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Senior Manager, Customer Trust & Security Governance

GitLab

Role at a glance

Category: Governance
Work arrangement: Remote
Location: Remote
Salary range: $168,000
Posted: Jul 3, 2026

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GitLab is hiring a Senior Manager, Customer Trust & Security Governance in Remote. This is a Governance role in the governance, risk, and compliance field, with a posted range of $168,000. Review the full details below and apply directly with GitLab.

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. a 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 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab. Overview of the Role The Senior Manager, Customer Trust and Security Governance helps GitLab turn security into a clear business enabler. In this role, you will oversee the programs that help our customers and prospects assess our security posture, reduce friction in our sales cycle, strengthen our security policy and standards, and make security outcomes visible across the business. Reporting to the VP of Security Assurance, you will own a broad scope across customer trust, governance, metrics, and security awareness, with a focus on building durable processes, improving documentation, and using automation and AI to help our team spend more time on high-value work. In your first year, you will shape how GitLab addresses customer security needs at scale, mature the security governance program, and improve how security is measured and communicated internally. You will work across Security, Sales, Legal, Product, Procurement, and other business partners, and you will help strengthen confidence in GitLab s AI-powered DevSecOps platform through practical guidance, clear standards, and thoughtful execution. What you’ll do Lead

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Location and market context

This is a remote governance role, so it draws from a national talent pool rather than a single metro. Remote governance and compliance roles reward candidates who can show they work effectively across time zones and distributed legal, security, and product teams. Confirm any residency, travel, or occasional-onsite expectations directly with GitLab.

About governance roles

Governance roles design the structures, policies, and oversight that keep complex programs accountable, coordinating across legal, risk, compliance, and technology. Roles like this one are typically evaluated against frameworks such as governance frameworks, policy standards, and oversight and reporting practices.

How to position yourself for this governance role

Strong candidates emphasize policy and standard-setting, committee and stakeholder coordination, oversight reporting, and translating strategy into durable operating structures. In your resume and outreach, tie your experience to how GitLab would apply governance frameworks, policy standards, and oversight and reporting practices, and lead with concrete outcomes rather than duties.