Vice President, Legal Commercial

GitLab

Remote
Remote
Global commercial legal strategy
Ai governance and contracting
Enterprise saas contracting expertise
Define and execute the long-term strategy for GitLab's global commercial legal function, aligning legal priorities with company-wide revenue growth, market expansion, and product evolution

Job Summary

  • Define and execute the long-term strategy for GitLab's global commercial legal function, aligning legal priorities with company-wide revenue growth, market expansion, and product evolution.
  • Build, lead, and develop a world-class team of commercial attorneys, contract managers, and legal ops professionals across multiple regions, fostering a high-performance, async-first culture with managers as direct reports organized by geography and subject matter expertise.
  • Lead GitLab's most significant strategic partnerships, including hyperscaler relationships, structuring and negotiating complex co-sell, reseller, and marketplace agreements in coordination with GitLab Ecosystems and Strategy Teams.

Matching Summary

Define and execute the long-term strategy for GitLab's global commercial legal function, aligning legal priorities with company-wide revenue growth, market expansion, and product evolution.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Global commercial legal strategy
  • AI governance and contracting
  • Enterprise SaaS contracting expertise
  • Strategic partnerships negotiation
  • Public sector contracting
  • Remote, asynchronous team leadership

Nice-to-have

  • Executive partnership and influence
  • High-performance culture
  • Continuous knowledge exchange
  • AI-powered legal workflows

Key Requirements

  • 15+ years of legal experience
  • J.D. or U.S. law degree equivalent
  • 5+ years leading legal teams
  • CLM implementation experience
  • AI governance and product legal fluency

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