Technical Chief of Staff to the CTO

An overview of this role:

• Partner closely with the CTO, executive leadership team, and senior engineers.
• Translate decisions into clear operating mechanisms and make sure they're documented.
• Lead initiatives such as AI transformation and internal GitLab AI and large language model (LLM) feature testing.

What you'll do:

• Drive the technical narrative and content for board materials, investor decks, and keynotes.
• Implement and maintain standardized R&D metric frameworks such as DORA and SPACE.
• Define and monitor organizational health metrics, collaborating with the People team.

What you'll bring:

• 12+ years of experience, including 3+ years as a direct partner to an executive, managing an R&D organization.
• Experience leading org-wide change management, including headcount allocation and talent strategy.
• Exceptional ability to synthesize complex technical noise into 1-page executive briefs.