Manager, Strategic Finance

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AN OVERVIEW OF THIS ROLE

GitLab is looking for a Manager, Strategic Finance to join our Strategic Finance team. This role focuses on financial planning, analysis, and business operations. You’ll lead modeling for long-range bookings forecasts and help shape earnings guidance and recommendations for GitLab executives and the Board of Directors. Reporting to a Director, you’ll work closely with the Chief
Financial Officer, executive leaders, and partners across Product, Sales,
Marketing, Revenue Operations, and Engineering.

What You’ll Do

• Own and improve demand-based models for Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) growth
• Manage the long-range financial model for bookings by product and forecast
• Develop new business targets and assessments that support Marketing, Sales

Development Representatives, Account Executives, and Partners.

• Build and govern business cases for new product offerings, including
• Support pricing and packaging strategy through reporting, price-change
• Assess GitLab’s market opportunity and market landscape, assess why GitLab
• Assess unit economics across customer segments and geographies, including
• Advise on strategic deals and partnerships, assess product key performance

What You’ll Bring

• Experience in strategic finance, investment banking, private equity, venture
• A strategic thinker with broad business acumen and a passion for software and

AI technologies and their commercialization

• Self starter with an ownership mentality who thrives in ambiguity and
• Strong financial modeling skills and experience building new models and
• Experience translating complex data into clear, polished recommendations for
• Define problems, manage multiple time-sensitive projects, and deliver
• Build cross-functional relationships and work effectively through high-stakes
• Clear communication, respect for teammates, and a team-first approach to
• Familiarity with Structured Query Language (SQL), Python, or

We welcome candidates with different combinations of relevant experience and transferable skills. If you’re excited about the role but don’t meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply.

About the team

We act as an internal strategic advisor and incubator for new business plans, partnering across GitLab to evaluate customer demand, product investments, pricing, partnerships, unit economics, and long-term growth.

HOW GITLAB WILL SUPPORT YOU

• Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being

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• Flexible Paid Time Off

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• Team Member Resource Groups

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• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan

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• Growth and Development Fund

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• Parental leave

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• Home office

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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
[company/culture/inclusion/#examples-of-select-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.

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
[handbook/total-rewards/benefits/general-and-entity-benefits/] and equity [handbook/stock-options/]. Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary.

United States Salary Range
$115,200—$194,400 USD

HOW GITLAB SUPPORTS FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES

• Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being

[handbook/total-rewards/benefits/general-and-entity-benefits/]

• Flexible Paid Time Off

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• Team Member Resource Groups

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• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan

[handbook/total-rewards/stock-options/]

• Growth and Development Fund

[handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/growth-and-development/]

• Parental Leave

[handbook/total-rewards/benefits/general-and-entity-benefits/#parental-leave]

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
[company/culture/inclusion/#examples-of-select-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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