Public Sector Strategic Account Executive - Brazil

About 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.

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.

Overview of the Role

As a Strategic Account Executive, you’ll help expand GitLab’s presence across the Public Sector in Brazil by building trusted relationships with senior leaders at large organizations and guiding them through complex platform decisions. You’ll use a consultative sales approach to connect customer business needs with our AI-powered DevSecOps platform, helping teams improve developer productivity, reduce security and compliance risk, and move software delivery forward with more confidence. In this role, you’ll support strategic accounts across the full customer journey, from early conversations through adoption, while helping us position GitLab as a leading DevSecOps partner in the Brazilian market.

You’ll collaborate across pre-sales, post-sales, partner, marketing, and support teams, bringing strong account leadership, customer outcomes, and clear communication in English and Portuguese.

What You'll Do

• Lead strategic account activity for prospects and customers across the Public Sector in Brazil, providing direction throughout pre-sales and post-sales engagements.
• Develop opportunities within Public Sector accounts through prospecting, relationship building, and a consultative understanding of customer business needs.
• Create account plans and customer proposals that clearly connect GitLab capabilities to organizational priorities and transformation goals.
• Coordinate with pre-sales, post-sales, and support teams to support successful product rollout and customer adoption.
• Generate qualified pipeline in partnership with strategic channel partners and support new customer development efforts.
• Contribute customer feedback and product ideas to GitLab’s public issue tracker to represent the voice of the customer.
• Prepare activity and forecast reports, and help analyze wins and losses to improve future sales execution.
• Collaborate with marketing, account teams, product managers, and technical teams to share lessons learned and communicate customer needs clearly.

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years experience selling into large organizations and navigating complex Public Sector sales cycles with multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to build and manage executive-level customer relationships with a high degree of ownership and follow-through.
• Skill in consultative selling, including shaping proposals, presentations, and formal quotes around customer business needs.
• Strength in negotiation, presentation, and closing conversations in a clear and effective way.
• Comfort working independently on complex projects while coordinating with cross-functional teams.
• Fluency in English and Portuguese for customer-facing and internal communication.
• Familiarity with GitLab or related tools, including Git, software development tools, application lifecycle management, or security and application security tools.
• Alignment with GitLab’s values, with openness to transferable experience from adjacent technical or software environments.

Benefits & Support

• Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Team Member Resource Groups
• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Growth and Development Fund
• Parental Leave