Director, Social MediaNew$235K

The opportunity

This role is part of GitLab's Marketing organization and works across teams to present a clear, consistent company voice on social media. The team collaborates asynchronously with partners across regions and functions, balancing planned campaigns with timely engagement.

What you'll do

  • Own the performance of GitLab's social function and its contribution to marketing and business goals.

  • Lead GitLab's global organic social media strategy, channel plans, and editorial priorities.

  • Own GitLab's YouTube strategy end to end: channel architecture, programming and series development, long- and short-form video, packaging (titles, thumbnails, metadata), search and recommendation optimization, and subscriber and watch-time growth.

  • Partner with Growth Marketing on paid social, including briefing creative,: aligning organic and paid on shared audiences and messaging, informing boosting and amplification decisions, and connecting paid performance back to organic strategy.

  • Develop clear, audience-focused campaigns that support company, product, brand, and talent goals.

  • Guide content planning and publishing across social channels while maintaining a consistent GitLab voice.

What they're looking for

  • Own the social media budget, tooling stack, and agency, freelance, and production partner relationships.
  • Partner with teams across Marketing, Communications, Product, Sales, Talent: Acquisition, and other functions to plan and deliver social programs.
  • Build processes that support effective collaboration in GitLab's all-remote, asynchronous environment.
  • Use social listening, audience insights, and performance data to improve: content and inform broader marketing decisions.