Public Sector Strategic Account Executive - Central & Strategic Government, UK

GitLab GitLab · Enterprise · United Kingdom · EMEA - Enterprise

This role is for a Public Sector Strategic Account Executive in the UK for GitLab, an intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. The role focuses on driving GitLab platform adoption within public sector organizations, managing complex sales cycles, developing account strategies, and building relationships with C-level executives and partners. While the company embraces AI as a productivity tool for all employees, this specific role is in sales and does not involve building or shipping AI/ML models.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead GitLab platform enterprise sales across diverse public sector portfolio
  2. Develop and execute multi-year account strategies using MEDDPICC methodology
  3. Build C-level relationships across government and private sector institutions
  4. Drive platform adoption through centers of excellence
  5. Manage complex procurement processes across government/public sector frameworks

Skills

Required

  • UK public sector software sales experience
  • Government framework procurement experience
  • Complex organizations multi-stakeholder engagement
  • DevSecOps platform or complex technology sales experience
  • MEDDPICC methodology
  • Complex deal management
  • Territory planning and scaling
  • Partner orchestration
  • Forecast accuracy
  • Complex deal closure
  • Territory building
  • Presentation skills
  • Negotiation skills
  • Territory management tool proficiency
  • Scalable territory models

Nice to have

  • Experience with open source solutions
  • Understanding of complementary technologies

What the JD emphasized

  • Proven UK public sector software sales experience
  • Deep understanding of public sector digital transformation initiatives
  • Experience with government framework procurement
  • Multi-stakeholder engagement in complex organizations
  • DevSecOps platform or a similar type of complex technology sales experience
  • MEDDPICC methodology mastery and implementation
  • Complex deal management experience
  • Territory planning and scaling expertise
  • Partner orchestration capability
  • Proven forecast accuracy using MEDDPICC scoring
  • Track record of complex deal closure
  • Experience building territories from ground up