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Senior Director, Public Sector Customer Success
Location
United States
Posted
51 days ago
Salary
$185.9K - $398.4K / year
Job Description
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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