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Director, Global People Operations & Compliance

GitLab · Remote, Canada; Remote, United States · Remote

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About GitLab

The intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps, enabling teams and agents to ship trusted software at enterprise scale. Backed by General Catalyst and Khosla.

About the role

You will lead the Global People Operations and Compliance team, delivering consistent, scalable, tech-enabled experiences to a global workforce at every stage of the team member lifecycle. You are a strategic, hands-on leader who executes well and influences across functions. You will set the multi-year vision for innovation, AI, and team capability, and you will turn it into results. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • 10+ years of HR/People Operations experience, including 5+ years experience leading global teams
  • Proven track record building and scaling people operations functions in complex, multi-regional global organizations
  • Working knowledge of global employment compliance, including direct experience with works councils or employee representative bodies
  • Ability to move between vision and a keen focus for detail, from presenting a roadmap to executives to debugging a broken process with the team
  • Strong judgment, stakeholder management, and communication skills, with comfort making decisions in ambiguity
  • Experience leveraging AI and automation to improve and streamline operations
More about this role

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster.

The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software.

* Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the...

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