Senior Director, Field CTOs

GitLab

Senior Director of Field CTOs leads a global team at GitLab, enhancing strategic customer engagements and technical thought leadership.

Posted 6/26/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $244,200 - $409,500 per yearWebsite

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Hard Skills

DevSecOpsapplication securityinformation securityAI for software developmentsoftware development practicescontinuous integrationcontinuous deploymentcloud architectureplatform architecturesecure software delivery

Soft Skills

people leadershiphiringcoachingperformance managementexecutive communicationcredibility buildingstrategic impactengagementcollaborationautonomy

Industry Keywords

Field CTOPrincipal Solutions ArchitectPrincipal Sales EngineerVP of Engineeringexecutive technical positioncustomer-facingremote workasynchronous environmentstakeholder engagementgo-to-market priorities

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the global Field CTO team by hiring, developing, and retaining senior technical leaders who engage with GitLab's most strategic customers and opportunities.
Set the operating model for the team, including how engagements are scoped, how Field CTOs are matched to accounts and regions, and how insights are documented and shared.
Coach a team of senior individual contributors through regular one-on-ones, peer review, and clear development plans focused on judgment, executive presence, and strategic impact.
Personally engage as the senior technical voice on a portfolio of GitLab's most strategic accounts, supporting complex pre-sales motions and executive-level customer relationships.
Deliver thought leadership on DevSecOps, AI for software development, security, compliance, and platform modernization through customer briefings, presentations, events, and written content.
Partner with sales leadership, sales engineering, customer success, product, and marketing as a peer to align the Field CTO function with broader go-to-market priorities.
Represent GitLab externally with analysts, media, and industry audiences, and internally in executive forums where field perspective should help shape company decisions.
Curate feedback from the field and turn it into actionable input for product direction, marketing narratives, sales strategy, enablement materials, and reusable technical content.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience leading a senior, customer-facing technical team such as Field CTO, Principal Solutions Architect, Principal Sales Engineer, or Distinguished Engineer, with success developing senior individual contributors across regions and time zones.
Strong people leadership skills, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and making thoughtful deployment decisions for a highly experienced, executive-facing team.
Significant experience as a technology leader in DevSecOps, application security, information security, or related areas, ideally in roles such as Field CTO, CTO, VP of Engineering, or a comparable executive technical position.
Demonstrated understanding of AI for software development, including how it connects to developer productivity, security, compliance, and enterprise platform strategy.
Deep knowledge of software development practices, continuous integration and continuous deployment, cloud and platform architecture, and secure software delivery in enterprise environments.
Executive communication skills with the ability to build credibility with senior technology and security leaders, create clear written and verbal points of view, and tailor technical strategy to different audiences.
Experience representing a company externally through events, analyst conversations, media opportunities, and technical thought leadership content.
Experience working autonomously in a fully remote, asynchronous environment, coordinating effectively across time zones, and partnering with stakeholders at the VP level and above.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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