Senior People Business Partner, Product & Marketing

About the role

The Senior People Business Partner (PBP), Product & Marketing, serves as a strategic business partner to several senior level leaders on the Product and Marketing leadership team. You'll help them build, develop, and lead high-performing teams in a fast-moving, innovation-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements

• 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.
• A 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.

Qualifications

• 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.
• A 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.

Skills

• Strong understanding of organizational design, workforce planning, and leadership development.
• Ability to execute People programs end to end, including talent assessments, calibrations, and compensation reviews.
• Familiarity with global processes and time zone considerations.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, especially in a remote and asynchronous environment.
• Experience with people analytics and data-driven decision-making.

Benefits

• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Team Member Resource Groups
• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Growth and Development Fund
• Parental Leave

Pay

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.

Schedule

GitLab operates as an all-remote company, so the ability to work asynchronously and communicate clearly across time zones is essential. You can expect some travel to leadership and People Group offsites and key team forums.