and comply with the company’s travel policy

🏖️ 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