Regional Sales Director – ASEAN, Korea
GitLab
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Singapore
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About the role
- Oversee the growth of GitLab's business in ASEAN and Korea by building the regional sales plan, maintaining pipeline visibility, and guiding day-to-day execution in support of regional business plans.
- Manage, coach, and develop a team of Account Executives, joining customer meetings and modeling consistent, field-focused sales practices.
- Support new logo acquisition across a broad base of medium-sized businesses in ASEAN and Korea while shaping and executing a long-term strategy for larger, more complex, multi-stakeholder accounts, including guiding deal strategy and contract negotiations for high-value opportunities.
- Build GitLab's reputation in the ASEAN and Korea markets by partnering with marketing, business development, and local networks to generate qualified pipeline and deepen market awareness.
- Establish clear operating rhythms, sales processes, and methodologies (such as MEDDPICC or similar) that create structure and repeatability while supporting agility.
- Work with regional sales managers and cross-functional partners in account management, customer success, marketing, product, engineering, and operations to align coverage, exchange practices, and ensure consistent execution.
- Develop and maintain executive-level relationships with key accounts, positioning GitLab as a strategic partner and uncovering expansion and renewal opportunities.
- Review pipeline, forecast, and performance data to identify gaps and opportunities, adjust regional plans to focus on priority activities, and represent the ASEAN and Korea business internally with clear insights on market trends and customer needs.
Requirements
- Experience building and managing sales teams in a regional or multi-country context, with a focus on coaching, field engagement, and talent development.
- Ability to design and execute a regional go-to-market plan, including pipeline generation, territory coverage, and structured deal execution.
- Ability to coach teams through a clear sales process, assist with complex deal strategy, and maintain consistency in regional execution.
- Familiarity with B2B software or technology sales and concepts related to open source and DevSecOps, with interest in deepening knowledge of GitLab’s platform.
- Skills in creating structure and clarity, setting expectations, and using organized, data-informed sales processes, including the use of MEDDPICC or similar methodologies.
- Demonstrated strength in consultative, value-based selling and in developing established relationships with senior customer stakeholders to assist with new business and expansion.
- Comfort working in a dynamic, all-remote environment, using sound judgment, initiative, and Salesforce.com or similar CRM and marketing tools to stay organized and effective.
- Ability to work effectively across account management, customer success, marketing, product, engineering, and operations to align execution and enable customer growth.
Benefits
- Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Team Member Resource Groups
- Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Growth and Development Fund
- Parental leave
- Home office support
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
sales team managementpipeline generationterritory coveragedeal executionconsultative sellingvalue-based sellingaccount managementcustomer successsales process designMEDDPICC
Soft Skills
coachingfield engagementtalent developmentrelationship buildingorganizational skillsdata-informed decision makinginitiativesound judgmentadaptabilitycommunication