Strategic Account Executive - South AfricaActive

The opportunity

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.

What you'll do

  • 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 .

What they're looking for

  • 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.