# Director, FP&A at GitLab

- Company: GitLab
- What the company does: The intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps, enabling teams and agents to ship trusted software at enterprise scale. Backed by General Catalyst and Khosla.
- Company website: https://about.gitlab.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Remote, United States
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-10-13
- Apply by: 2026-11-27
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/gitlab/jobs/8827981002?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/gitlab-director-fp-and-a/

## About the role

As Director, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), you'll lead finance for GitLab's Research & Development (R&D) organization, our largest operating expense area. You'll be the strategic finance partner to our Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and their leadership team, owning R&D planning, forecasting, and investment decisions. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Serve as the finance advisor to the CTO and R&D leadership. Hold partners accountable for execution against plan and connect R&D priorities to company financial targets
- Lead annual planning, and rolling forecasts for R&D. Own the operating plan across headcount, compensation, contractors, hosting and cloud, AI and large language model (LLM) costs, software, and tooling
- Partner with People and R&D leaders on hiring plans, location strategy, and organizational design. Keep headcount forecasts accurate and reconciled to actuals
- Lead the AI transformation of R&D finance. Rethink planning, forecasting, and reporting workflows, and use AI tools to make them faster, more accurate, and more insightful

Tags: FP&A

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