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Public Sector Strategic Account Executive – Brazil
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GitLab is hiring a Strategic Account Executive to grow and manage public-sector accounts in Brazil. The role owns strategic account activity across the customer lifecycle, including prospecting, account planning, proposals, pipeline creation, forecasting, and adoption support. Success requires consultative enterprise sales experience, particularly with complex public-sector buying cycles and senior stakeholders. The executive will coordinate closely with pre-sales, post-sales, partners, marketing, product, and support teams in a distributed remote environment. Fluency in Portuguese and English plus familiarity with DevSecOps, Git, application lifecycle management, or security tooling are important.
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I map the buying committee early, identify each stakeholder's priorities and influence, and create a mutual action plan with clear milestones. I maintain consistent executive communication while coordinating procurement, technical validation, legal, and security requirements so risks are addressed before they delay the deal.
I would begin with discovery around delivery bottlenecks, security and compliance needs, toolchain complexity, and transformation goals. I would then connect GitLab's unified DevSecOps platform to measurable outcomes such as improved developer productivity, stronger governance, reduced handoffs, and more secure software delivery.
I define the account's objectives, organizational structure, current technology landscape, priority initiatives, stakeholders, partner ecosystem, competitive position, and expansion opportunities. From there, I establish opportunity-specific value hypotheses, engagement actions, success metrics, and an internal support plan.
I align the team around a documented customer outcome and mutual action plan, clarify roles for discovery, technical validation, commercial negotiation, and adoption, and keep communication transparent. I remain accountable for the strategic relationship while ensuring specialists can lead in their areas of expertise.
I use objective stage criteria, verified customer commitments, close plans, and risk assessments rather than relying solely on sentiment. Regular pipeline reviews help me identify gaps early, prioritize next actions, and communicate a realistic forecast to leadership and cross-functional partners.
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.
*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 an 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 work across pre-sales, post-sales, partner, marketing, and support teams, and we’ll rely on you to bring strong account leadership, customer outcomes, and clear communication in English and Portuguese. Over your first year, your impact will come from building account plans for large organizations, developing new opportunities, and helping customers successfully adopt GitLab in ways that align to their business goals.
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.
About the team
The team focuses on growing GitLab’s Public Sector business in Brazil by helping organizations adopt a single platform for software delivery, security, and collaboration. This role works closely with cross-functional partners across sales, solutions, support, marketing, and product, and contributes to an asynchronous, distributed way of working that values transparency, accountability, and shared customer insight. The team’s work sits at the intersection of strategic growth and customer transformation, with a focus on helping Public Sector organizations evaluate, adopt, and expand their use of GitLab across complex environments.
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.
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