Senior Manager, Security Compliance

Details

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.

Overview

As a Senior Manager, Security Compliance at GitLab, you'll lead and mature our security compliance function while helping the company meet the needs of customers, auditors, and regulators across a growing set of security and compliance requirements. Reporting to the VP of Security Assurance, you'll bring deep expertise in security frameworks, risk-based thinking, and team leadership to guide our certification strategy and strengthen how we manage compliance across the business.

In this role, you'll work across Security, Legal, IT, Product, and Engineering to evolve a compliance program that supports both strong security outcomes and business growth. You'll help shape a roadmap that keeps pace with emerging regulations and frameworks, while also improving how the team works through automation, artificial intelligence, and scalable processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team focused on security compliance, providing direction, support, and clear priorities while building a high-performing function.
• Oversee and expand GitLab's certification portfolio across frameworks such as ISO 27001/17/18, ISO 42001, Service Organization Control 2 (SOC 2), Payment Card Industry (PCI), TiSAX, Cyber Essentials, and Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP).
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders in IT, Security, Legal, Product, and Engineering to integrate governance, risk, and compliance requirements into business processes and technical systems.
• Drive automation within the function by using scripting, coding, and AI-enabled approaches to improve governance, risk, and compliance workflows, including compliance-as-code and policy-as-code practices.
• Monitor regulatory changes, emerging frameworks, and industry trends, and use those insights to help shape the team's roadmap and prepare the business for new requirements.
• Manage relationships with third-party auditors, assessors, and consultants during activities such as external audits, certification reviews, and penetration tests.
• Strengthen the team's security metrics and reporting practices, including preparing and facilitating regular business reviews and giving leadership clear visibility into progress and risk.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and thought partner by delivering guidance, training, and security-focused content for internal teams, customers, and senior stakeholders.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in security compliance, audit, or related governance, risk, and compliance work, including experience supporting external audits.
• Deep knowledge of security and compliance frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); public sector or FedRAMP experience is preferred.
• Experience leading teams and developing people, with the ability to set direction, manage priorities, and build strong partnerships across a distributed organization.
• Strong understanding of cloud security, software as a service (SaaS) security models, and DevSecOps practices, with the ability to apply that knowledge in a fast-moving technology environment.
• A risk-based mindset that goes beyond checklist compliance and focuses on meaningful control design, testing, and continuous improvement.
• Comfort using automation, scripting, or AI-enabled approaches to reduce manual work and improve the scale and efficiency of compliance programs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical and regulatory topics clearly to auditors, customers, executives, and cross-functional partners.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, or similar credentials are highly desirable.
• Due to government requirements, you must be a United States Citizen to fill this position.

About the team

The Security Assurance organization helps GitLab build and maintain trust by strengthening how we approach security, compliance, and assurance across the company. Within that group, the security compliance function works at the intersection of customer trust, regulatory readiness, operational rigor, and business growth. The team partners broadly across GitLab to help ensure our controls, certifications, and assurance activities support both secure operations and the needs of a global business.

Compensation

United States Salary Range: $168,000 - $245,000 USD (base salary range for residents of the United States only). The base salary range does not include bonuses, equity, or benefits.

How GitLab Supports Full-Time Employees

• Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being (links in original posting).
• Flexible Paid Time Off.
• Team Member Resource Groups.
• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Growth and Development Fund.
• Parental Leave.

Other notes

• Country Hiring Guidelines: GitLab hires new team members in countries around the world. All roles are remote, but some roles may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements.
• Privacy Policy: Recruitment Privacy Policy (see original posting).
• GitLab is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodation in the recruiting process.