Commercial Account Executive - Key Accounts, Nordics

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 - based Stockholm area (Swedish / Danish language skills required)

Commercial Account Executives are the primary point of contact between prospective and existing customers of GitLab within a space defined as mid-market, which currently works with companies that employ up to 4000 employees. These GitLab team members manage the spectrum of project sizes, ranging from small fast growing teams in smaller agile organizations to complex enterprise projects advising on the journey with GitLab to achieve specific business outcomes. Mid-Market AEs work closely in tandem with the business development team and sales management to manage a broad book of business spread over a large opportunity value range and focus on exceeding client expectations.

What you’ll do

Account Executive, Commercial Key Accounts (AE) will report to an Area Sales Manager.

Support GitLab for our Commercial Named Accounts prospects (roughly 15 accounts)

Contribute to root cause analyses on wins/losses.

Communicate lessons learned to the team, including account managers, the marketing team, and the technical team.

Take ownership of your book of business

document the buying criteria

document the buying process

document next steps and owners

ensure pipeline accuracy based on evidence and not hope

Contribute to documenting improvements in our sales handbook.

Provide account leadership and direction in the pre- and post-sales process

Be the voice of the customer by contributing product ideas to our public issue tracker

What you’ll bring

A true desire to see customers benefit from the investment they make with you

Demonstrated progressive experience with Software sales

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 if needed and comply with the company’s travel policy

About the team

Thanks to our Transparency value, you can see what we are working on in our Team page.

Further information on the role can be found here - https://handbook.gitlab.com/job-families/sales/account-executive/

Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from