New Business Account Executive- Illinois & Indiana

As a New Business Account Executive you’ll play an important role in GitLab’s growth. You’ll focus on acquiring net-new customers and expanding our market presence. You’ll build relationships with C-level and senior technical buyers at high-growth companies manage the full sales cycle from first outreach to close and create your own pipeline through consistent high-quality prospecting. In this greenfield territory you’ll support change and innovation help customers navigate their decision process and act as a trusted partner to new customers as they adopt GitLab’s AI-powered DevSecOps platform. You’ll collaborate closely with a dedicated SDR pod Solutions Architecture Marketing and Customer Success. You’ll report to the Director of New Business Sales and contribute to GitLab’s revenue trajectory and position in a dynamic market.

• Manage the full new logo acquisition cycle from first outreach through close for high-growth target accounts
• Build and maintain strong pipeline coverage through consistent high-quality prospecting across phone email social and creative outbound channels
• Run effective discovery meetings to uncover business pain quantify impact and align GitLab’s value proposition with executive-level priorities
• Navigate complex multi-stakeholder sales cycles engaging C-level executives IT leaders and cross-functional buying committees to drive consensus
• Develop and execute strategic territory plans including account segmentation prioritization and tailored engagement strategies for high-potential prospects
• Partner with Solutions Architecture and Customer Success to orchestrate technical evaluations proofs of concept and smooth post-sale handoffs
• Apply GitLab’s sales methodologies including MEDDPICC and Command of the Message to qualify pipeline support healthy deal progress and maintain predictable forecasting
• Maintain consistent Salesforce practices with detailed account notes use cases and competitive insights that support accurate forecasting and continuous improvement

• Experience in B2B SaaS sales focused on net-new logo acquisition and new business development
• Demonstrated success building territories from scratch generating pipeline in greenfield accounts and closing new customers
• Familiarity with consumption-based or usage-based business models and ability to position value beyond traditional licensing structures
• Strong discovery qualification and consultative selling skills for engaging C-level executives and multi-stakeholder buying groups
• Ability to manage multiple complex opportunities at once while maintaining an organized prospecting and follow-up cadence
• Proficiency with a modern sales tech stack including tools such as Salesforce Clari Outreach ZoomInfo or Cognism LinkedIn Sales Navigator Gong and 6sense
• Comfortable working in a dynamic environment with a focus on continuous learning coaching and iteration
• Openness to candidates with varied backgrounds who bring transferable new business prospecting and relationship-building skills

The New Business team is responsible for driving net-new logo acquisition and expanding GitLab’s presence in untapped markets. Operating like a startup within GitLab the team is made up of New Business Account Executives partnered with a dedicated SDR pod and supported by Sales Engineering Marketing and Customer Success collaborating asynchronously across multiple regions and time zones. The team focuses on building greenfield territories breaking into accounts where GitLab is not yet known and creating repeatable high-velocity motions for complex multi-stakeholder deals. The primary opportunities ahead include accelerating adoption of GitLab’s AI-powered DevSecOps platform in high-growth segments refining our outbound strategies based on real-time market feedback and sharing insights that shape our go-to-market approach.

What We Do

GitLab is an open core software company that develops the most comprehensive DevSecOps Platform used by more than 100000 organizations. Our mission makes it clear that we believe in a world where everyone can contribute. We make that possible at GitLab by running our operations on our product and staying aligned with our values. We strive to create a transparent environment where all team members around the world feel that their voices are heard and welcomed. We also aim to be a place where people can show up as their full selves each day and contribute their best.

Why Work With Us

We’ve got big ambitions to make GitLab the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps platform and need skilled contributors to get us there. At GitLab your contributions shape the future of software development at a time when AI is changing the way software is built. Together we're building the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps platform.

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