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Principal Recruiter

Remote, US

GitLab is an open core software company that develops the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform, used by more than 100,000 organizations. Our mission is to enable everyone to contribute to and co-create the software that powers our world. When everyone can contribute, consumers become contributors, significantly accelerating the rate of human progress. This mission is integral to our culture, influencing how we hire, build products, and lead our industry. We make this possible at GitLab by running our operations on our product and staying aligned with our values. Learn more about Life at GitLab.

GitLab is an open-core software company that develops the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform, used by more than 100,000 organizations. Our mission is to enable everyone to contribute to and co-create the software that powers our world. When everyone can contribute, consumers become contributors, significantly accelerating the rate of human progress. This mission is integral to our culture, influencing how we hire, build products, and lead our industry. We make this possible at GitLab by running our operations on our product and staying aligned with our values. Learn more about Life at GitLab.

 

An overview of this role

GitLab is searching for a Principal Recruiter who will be responsible for owning and executing high-impact searches across our Go-To-Market and G&A functions globally. You’ll be a dynamic team member who strategically builds quality candidate pipelines, leverages data to impact and influence every step of the process, improves existing hiring practices, and delivers exceptional candidate experiences while embodying the company values. You will be a trusted advisor with senior leadership and key stakeholders and take a consultative and methodical approach to building a qualified, diverse, and motivated team as we scale. 

We are an ambitious, productive team that embraces a set of shared values in everything we do. Not only do we strive for results, but we also look to find the most efficient path forward through collaboration, transparency, and iteration. We have advisory relationships with our hiring partners and cross-functional teammates to build the highly successful and diverse global teams essential to GitLab’s long-term success.

Our recruiters take ownership across the full recruitment life cycle from sourcing, screening, and process management to hiring manager and candidate experience. We are true advisors to our business teams as we look to continue to scale alongside them, and focus on bringing top talent to GitLab - finding the right people, at the right time for the organization.

What you'll do in this role 

  • Responsible for driving and continuously iterating how we hire across high-impact roles in the Go-To-Market and G&A functions 
  • Partner closely with senior-level stakeholders providing thought leadership on all aspects of the search process 
  • Develop strategic hiring plans by analyzing market trends and other metrics to create a data-driven narrative and partner with senior stakeholders to optimize processes and implement solutions
  • Serve as a trusted advisor and “go to” to the Recruiting team, sharing expertise, providing guidance on complex scenarios, and championing proven best practices. 
  • Find the right opportunities across the global TA team to collaborate or lead impactful project work that will help us continue to raise the bar in recruiting excellence 
  • Strategically source passive talent in order to generate balanced, representative pipelines that provide an adequate view of the total addressable market
  • Build quality relationships with candidates throughout the candidate journey, leveraging timely communication while representing GitLab culture and values
  • Partner cross-functionally with teams like Talent Brand and Engagement to leverage strategic initiatives and content to benefit a healthy recruitment process
  • Utilize data-driven decisions through key metrics and recruitment best practices to advise hiring managers and collaborate with the broader TA team
  • Lead the iteration of team-wide process improvement as well as recruitment best practices in close partnership with the Director of Talent Acquisition.

 

We're looking for 

  • Experience recruiting strategic hires in Sales, Marketing, and/or G&A, preferably in a global capacity, while building a diverse pipeline of candidates using creative sourcing channels
  • Demonstrable track record leading senior partners to successful hiring outcomes
  • Experience working in a fast-paced, SAAS environment recruiting top Go-To-Market and G&A talent 
  • Exceptional command of the end-to-end recruiting process. This includes sourcing & screening talent, building candidate relationships, closing talent, and establishing trusting and aligned hiring manager partnerships
  • Experience leveraging recruitment data to provide insights, guide impactful decisions, and understand opportunities and areas that need improvement
  • Experience leveraging talent maps, insights, and other data to kickoff and guide all searches
  • Focused on delivering an excellent candidate and hiring manager experience with a strong sense of urgency 
  • Adaptability and high learning agility with an openness to new tools and technologies
  • Strong contributor to a collaborative team environment, rooted in GitLab values
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

About the team

At the core of our team’s vision, mission, and strategy is our ability to impact GitLab’s overarching mission: to make it so that everyone can contribute. When everyone can contribute, users become contributors and we greatly increase the rate of innovation.

As a Talent Acquisition team, we have an outsized impact on GitLab’s ability to make this mission a reality, by connecting top talent to profound careers from wherever they are in a truly distributed, remote workforce. Our mission statement is to predictably build distributed, representative teams that enable our vision of creating globally inclusive access to opportunities so that everyone can contribute.

In the spirit of GitLab values, we strive to drive as much transparency as possible to what we do, how we do it and why. Our Talent Acquisition Handbook page is our central hub to explore resources, strategies and focus areas for us as a team. As you think about your next chapter and consider a position at GitLab, we welcome you to explore.

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.

 

How GitLab will support you



The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of listed locations only. 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, and alignment with market data. 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.

California/Colorado/Hawaii/New Jersey/New York/Washington/DC/Illinois/Minnesota pay range

$100,800 - $216,000 USD

Country Hiring Guidelines: GitLab hires new team members in countries around the world. All of our roles are remote, however some roles may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements. Our Talent Acquisition team can help answer any questions about location after starting the recruiting process.  

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