Commercial Account Executive - Named, US East

What you'll do

• Meet or exceed quota while fostering strong customer relationships
• Articulate the value of GitLab to our Commercial prospects and customers in the US Eastern region
• Take ownership of and act as the CEO for the book of business in your territory:
  • Document the buying criteria & process, next steps & owners
  • Build a strong pipeline through a healthy cadence of prospecting activity
  • Prospect and close new business to expand your territory
  • Ensure adoption of our solutions and do your best to avoid churn and contraction
• Work and collaborate with our Partner ecosystem to drive new business and value for our customers
• Create an accurate forecast for each quarter against your plan/budget
• Drive attendance to our events, which you will be part of to further network with current and prospective customers
• Contribute to root cause analyses on wins/losses
• Communicate lessons learned to the team, including account managers, the marketing team, and the technical team
• Contribute to documenting improvements in our sales handbook
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, such as Customer Success, Renewals, Sales Development, etc. to provide account leadership, ensuring a good outcome for our customers in the pre- and post-sales process
• Be the voice of the customer by contributing product ideas to our public issue tracker
• Master MEDPICC and Command of the Message on all opportunities

What you'll bring

• A true desire to see customers benefit from the investment they make with GitLab
• Demonstrated progressive experience with SaaS sales through pitching on value to development team (preferably devops)
• Interest in GitLab, and open source software
• Ability to leverage established relationships and proven sales techniques for success
• Effective communicator, strong interpersonal skills
• Motivated, driven and results oriented
• Excellent negotiation, presentation and closing skills
• Preferred experience with Git, Software Development Tools, Application Lifecycle Management
• You share our values, and work in accordance with those values
• Ability to travel regularly to meet with customers in person and comply with the company’s travel policy

United States Salary Range $79,900—$141,000 USD

Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary.