Senior Director, Internal Audit

ABOUT THE ROLE As the Senior Director, Internal Audit at GitLab, you will play a critical role in strengthening our Internal Audit function. You will be responsible for evolving and operationalizing our Internal Audit methodology, guiding audit quality and execution, and helping prepare and implement a risk-based audit plan that addresses GitLab's strategic, business, and compliance objectives. You will also support the Internal Audit strategy and roadmap, lead the facilitation of our enterprise risk management program, and build trusted relationships with business partners across the organization. WHAT YOU'LL DO As the Senior Director, Internal Audit, your key responsibilities will include: - Evolving and operationalizing GitLab's Internal Audit methodology, including the responsible use of artificial intelligence, stakeholder communications, and consistent templates. - Planning and leading risk-based operational audits that deliver practical recommendations for strategic, business, compliance, and emerging risks. - Leading, coaching, and resourcing a distributed team to deliver audits and related projects against clear milestones, weekly priorities, and defined outcomes. - Facilitating enterprise risk management activities, including emerging-risk discussions, key risk indicator mapping, risk assessments, and risk acceptance oversight, to bring risk awareness into strategic decision making. - Partnering with business leaders and the Vice President, Internal Audit, to prioritize audit work, share risk insights, and support effective risk mitigation. - Overseeing the Sarbanes-Oxley testing program and partnering closely with the SOX PMO, other second-line teams, and our external auditors to support ongoing SOX compliance. - Implementing and maintaining a Quality Assurance and Improvement Program, tracking audit-plan completion, issue-remediation timeliness, and audit-quality results aligned to Institute of Internal Auditors standards. - Leading reporting for the Audit Committee and senior management, and delivering special projects and other critical Internal Audit initiatives. WHAT YOU'LL NEED To be successful in this role, you will need: - Experience leading internal audit work and managing a significant portfolio of audit activities. - Expertise in audit and enterprise risk management, including risk assessment, prioritization, internal controls, root cause analysis, and audit planning. - Experience building, coaching, and leading distributed teams through clear priorities, milestones, and outcomes. - Ability to assess audit scope and quality through a risk-based, business-focused lens and develop practical recommendations. - Experience advising senior stakeholders and functional leaders on risk and mitigation, with clear written and verbal communication skills. - Strong resource planning, prioritization, professional judgment, and problem-solving skills across multiple audits and projects. - Experience using data, analytical tools, and GitLab throughout the audit lifecycle to solve business problems. - A practical approach to improving established processes, including thoughtful use of artificial intelligence. - Relevant education, credentials, or equivalent experience in accounting, finance, audit, or risk management. WHY REMOTE As a remote employee, you will have the flexibility to work from anywhere and be part of a global team that values collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning. BENEFITS - Competitive base salary range for residents of the United States only. - Opportunity to work with a global team that values collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning. - Flexible work arrangements that allow you to work from anywhere. -