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Senior Director, Public Sector Customer Success

Customer Success ManagerCustomer SuccessFull TimeRemoteTeam 1,001-5,000Since 2014H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

51 days ago

Salary

$185.9K - $398.4K / year

English

Job Description

• Set the overall vision and strategic plan for Public Sector Customer Success, focusing on product adoption, an exceptional customer experience, and growth through improved gross renewals and net revenue retention across public sector accounts. • Lead and support managers across Customer Success Management, Renewals Management, Solutions Architecture, US-based customer support, Professional Services, and cleared personnel, ensuring these teams are aligned to public sector customer needs and GitLab's go-to-market strategy. • Define, track, and continuously refine key performance indicators (KPIs) for the public sector customer lifecycle, including health scores, support CSAT scores, adoption, renewals, first order growth, and net ARR expansion, using data to guide strategy and resourcing decisions. • Build and maintain strong executive-level relationships with military, federal agency, and intelligence community customers, serving as an escalation point for critical issues and ensuring rapid, coordinated responses that protect and grow customer relationships. • Own the design and evolution of public sector customer lifecycle programs, from onboarding and success planning to expansion plays and renewal motions, ensuring clear processes, documentation, and accountability at each stage. • Represent Public Sector Customer Success, Solutions Architecture, Renewals, and Support with global GitLab teams, sharing best practices from public sector customers and incorporating global learnings, while advocating for product and process changes that address public sector requirements. • Partner closely with Sales leadership and Regional Directors to align on coverage models, account plans, renewal and expansion forecasting, and strategies that drive new business, upsell, cross-sell, and increased advocacy within public sector accounts. • Own responsibility for public sector security-oriented programs for FedRAMP, GOVRAMP, and TXRAMP, leading the Field Security Officer and cleared personnel, and ensuring that customer success motions and customer engagements meet applicable security and compliance expectations. • Designing and scaling public sector customer success programs focused on product adoption, mission outcomes, and improvements in gross renewals and net retention across military, federal, and intelligence community accounts. • Partnering with sales, pre-sales, professional services, and support to build and execute joint account plans for public sector customers, including onboarding programs, executive business reviews, and structured escalation management.

Job Requirements

  • Due to the nature of this role supporting U.S. public sector and government customers, experience working in highly regulated or secure government environments—including navigating security, compliance, and data-handling requirements—is required, along with an active United States Secret or Top Secret Security Clearance in accordance with applicable regulations and customer requirements.
  • Demonstrated progressive experience leading managers of customer success, account management, and/or sales teams in a SaaS or subscription enterprise software company, with a focus on public sector customers.
  • Ability to navigate and influence complex organizations, balancing the needs of sales, marketing, product, professional services, operations, and executive stakeholders while adapting to evolving business priorities.
  • Proven leadership skills suitable for a senior director-level role, with experience recruiting, managing, mentoring, and developing high-performing, globally distributed teams across multiple regions and cultures.
  • Strong understanding of how customer success, product adoption, and executive relationships drive gross renewal, net revenue retention, expansion, and long-term customer health in public sector accounts.
  • Effective communication and interpersonal skills to build trusted relationships with senior Public Sector customers and internal leaders, including comfort engaging at the executive level and handling sensitive or escalated situations.
  • Capacity to work autonomously and asynchronously in an all-remote environment while staying aligned to shared goals, processes, and priorities across the broader GitLab team.
  • Familiarity with defining and optimizing customer lifecycle programs, tracking performance through data and metrics, and using insights to inform go-to-market strategies, account growth plans, and risk management for public sector customers.

Benefits

  • 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
  • Home office support

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