Ecosystem Sales Manager, Alps

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Hiring Remotely in Germany
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The intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps
The Role
Drive partner and field sales engagement across the Alps region to meet ecosystem sales targets. Manage relationships with AEs, ASMs, and geo leadership, coordinate territory mapping, support demand-generation with partners, provide forecasts, contribute to QBRs and annual planning, and collaborate with Finance and Ops. Must travel up to 50% and be a native German speaker.
Summary Generated by Built In

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.

*Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab.

An overview of this role

As an Ecosystem Sales Manager on GitLab's Ecosystem team, you'll help grow and strengthen the partner relationships that expand GitLab's reach across the Alps region. In this role, you'll work with strategic partners and GitLab's field sales organization to build plans that advance pipeline growth, revenue generation, and long-term partner success. You'll engage across both pre-sales and post-sales motions, helping connect partners to the right opportunities and position them to help customers as their needs become more complex. This is a highly collaborative role with meaningful visibility, and we'll rely on you to work with internal stakeholders and external partners to shape territory strategy, drive execution, and improve partner performance in a remote, values-based environment.

Some examples of our projects:

  • Building and managing strategic relationships with system integrators, solution providers, managed services partners, and hyperscalers such as AWS and Google across The Alps
  • Designing joint business plans with partners that include account mapping, go-to-market activities, governance, and measurable goals for pipeline and revenue growth
What you’ll do
  • Lead strategic partner initiatives that support long-term ecosystem growth across your assigned Alps territory.
  • Build, maintain, and manage strong relationships with GitLab's field sales organization, including proactive engagement with account executives, area sales managers, and geographic leadership.
  • Work closely with regional partners, including system integrators, solution providers, managed services partners, and hyperscalers, to support customer success and sales objectives.
  • Design and execute comprehensive joint business plans with partners, including account mapping, go-to-market strategies, and governance models.
  • Coordinate and facilitate involvement from GitLab team members such as sales leadership, support, and other cross-functional stakeholders as needed to help meet sales targets and ecosystem goals.
  • Identify and support territory-specific demand generation and pipeline-building activities with strategic partners.
  • Contribute to quarterly business reviews and annual planning activities within the Ecosystem organization.
  • Prepare forecasts, progress updates, presentations, territory plans, and reports that help track partner performance and inform decision-making.
What you’ll bring
  • Experience selling software development tools, application lifecycle management solutions, or related technology through strategic partnerships.
  • Strong knowledge of the partner ecosystem in the Alps region, with an established network and understanding of regional market dynamics.
  • Expertise in cloud and partner motions, with the ability to work effectively with a range of ecosystem partners and align them to customer and sales needs.
  • Experience with business-to-business sales and a results-oriented approach to partner development, pipeline creation, and revenue growth.
  • Interest in GitLab, open source software, and the role partners play in helping customers adopt and expand their use of the platform.
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to present clearly and build trust across internal and external audiences.
  • Ability to build productive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, make informed decisions, and effectively manage multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Proficiency with Salesforce and GitLab, along with willingness and ability to travel up to 50% in line with company policy.
About the team

On the Ecosystem team, we work to make partners a meaningful part of how GitLab grows, serves customers, and scales across markets. We partner closely with Sales and other cross-functional leaders to engage the right partners throughout the sales cycle, from early opportunity development through ongoing customer growth. You'll join a team that values strategic thinking, strong execution, and clear accountability, with a focus on building partner capability and capacity in regions where customer needs are becoming more advanced. In the Alps, that means working across a diverse landscape of partners and cloud relationships while helping us create durable, high-impact routes to market through the ecosystem.

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  • Flexible Paid Time Off 
  • Team Member Resource Groups
  • Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Growth and Development Fund
  • Parental Leave 
  • Home Office Support

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 underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.

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Skills Required

  • Experience selling software development tools and/or application lifecycle management solutions via strategic partnerships
  • Experience selling open source solutions
  • Experience with B2B sales
  • Interest in GitLab and open source software
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to remain calm under pressure
  • Established personal network within the industry
  • Results oriented perspective
  • Ability to use GitLab
  • Experience with Salesforce
  • Ability to travel up to 50% and comply with company travel policy
  • Native German speaker

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GitLab Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Flexible PTO has no set annual cap and encourages roughly 25 days per year and at least two consecutive weeks, with clear guidance for coordination and coverage. Longer stretches are allowed within documented guardrails, supporting extended rest while maintaining team continuity.
  • Parental & Family Support Paid parental leave is set at 16 weeks globally at full pay, with a toolkit and re‑entry support that ease transitions. Policies explain coordination with statutory programs where applicable to keep pay whole.
  • Healthcare Strength U.S. offerings include multiple medical options (Cigna nationwide and Kaiser in select states), plus dental, vision, EAP, Modern Health, HSAs/FSAs with employer contributions, and a travel HRA. Benefits are organized for an all‑remote workforce with clear, self‑serve handbook guidance.

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Year Founded: 2014

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GitLab is the Intelligent Orchestration Platform where software teams and their AI agents stay in flow to amplify their capacity for innovation. Together, they automate repetitive tasks to plan, build, secure, test, deploy and maintain software. With GitLab, software teams spend less time on coordination overhead and more time on the next big idea. What started in 2011 as an open source project to help one team of programmers collaborate is now the intelligent orchestration platform millions of people use to deliver software faster, more efficiently, while strengthening security and compliance. Since the beginning, we've been firm believers in remote work, open source, DevSecOps, and iteration. We get up and log on in the morning to work alongside the GitLab community to deliver new innovations every month that help teams and their AI agents ship great code faster.

Why Work With Us

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