Field CTO Public Sector

### Role Overview As the Field CTO, Public Sector at GitLab, you will serve as a trusted technical advisor for public sector customers and prospects, helping them connect DevSecOps strategy, security, and compliance goals to real business and mission outcomes. You will work closely with executive stakeholders during the pre-sales process, offering strategic guidance on how GitLab can support secure software delivery, modernization efforts, and platform adoption across complex environments. ### Key Responsibilities - Engage with customers in a technical consulting and advisory role during the pre-sales process, providing technical assistance and strategic guidance. - Deliver executive-level thought leadership on DevSecOps, security, and compliance for strategic public sector opportunities. - Build and maintain relationships with customer leaders such as Chief Information Security Officers, Chief Security Officers, Chief Technology Officers, and chief security architects. - Partner with the marketing team to develop content and support media engagement opportunities. - Educate customers on the value of the GitLab platform and related technologies to help enable successful deployment. - Assist with requests for information and responses related to government publications and public-private partnership opportunities. - Participate in and contribute to working groups connected to government publications, standards, and demonstrations. - Curate and communicate public sector field feedback, collaborate on prioritization with marketing and product teams, and contribute to sales strategy and technical content. ### Qualifications - Significant experience in DevSecOps, AI and AI policy in government, information technology security, or closely related areas. - Experience selling to, supporting, or working within the public sector. - Experience creating technical marketing content and materials independently. - Experience delivering security, cybersecurity, compliance-related solutions, or assessments. - Knowledge of software development tools, practices, methodologies, and the end-to-end software development lifecycle. - Understanding of continuous integration and continuous deployment, along with modern software development or operations practices. - Experience with cloud computing and related technologies and practices. - Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate technical strategy effectively to audiences ranging from executives to engineers. - Ability to coordinate across time zones and adapt schedules to customer and internal stakeholder needs. - Experience in technical pre-sales or a comparable customer-facing information technology role.