Public Sector Strategic Account Executive, Federal Civilian
About the role
An overview of this role
As a Public Sector Strategic Account Executive, you'll help drive GitLab's growth across U.S. Federal Civilian agencies as we support government teams modernizing how they build, secure, and deliver software. You'll align GitLab's AI-powered DevSecOps Platform with agency priorities such as secure software delivery, continuous integration and continuous delivery, software supply chain security, FedRAMP-authorized platform requirements, agentic AI adoption, and infrastructure modernization in regulated environments. Reporting to a Regional Director, you'll own a strategic book of business and work directly with senior agency and technical stakeholders to link software modernization efforts to mission outcomes.
This is a role with clear ownership and visible impact. You will lead account strategy from early prospecting through rollout, adoption, and expansion, while shaping long-term plans that support both customer success and GitLab's growth in the public sector.
What you’ll do
- Support and grow strategic prospects and customers across U.S. Federal Civilian agencies to expand qualified pipeline and account growth.
- Build and execute account plans for your book of business, aligning stakeholders, buying criteria, next steps, agency modernization priorities, and long-term technology roadmaps.
- Lead account direction across pre-sales and post-sales activities in partnership with Solutions Architects, Customer Success Managers, Professional Services, Marketing, partner teams, and sales management to enable rollout, adoption, and long-term customer outcomes.
- Drive prospecting, pipeline generation, opportunity development, and forecast updates to grow qualified pipeline and maintain forecast accuracy across large, complex accounts.
- Navigate federal procurement cycles and position FedRAMP-authorized GitLab solutions for security, compliance, modernization, and migration conversations.
- Develop consultative proposals, quotes, and executive presentations that align technical capabilities with agency mission needs.
- Represent the voice of the customer by submitting product ideas through GitLab's public issue tracker and contributing to win/loss analysis and internal learnings.