Public Sector Strategic Account Executive - Canada

GitLab is hiring a Public Sector Strategic Account Executive - Canada for a remote role open to applicants in Canada. Level rates it ; you can apply on GitLab.

Level's read on this job

Level rates this sales role Uses AI ●●○○: an ordinary role that requires AI tools.
The posting lists this role as remote.
Tools and skills the posting cites include enterprise sales, public sector and devsecops.
Level classifies it as a senior role.
Level lists 238 other open roles at GitLab.

AI in this role

Sell DevSecOps platforms to public sector accounts while incorporating AI tools into daily sales and productivity workflows.

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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.

*Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab.

An overview of this role

GitLab is the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps platform for software innovation. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 40 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100 trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster.

This role is a member of our Canada Enterprise Team serving government accounts. The right candidate will have a positive record of Enterprise Sales experience selling into the public sector, along with solid background in the software development lifecycle in areas like CI/CD automation, secure development practices, and infrastructure modernization in a regulated environment.

What you’ll do

Supports GitLab’s strategic large prospects and customers.
Provide account leadership and direction in the pre- and post-sales process
Conduct sales activities including prospecting and developing opportunities in large/strategic accounts
Ensure the successful rollout and adoption of GitLab products through strong account management activities and coordination with pre-and-post sales and support resources
Be the voice of the customer by contributing product ideas to our public issue tracker
Generate qualified leads and develop new customers in conjunction with our strategic channel partners .
Expand knowledge of industry as well as the competitive posture of the company
Prepare activity and forecast reports
Contribute to root cause analysis on wins/losses.
Communicate lessons learned to the team, including account managers, the marketing team, and the technical team
Assist sales management in conveying customer needs to product managers, and technical support staff
Utilize a consultative approach, discuss business issues with prospect and develop a formal quote, a written sales proposal or a formal sales presentation addressing their business needs.
Develop an account plan to sell to customers based on their business needs.
Collaborate with Marketing on marketing strategies.

What you’ll bring

A true desire to see customers benefit from the investment they make with you
Able to provide high degree of account management and control
Work under minimal supervision on complex projects
Experience selling into large organizations
Ability to leverage established relationships and proven sales techniques for success
Excellent negotiation, presentation and closing skills
Preferred experience with Git, Software Development Tools, Application Lifecycle Management, or security/App Sec tools
You share our values, and work in accordance with those values.
Ability to use GitLab
Ability to travel if needed and comply with the company’s travel policy

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How we rate this

Public Sector Strategic Account Executive - Canada at GitLab rates 40 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

Public Sector Strategic Account Executive - Canada is an open job at GitLab.
Level rates this role AI Level 2 of 4: Uses AI.
The role is based in Remote, Canada and is marked remote.
The job was posted on August 6, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by GitLab. Apply on GitLab

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Enterprise SalesPublic SectorDevsecopsPipeline ManagementSaas

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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 public sector was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where devsecops was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where pipeline management was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where saas was part of your work. What did you do?

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List these exact terms on your resume: Enterprise Sales, Public Sector, Devsecops, Pipeline Management, and Saas. 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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