Vice President, Data & Insights

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An Overview of This Role

GitLab is seeking a VP of Data and Insights to lead the strategic vision, architecture, and execution of our enterprise data platform and analytics capabilities Reporting to the CIO, youll oversee a distributed team spanning data platform and engineering, analytics engineering, data governance, and data analysts embedded across business functions

This role represents a transformational opportunity to move GitLab beyond traditional dashboard development toward a truly AI-enabled, self-service data organization where stakeholders access insights on demand and data analysts focus on high-value strategic work

Youll be a trusted advisor to the executive team and a key driver of GitLabs AI journey, building the certified data foundations that power intelligent, consumption-aware decisions across the business.

What Youll Do

Data Platform Strategy and Roadmap - Define and execute a multi-year strategy for GitLabs data platform, prioritizing certified datasets, clean schema architecture, and the infrastructure needed to support AI-native consumption and self-service access across the enterprise

AI-Enabled Self-Service Analytics - Lead the transformation from analyst-dependent reporting toward AI-powered self-service models, enabling business stakeholders to perform analysis and access insights independently while freeing the data