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Thanks to products like Duo Enterprise, and Duo Workflow, customers get the benefit of AI at every stage of the SDLC. The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier. All team members are encouraged and expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact across our global organisation.
SMB Advocate: Single GitLab resource that engages with SMB customers pre-sales, sakes and post-sales, addressing their growth and needs, and making SMBs "fall in love" with GitLab. The nature of the SMB Advocate role is very collaborative and entrepreneurial.
Responsibilities- Engage remotely with a high volume of our small business prospects & customers during their pre-sales, sales & post-sales experience; this team is their primary GitLab resource
- Work through a shared prospect & customer queue, leveraging different technologies to deliver the best customer experience
- Resolve incoming prospect & customer needs and queries, and proactively reach out to customers showing key signals related to growth, adoption or contraction
- Build strong understanding of customers’ business needs, organizational goals and GitLab utilization to assist them in achieving them and make recommendations at each stage of the lifecycle - onboarding, adoption, renewal and expansion
- Provide technical and solution guidance:
- Answer customer inquiries, conduct product demonstrations, and explain the capabilities and benefits of GitLab
- Provide insights with respect to the availability and applicability of new features in GitLab as relevant
- Provide positive customer interactions. Collaborate with individuals within customer environments, understand their needs, and assist them in becoming advocates for GitLab
- Customer feedback: Effectively communicate customer feedback, requirements, and challenges to relevant teams (including Product Development, Sales, and Marketing) to drive continuous improvement
- Market knowledge: Maintain a foundational understanding of technologies related to GitLab’s market focus
- Training & Certifications: Acquire industry standard certifications to build up credibility as an advocate and a technical expert
- You share our values, and work in accordance with those values
- Demonstrated progressive experience in sales, technical consulting, customer success, marketing, or customer service in the field of information technology
- An understanding of B2B software, Open Source software, and the developer product space is preferred
- Experience with CRM, sales intelligence and email automation software is highly preferred
- Basic understanding of application lifecycle management including the technology commonly used in application lifecycle management
- Be ready to learn how to use GitLab and Git
- Experience with a GitLab use case (SCM, CI, CD, DevSecOps, Agile Planning) to provide in-depth customer guidance and enablement
- Focuses on continuously improving your professional skills with a focus on personal mastery and team learning through activities such as training, reading and seeking mentorship from others
- Ability to travel if needed and comply with the company’s travel policy
As with all roles in the Sales Department the SMB Advocate participates in the Sales KPIs.
The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of listed locations only. 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, and alignment with market data. 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.
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