What you'll do
Lead and develop recruiters supporting a variety of sales roles, using coaching, feedback, and clear development plans to build capability and accountability.
Design recruiting strategies, structured interviews, and hiring frameworks that scale across APJ markets while reflecting local requirements.
Advise APJ Sales leaders on talent needs, market insights, and hiring trade-offs across markets such as Australia, India, Japan, Singapore, and Korea.
Navigate differences in compensation norms, notice periods, employment models, and candidate expectations with Legal, Compensation, and People partners.
Embed diversity, equity, and inclusion into recruiting processes and hiring decisions.
Manage a personal requisition load when needed, focusing on senior and specialized Sales roles such as country leaders, front-line managers, and technical sales talent.
Use recruiting data to track team performance, identify bottlenecks, and improve hiring strategies and candidate experience across the APJ Sales portfolio.
Partner with Sales Leadership, Sales Operations, Enablement, People Business Partners, Compensation, and Finance on workforce planning and coordinated candidate and stakeholder experiences.
What you'll bring
Experience developing recruiting teams for Sales or go-to-market organizations, delivering hiring outcomes across multiple APJ countries in a fast-scaling environment.
Ability to earn trust with senior Sales leaders while remaining hands-on with recruiting and advising on hiring decisions.
A systems-thinking approach to building scalable recruiting processes across varied Sales roles and local market requirements.
Ability to use data and analytics to shape recruiting strategy, identify gaps, and communicate impact to stakeholders.
Experience sourcing, engaging, and closing passive candidates for quota-carrying, specialized, and senior Sales roles, including discussing variable compensation and on-target earnings across markets.
Ability to solve problems in fast-moving, ambiguous environments while maintaining a thoughtful candidate experience.
Ability to collaborate across time zones in a remote-first, globally distributed team and apply equitable recruiting practices.
Multilingual ability or recruiting experience in Japan, India, or other APJ markets is a plus. We welcome diverse backgrounds and transferable skills relevant to this work.
About the team
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.
How GitLab Supports Full-Time Employees
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.
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