Director of Strategy and Operations

GitLab is an open core software company that develops the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform, used by more than 100,000 organizations. Our mission is to enable everyone to contribute to and co-create the software that powers our world. When everyone can contribute, consumers become contributors, significantly accelerating the rate of human progress. This mission is integral to our culture, influencing how we hire, build products, and lead our industry. We make this possible at GitLab by running our operations on our product and staying aligned with our values. Learn more about Life at GitLab.

What You’ll Do

• Responsible for the success of 1-3 high priority, cross-functional initiatives at any given moment. For example, market entries, pricing and packaging projects, important communications, and organizational realignments
• Fill in gaps in other parts of the business when there are short-term vacancies or a lack of relevant skills or capacity
• Collaborate cross-functionally with senior counterparts throughout the business
• Identify opportunities to improve business efficiency and make changes to improve the business
• Prepare materials (documents, decks) for the Chief of Staff to the CEO and the CEO
• Translate practical needs into technical and/or business requirements
• Execute on projects and ongoing assignments for the Chief of Staff to the CEO and/or CEO
• Demonstrate GitLab values in all work

What You’ll Bring 

• Track record of leadership independent of role
• Ability to work collaboratively and drive results with senior leadership
• Strategic and operational work experience
• Detail-oriented forward thinker
• Excellent written, verbal, and technical communicator
• Experience making data-driven decisions
• Able to manage multiple tasks with competing timelines and deliverables
• History of working cross-functionally to move projects forward
• Evidence of success in leading key business initiatives. Demonstrated ability to take a project from ideation through to implementation
• Experience at a strategy consulting firm and/or working across multiple functions at a fast growing company
• 8+ years of work experience. Ideally, 4+ years experience in high growth startup environments
• Familiarity with the industry is a plus
• Ability to use GitLab

About the team

The Strategy and Operations team are GitLab’s internal strategy consultants who move from problem to problem in different functional areas.

The Strategy and Operations team are GitLab’s internal strategy consultants who move from problem to problem in different functional areas. This team also plays an operational role in helping to support key initiatives while supporting the Chief of Staff to the CEO and CEO.