Staff Program Manager, CCO Programs

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2 Locations
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139K-235K Annually
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The Role
Owns execution and outcomes for the Chief Customer Officer’s strategic portfolio, including go-to-market transformation, retention and renewal programs, product feedback loops, and executive account engagement. Converts executive direction into structured workstreams, coordinates senior cross-functional stakeholders, monitors program health and business metrics, escalates risks, drives accountability, and recommends scope or prioritization changes. The role also establishes operating standards for a growing programs function in a globally distributed environment.
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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.

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An overview of this role

You'll be the Staff Program Manager, CCO Programs, running the cross-functional initiatives on the Chief Customer Officer's (CCO) priority list. These programs include go-to-market transformation, retention and renewal motions tied to major annual recurring revenue (ARR) goals, the field-to-product feedback loop, and executive engagement with our highest-value accounts. You'll turn executive intent into workstreams, coordinate senior stakeholders across Sales, Customer Experience, Product, Marketing, Renewals, Professional Services, Data, and Enablement, and make the tactical calls that keep the portfolio honest.

This is a founding seat reporting to the CCO while the broader Programs function is built, and the reporting line may evolve as the team scales. In your first year, every CCO-level program will have a clear owner other than the CCO, leadership will trust your data-grounded view of program health, and the portfolio will deliver measurable business outcomes.

What you'll do

  • Own execution and business outcomes across CCO-level programs, including go-to-market transformation, renewal and retention motions, product feedback loops, and executive sponsorship for top accounts.
  • Turn CCO direction into workstreams with clear owners, dependencies, and timelines.
  • Coordinate senior stakeholders across Sales, Customer Experience, Product, Marketing, Renewals, Professional Services, Data, and Enablement, holding them accountable without direct authority.
  • Surface stalled work, unowned risks, and slipping timelines so the CCO has a reliable, real-time view of the portfolio.
  • Recommend scope changes, re-sequencing, or ending a program when it is not delivering value.
  • Drive follow-through from executive meetings by tracking decisions and action items to completion.
  • Track program health using data, connect execution to retention, expansion, adoption, and ARR outcomes, and communicate executive-ready narratives.
  • Build shared standards for tracking, reporting, and handoffs, and iterate plans with functional leaders based on field feedback.

What you'll bring

  • Experience leading complex, cross-functional strategic programs at the executive level and turning ambiguous direction into delivered outcomes without a fully scoped brief.
  • Experience in Customer Experience, go-to-market, or revenue-facing functions such as Customer Success, Renewals, Sales, or Revenue Operations, with fluency in retention, expansion, and adoption motions and how they contribute to ARR.
  • The ability to influence senior stakeholders, including executives, and hold them accountable to commitments without formal authority.
  • Judgment to make high-stakes tactical recommendations under ambiguity, including when data supports changing direction or ending a program.
  • Data fluency to assess program health, diagnose where work is breaking down, and recommend a data-informed next step.
  • Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to move between an executive-ready narrative and execution-level detail.
  • Comfort operating without established infrastructure and helping build the function's operating model.
  • Reliable follow-through and the ability to navigate conflict and competing priorities across a broad stakeholder group.

About the team

You'll be the first Program Manager supporting CX Executive initiatives and the founding hire in a Programs function that will grow as the CCO's highest-priority cross-functional initiatives outgrow ad hoc ownership. The team works across the customer lifecycle, from go-to-market strategy and product feedback through renewal, expansion, and executive relationships with large accounts. We partner with Sales, Customer Experience, Product, Marketing, Data, and Enablement leaders in a globally distributed, largely asynchronous environment to turn CCO commitments into shipped outcomes.

The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of the United States only. This range is intended to reflect the role's base salary rate in locations throughout the US. Grade level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, alignment with market data, and geographic location. The base salary range does not include any bonuses, equity, or benefits. See more information on our benefits and equity. Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary.

United States Salary Range
$139,200$235,200 USD
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Skills Required

  • Experience leading complex, cross-functional strategic programs at the executive level and delivering outcomes from ambiguous direction
  • Experience in Customer Experience, go-to-market, Customer Success, Renewals, Sales, or Revenue Operations
  • Fluency in retention, expansion, adoption, and ARR-related customer or revenue motions
  • Ability to influence senior stakeholders and hold them accountable without formal authority
  • Ability to make high-stakes tactical recommendations under ambiguity
  • Data fluency to assess program health, diagnose execution issues, and recommend data-informed actions
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive-ready narrative development
  • Comfort operating without established infrastructure and building an operating model
  • Reliable follow-through and ability to navigate conflict and competing priorities

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  • Healthcare Strength Health coverage includes nationwide Cigna medical with Kaiser options in CA/HI, plus dental, vision, an Employee Assistance Program, and monthly HSA contributions for HDHP enrollees. Company‑paid life and AD&D at 2× base salary and employer‑paid short/long‑term disability further bolster financial protection.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time away policies feature Flexible PTO with no set accruals alongside sick time, caregiving sick time, bereavement, volunteer time, and public holidays. Guidance emphasizes coordinating coverage within an all‑remote, asynchronous model.
  • Parental & Family Support Paid parental leave offers 16 weeks for birth or adoption, with planning and return‑to‑work toolkits. Family support is reinforced by programs such as backup care and tutoring via Vivvi in select regions.

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