Manager, Sales Recruiting (AMER)

As Manager, Sales Recruiting (Americas), you'll lead recruiting for Sales across the Americas, partnering with regional Sales leaders to hire the quota-carrying and go-to-market talent that supports GitLab's revenue growth. You'll develop a team of recruiters, build hiring strategies for different Sales functions and segments, and create repeatable processes that balance speed, quality, and candidate experience. You'll also stay close to the work by recruiting for senior and specialized Sales roles when needed.

Lead and develop the recruiting team supporting Sales across the Americas, using coaching, feedback, and clear development plans to build capability and accountability.

Design recruiting strategies, structured interviews, and hiring frameworks that scale across the AMER market.

Partner with Sales leaders to define talent needs, share market insights across the United States, Canada, and Latin America, and guide hiring decisions and trade-offs.

Plan recruiting capacity against headcount and quota-capacity goals, balancing hiring speed, quality, and time to ramp.

Embed diversity, equity, and inclusion into recruiting processes and hiring decisions.

Manage a personal requisition load when needed, focusing on senior and specialized roles such as front-line managers, strategic account leaders, and technical sales talent.

Use recruiting data to track team performance, identify bottlenecks, and improve hiring strategies across the Sales portfolio.

Collaborate with Sales leadership, Sales Operations, Enablement, People Business Partners, Compensation, and Finance on workforce planning and consistent candidate and stakeholder experiences.

Experience developing recruiting teams for Sales or go-to-market organizations, delivering hiring outcomes in a scaling business across the United States, Canada, and Latin America.

Ability to build trust with senior Sales leaders while staying hands-on with recruiting.

Experience building scalable recruiting processes across different Sales roles and segments.

Ability to use recruiting data to guide strategy, identify gaps, and explain outcomes to stakeholders.

Experience sourcing, engaging, and closing passive candidates for quota-carrying, specialized, and senior Sales roles, including conversations about variable compensation and on-target earnings.

Ability to navigate ambiguity, solve problems quickly, and maintain a thoughtful candidate experience.

A collaborative leadership approach grounded in self-awareness, openness to feedback, and investment in team growth, with experience working remotely across time zones.

A demonstrated commitment to inclusive hiring and equitable recruiting practices. Relevant experience may come from a range of professional backgrounds and transferable skills.

Our Sales Recruiting team is a globally distributed group of recruiters and talent acquisition professionals who partner with Sales leaders around the world. We work remote-first and asynchronously, with a focus on clear processes, honest conversations with candidates, and hiring decisions grounded in data. The team moves quickly, shares what works, and values transparency, ownership, and learning from each other while maintaining a high bar for hiring quality and candidate experience.

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

Flexible Paid Time Off

Team Member Resource Groups

Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Growth and Development Fund

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 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.

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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GitLab is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. GitLab’s policies and practices relating to recruitment, employment, career development and advancement, promotion, and retirement are based solely on merit, regardless of race, color, religion, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression), national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, mental or physical disability, genetic information (including family medical history), discharge status from the military, protected veteran status (which includes disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, active duty wartime or campaign badge veterans, and Armed Forces service medal veterans), or any other basis protected by law. GitLab will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. See also GitLab’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law . If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation , please let us know during the recruiting process .