- Company: GitLab
- Location: Remote (UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Israel, Netherlands, Spain)
- Job type: Full-time
- Salary: Not specified
About the role
GitLab is seeking a Corporate Development Director to join the Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships team. You will report to the VP of Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships and help shape how GitLab invests to win. This role blends strategic research with end-to-end M&A execution, ensuring GitLab makes informed decisions on what to build, buy, or partner on.
Responsibilities
- Strategy and Research: Own the wider market view, build investment theses for focus areas, and maintain competitive landscape maps to identify where GitLab should and should not play.
- Build, Buy, or Partner: Run comparative analyses for strategic gaps, deliver strategy memos to executives and the Board, and feed outside-in market views into annual planning.
- Deal Execution: Manage the end-to-end M&A process, from target validation and diligence to closing and post-acquisition integration.
- Network Building: Maintain relationships with founders, investors, and advisors to generate early insight and deal pipeline.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in corporate development, strategy, or technology investing.
- 5+ years leading acquisitions end-to-end in enterprise software.
- Strong skills in market sizing, competitive analysis, valuation, and financial modeling.
- Technical fluency in software development, DevSecOps, and the AI landscape.
- Ability to communicate complex trade-offs clearly to executives in an async-first environment.
- Preferred: Familiarity with DevSecOps, security, AI, and open-source ecosystems.
Pay and benefits
- Flexible Paid Time Off.
- Equity Compensation and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Growth and Development Fund.
- Parental Leave.
- Team Member Resource Groups.
How to apply
Apply directly on GitLab’s own careers website. Omadaily never charges job seekers.
