Major Account Executive - Paris

<p>GitLab is an open-core software company that develops the most comprehensive <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/solutions/devops-platform">AI-powered DevSecOps Platform</a>, used by more than 100,000 organizations. Our <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/company/mission">mission</a> is to enable everyone to contribute to and co-create the software that powers our world. When everyone can contribute, consumers become contributors, significantly accelerating human progress. Our platform unites teams and organizations, breaking down barriers and redefining what's possible in software development. Thanks to products like <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-duo/">Duo Enterprise</a> and <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-duo-agent-platform-what-is-next-for-intelligent-devsecops/">Duo Agent Platform</a>, customers get AI benefits at every stage of the SDLC. </p> <p>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 <a href="https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/values/">values</a> and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuZIb5zszQI">Co-create the future with us</a> as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software.</p><h2>What You'll Do</h2> <ol> <li>Identify, prospect, and engage with key decision-makers to secure new partnerships and revenue growth</li> <li>Manage the end to end sales process through engagement of appropriate resources such as Solutions Architects, Customer Success Managers, Professional Services, Marketing, Executives, Partners, and the Channel.</li> <li>Leverage solution selling expertise to respond efficiently to customer needs and identify business potential in order to to build a strategic, long-term partnership with your customers.</li> <li>Has a deep understanding of the customer, including an understanding of their performance metrics and develops plans in anticipation of the customer’s business strategies and goals.</li> <li>Expand knowledge of industry as well as the competitive posture of the company</li> <li>Contribute to root cause analysis on wins/losses.</li> <li>Communicate lessons learned to the team, including account managers, the marketing team, and the technical team</li> <li>Provide account leadership and direction in the pre- and post-sales process</li> <li>Conduct sales activities including prospecting and developing opportunities in major accounts</li> <li>Ensure the successful rollout and adoption of GitLab products through strong account management activities and coordination with pre-and-post sales engineering and support resources</li> <li>Utilize a consultative approach, discuss business issues with prospect and develop a formal quote, a written sales proposal or a formal sales presentation addressing their business needs.</li> <li>Develop an account plan to sell to customers based on their business needs.</li> </ol> <h2>What You'll Bring</h2> <ol> <li>Based in Paris and be able to meet with customers regularly</li> <li>Must have very strong hunting and expansion experience across a top subset of customers in France </li> <li>Strong experience and a proven track record selling multi-million dollar deals into highly complex organisations </li> <li>Demonstrated consistent results and overachievement of quota</li> <li>Excellent communication and presentation skills; comfortable presenting to C-Level executives.</li> <li>Experience with solutions selling and positioning value to customers based on their needs.</li> <li>Deep understanding of with Git, Software Development Tools, Application Lifecycle Management</li> <li>You share our <a href="https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/values/">values</a>, and work in accordance with those values.</li> <li>Ability to use GitLab</li> <li>Ability to travel if needed and comply with the company’s travel policy</li> </ol> <h4><strong>How GitLab will support you</strong></h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/benefits/general-and-entity-benefits/">Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being</a></li> <li><a href="https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/paid-time-off/">Flexible Paid Time Off</a> </li> <li><a href="https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/inclusion/erg-guide/#:~:text=Definition%20of%20the%20TMRG%20%2D%20Team%20Member%20Resource%20Groups,-TMRGs%20are%20voluntary&amp;text=The%20purpose%20for%20this%20type,developing%20the%20sense%20of%20belonging.">Team Member Resource Groups</a></li> <li><a href="https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards