Senior People Business Partner

<div class="content-intro"><p>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.</p> <p>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 <a href="https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/values/">values</a> and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuZIb5zszQI">Co-create the future with us</a> as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software.</p> <p>*<em>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.</em></p></div><h4><strong>An overview of this role</strong></h4> <p>As the Senior People Business Partners, Engineering, you'll be a strategic partner to engineering leaders, VPlevel, helping them navigate change, mature their organizations, and build a healthy, high-performance culture. You'll focus on engineering-specific challenges such as evolving job architecture and leveling, supporting leadership transitions at the executive level, and driving consistency in how we develop, calibrate, and grow engineering talent across distributed teams. In this role, you'll work on a global scale, with a particular focus on supporting leaders globally, and you'll play a key part in making complex transformations feel clear and manageable for both leaders and their teams.</p> <p>You’ll report into the PBP organization and work closely with peers like current and former Engineering PBPs to shape how GitLab’s engineering function operates as we continue to grow. You’ll be expected to quickly build trust with senior engineering leaders, lean into engineering-wide processes like calibrations and offsites, and help bring cohesion to a leadership team that spans tenured GitLab team members and newer leaders. This is a good fit if you enjoy working in a fast-paced tech environment, are comfortable with ambiguity and change, and want to make a visible impact on how engineering teams are structured, supported, and set up to deliver results.</p> <p><strong>What You’ll Do</strong> </p> <ul> <li>Partner with senior engineering leaders, including VPs, to understand their organizations, priorities, and challenges, and translate these into clear people and business priorities.</li> <li>Drive and support job architecture changes in Engineering, including the introduction of new levels, to help leaders adopt and mature consistent role expectations and career paths.</li> <li>Lead and facilitate key Engineering people processes, such as calibrations, in close partnership with the PBP team and cross-functional partners like Talent Management.</li> <li>Advise and coach engineering leaders on topics such as organization design, change management, and navigating global teams, including EMEA considerations.</li> <li>Work closely with other PBPs and Talent partners to share insights, align on approach, and ensure a consistent, high-quality experience for Engineering leaders and their teams.</li> <li>Use data and qualitative feedback to identify trends in the Engineerin ... (truncated, view full listing at source)