Legal Counsel, Trade Compliance

Position Overview

GitLab is an open-core software company that develops the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform, used by more than 100,000 organizations. Our mission is to enable everyone to contribute to and co-create the software that powers our world. When everyone can contribute, consumers become contributors, significantly accelerating human progress. Our platform unites teams and organizations, breaking down barriers and redefining what's possible in software development. Thanks to products like Duo Enterprise and Duo Agent Platform, customers get AI benefits 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, 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. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software.

This role serves as GitLab’s subject matter expert for global trade compliance matters, providing strategic advice to GitLab Team Members, and developing and enhancing controls, policies, and processes needed to support growth and to respond to developing rules and regulations across multiple compliance domains.

We are seeking experienced Trade Compliance Counsel to lead our international trade compliance operations with primary responsibility for compliance with the US Export Administration Regulations (EAR), OFAC sanctions programs, and anti-boycott law. This role is designed for growth-minded professionals who want to expand their expertise across multiple compliance domains while leveraging their trade compliance foundation. This role requires a proactive professional who can work at pace, communicate effectively across the organization, and contribute to our broader compliance framework.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily operational oversight of GitLab's export and sanctions compliance operations
• Own sanctions screening processes - maintain screening tool and vendor relationship, train stakeholders, and serve as point of escalation
• Monitor regulatory changes, assess and advise stakeholders on impact, and implement controls as necessary
• Support commercial legal team throughout contract negotiations and related processes
• Design and deliver compliance training programs for team members at all levels
• Drive various outreach initiatives to increase awareness of key compliance developments across all compliance areas
• Support and help develop GitLab's broader corporate compliance framework
• Support corporate compliance processes
• Support internal and external audit activities

Requirements

Core Requirements:

• 5-7 years of trade compliance experience with focus on U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and OFAC sanctions programs
• JD/LLB or local law degree equivalent and admission to local governing body
• Extensive experience with sanctions screening tools and processes - owning, maintaining, and optimizing screening systems and workflows
• Proven ability to assess risk and implement practical compliance solutions, leveraging technology when possible
• Experience with non-US trade control laws (optional)

Essential Skills and Attributes:

• Strong interest in and aptitude for expanding compliance expertise beyond trade into areas such as anti-corruption, data privacy, employment compliance, and corporate governance (optional)
• Bias toward action with demonstrated ability to move quickly and decisively
• Ability to explain complex trade compliance requirements to non-compliance personnel across all organizational levels
• Collaborative communication style

Company Information

GitLab is an open-core software company that develops the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform, used by more than 100,000 organizations. Our mission is to enable everyone to contribute to and co-create the software that powers our world. When everyone can contribute, consumers become contributors, significantly accelerating human progress. Our platform unites teams and organizations, breaking down barriers and redefining what's possible in software development. Thanks to products like Duo Enterprise and Duo Agent Platform, customers get AI benefits 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, 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. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software.