Major Account Executive, France

GitLab is hiring a Major Account Executive, France for a remote role open to applicants in France. Level rates it ; you can apply on GitLab.

Level's read on this job

On Level's scale, this sales role is Uses AI ●●○○: an ordinary role that requires AI tools.
This is listed as a remote role.
The posting mentions AI Tools, enterprise sales and account management among its tools and skills.
Level classes it as a senior role.
GitLab has 228 other open roles on Level.

AI in this role

Own strategic enterprise accounts and drive sales growth for an AI-powered DevSecOps platform in France.

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GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster.

The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software.

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An overview of this role

As a Strategic Account Executive, you'll own a portfolio of strategic and large customers and prospects in France, helping them get the most value from GitLab's AI-powered platform for software development, security, and operations (DevSecOps). You'll win new enterprise accounts and expand GitLab's footprint within existing customers, using a consultative approach to understand their business needs and guide successful adoption and expansion. You'll work closely with pre- and post-sales teams and strategic channel partners throughout the sales cycle, from prospecting and qualification through rollout, usage, and long-term growth.

What you'll do

Own a portfolio of strategic and enterprise accounts, driving both new customer acquisition and expansion within existing customers.
Lead complex sales cycles from prospecting and qualification through negotiation and close, using a consultative approach grounded in customer business needs.
Develop and execute structured account plans that map customer priorities to GitLab's DevSecOps and AI-powered platform capabilities.
Collaborate closely with pre-sales, customer success, support, and strategic channel partners to ensure successful evaluations, rollouts, and long-term adoption of GitLab.
Generate and nurture qualified pipeline through targeted outreach, joint activities with channel partners, and effective use of existing relationships.
Prepare and maintain accurate activity, pipeline, and forecast reports, and contribute to win/loss analysis to improve sales execution.
Partner with Marketing to shape and execute account-based and regional campaigns that support pipeline generation and expansion in your territory.

What you'll bring

Experience owning and growing large, complex accounts within strategic or enterprise organizations, including both new business development and expansion within existing customers.
Ability to run a consultative sales process, from prospecting and discovery through proposal, negotiation, and closing.
Skill in account planning, forecast management, and coordinating cross-functional resources across pre-sales, post-sales, and support.
Ability to translate customer needs into clear feedback for product, marketing, and technical teams.
Ability to discuss business value with senior stakeholders and align solutions to customer goals and challenges.
Familiarity with Git, software development tools, or application lifecycle management, and the ability to learn GitLab's platform.
Experience within software, developer tools, or related technology environments is helpful but not required.

We welcome transferable experience from different industries or backgrounds.

About the team

You'll join a regional Strategic Sales team that focuses on our largest and most complex customers in Europe. We own a defined list of strategic prospect and existing accounts and collaborate closely with Solutions Architects, Customer Success, Support, and Channel partners to drive both new customer acquisition and expansion of GitLab's footprint. Our Strategic Sales team spends a lot of time collaborating and meeting with customers, so travel will be expected. We're focused on helping enterprise customers adopt the GitLab DevSecOps platform at scale, navigating complex buying groups, and shaping long-term partnerships that support customers' business and technology goals.

How GitLab Supports Full-Time Employees

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How we rate this

Major Account Executive, France at GitLab rates 45 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Uses AI. An ordinary role that requires AI tools.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Major Account Executive, France is an open job at GitLab.
Level rates this role AI Level 2 of 4: Uses AI.
The role is based in Remote, France and is marked remote.
The job was posted on October 2, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by GitLab. Apply on GitLab

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Enterprise SalesAccount ManagementB2b SalesStrategic PlanningAI Tools

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Pay

Typical sales job: $140k

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Questions you could be asked

Tell me about a project where enterprise sales was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where account management was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where b2b sales was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where strategic planning was part of your work. What did you do?
Walk me through how you've used AI Tools in your day-to-day work.

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List these exact terms on your resume: Enterprise Sales, Account Management, B2b Sales, Strategic Planning, and AI Tools. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
Put the AI tool in a bullet point about what you did, not just in a skills list. This role treats it as a required part of the job.

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