Field CTO - US West

ABOUT THE ROLE As a Field CTO at GitLab, you will serve as a trusted technical advisor for customers and prospects, helping them connect DevSecOps strategy, AI, security, and compliance goals to real business outcomes. This role operates with direct visibility and influence at the VP and above level, partnering closely with senior leadership internally at GitLab and externally with our largest customers to shape technical strategy and drive customer outcomes. WHAT YOU'LL DO In this role, you will combine technical depth with executive communication, building relationships with leaders such as Chief Information Security Officers, Chief Security Officers, Chief Technology Officers, and chief security architects. Your responsibilities will include: - Engaging with customers in a technical consulting and advisory role during the pre-sales process, providing technical assistance and strategic guidance - Delivering executive-level thought leadership on DevSecOps, security, and compliance for strategic opportunities, including new and growth accounts - Building and maintaining relationships with customer leaders to understand their needs and provide tailored solutions - Partnering with the marketing team to develop content and support media engagement opportunities that increase awareness of GitLab - Educating customers on the value of the GitLab platform and related technologies, and supporting conversations across multiple levels of the organization to help enable successful deployment - Curating and communicating field feedback, collaborating on prioritization with marketing and product teams, and contributing to sales strategy, playbooks, enablement, and reusable technical content for the field WHAT YOU'LL NEED To succeed in this role, you will need to bring significant experience in as a technology leader in DevSecOps, information technology security, or closely related areas. This includes experience with AI for software development in the enterprise, demonstrated expertise in DevSecOps strategy, application security, and compliance for regulated environments, and experience creating technical marketing content and materials and delivering technical thought leadership content independently. WHY REMOTE As a fully remote team, we are looking for individuals who are comfortable working in a distributed, asynchronous environment. You will need to be able to coordinate across time zones and adapt schedules to customer and internal stakeholder needs. BENEFITS GitLab is a high-performance culture driven by our values of transparency, collaboration, and results. Our team members are valued and empowered to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems.