Commercial Account Executive - Mid-Market - Gitlab - Remote - United States

As a Commercial Account Executive, Mid-Market, you’ll be the primary point of contact for prospective and existing customers in our mid-market segment, helping organizations modernize how they plan, build, secure, and ship software with GitLab’s AI-powered DevSecOps platform. You’ll own a broad book of business in your territory and serve as a strategic, trusted advisor to your accounts as you prospect, run complex sales cycles, and guide customers on their journey with GitLab to achieve clear business outcomes while supporting adoption and reducing churn. You’ll collaborate closely with Sales Development, Solutions Consultant, Renewals, Partners, and Sales leadership, using value-based selling and structured sales methodologies (such as MEDDPICC and Command of the Message) to build a healthy pipeline, run accurate forecasts, and support revenue goals across a wide range of deal sizes. Must be located in East or Central timezones in the US. What you’ll do - Own and manage a broad Mid-Market book of business as the primary point of contact in your territory, focusing on new and expansion opportunities. - Focus on customer accounts with 250 to 1,999 employees, managing the spectrum of project sizes and complexity within the mid-market segment. - Articulate the value of GitLab’s AI-powered DevSecOps platform to Mid-Market prospects and customers, tailoring messaging to their business and technical needs. - Build and maintain a healthy pipeline through consistent prospecting, qualification, and advancement of opportunities, using structured methodologies (such as MEDDPICC and Command of the Message) to support your pipeline and revenue goals. - Document buying criteria, decision processes, next steps, and key stakeholders to run disciplined, well-orchestrated sales cycles. - Collaborate with sales development, customer success, renewals, marketing, technical teams, and partners to deliver a cohesive pre- and post-sales experience, co-sell and close opportunities, and expand GitLab’s footprint while delivering added value for customers. - Support customer adoption of GitLab solutions, proactively work to reduce churn and contraction, and participate in quarterly forecasting and territory planning. - Contribute to continuous improvement by sharing win/loss insights, updating the sales handbook, and being a clear voice of the customer into the product via our public issue tracker. What you’ll bring - Experience selling SaaS solutions by leading value-based conversations with technical and business stakeholders, ideally including development or DevSecOps teams. - Ability to manage a broad mid-market territory as the primary point of contact, owning a book of business from prospecting through close, adoption, and expansion. - Skill in building and maintaining strong customer relationships, including effective discovery, negotiation, and closing to support long-term customer outcomes. - Comfortable driving consistent outbound prospecting activity, creating and maintaining a healthy pipeline, and maintaining accurate territory and forecast documentation. - Ability to collaborate closely with cross-functional partners (sales development, customer success, renewals, marketing, partners, and technical teams) to coordinate account strategies. - Clear and structured communication skills, including presenting the GitLab value proposition to different audience levels and documenting customer insights and lessons learned. - Interest in GitLab, open source, and tools that support software development, with the ability to connect customer business challenges to GitLab’s DevSecOps platform. - Willingness to travel to meet customers and attend events as needed, and openness to bringing relevant, transferable sales experience from a variety of backgrounds.