Senior People Business Partner, Product & Marketing

An overview of this role

As the Senior People Business Partner (PBP), Product & Marketing, you'll be a strategic business partner to several senior level leaders on the Product and Marketing leadership team, helping them build, develop, and lead high-performing teams. In a fast-moving, innovation-driven environment, senior leaders need a partner who can be trusted with ambiguity. You'll bring that — along with deep experience across talent management, performance, and organizational effectiveness.

What You'll Do

Partner directly with senior leaders to understand business priorities and translate them into actionable people strategies.
Serve as a trusted advisor on organizational design, workforce planning, and leadership development.
Lead full-cycle talent review processes — including succession planning, calibration, promotion cycles, and compensation reviews — ensuring the organization has the leadership depth and critical skills needed to execute its long-term roadmap.
Partner with Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, Talent Management & Development and other functions to deliver a seamless, consistent employee experience.
Bring people analytics to leadership, providing clear visibility into organizational health, including capability gaps, leadership effectiveness, and critical talent retention, while also translating those insights into strategic recommendations that drive performance and decision-making.
What You'll Bring

Proven track record as a People Business Partner to senior leaders up to the VP level in fast-paced tech environments of comparable size and complexity, with the EQ, judgment, and confidence to build trusted, credible relationships with VP-level stakeholders from day one and influence decision-making with clear, data-informed guidance.
Solid grounding across core HR domains — performance and talent management, employee relations, organizational effectiveness, and compensation — with the ability to apply them in a Product and Marketing setting.
Demonstrated ability to execute People programs end to end (e.g. talent assessments, calibrations, compensation reviews), with strong attention to detail and a comfort using people data to surface trends and shape recommendations.
Experience supporting globally distributed teams across multiple regions and time zones, with familiarity navigating regional processes such as those in EMEA.
Comfort operating through change and ambiguity, moving fluidly between strategic input and hands-on execution, with strong communication skills for collaborating asynchronously and cross-functionally with Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, and other People teams.

How GitLab will support you
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
Home office support
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.

The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of the United States only. This range is intended to reflect the role's base salary rate in locations throughout the US. Grade level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, alignment with market data, and geographic location. The base salary range does not include any bonuses, equity, or benefits. See more information on our benefits and equity. Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary.

United States Salary Range
$115,000—$194,000 USD
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

Skills Required
Proven track record as a People Business Partner to senior leaders up to VP level in fast-paced tech environments.
Strong experience across core HR domains: performance and talent management, employee relations, organizational effectiveness, and compensation.
Demonstrated ability to execute people programs end-to-end (talent assessments, calibrations, promotion and compensation reviews).
Experience using people analytics to identify capability gaps, retention risks, and to make data-informed recommendations to leadership.
Experience supporting globally distributed teams across multiple regions and time zones, including familiarity with regional processes (e.g., EMEA).
Ability to operate through change and ambiguity, balancing strategic input with hands-on execution and asynchronous communication.