Senior Compliance Analyst

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps, trusted by more than 50 million registered users and over 50% of the Fortune 100. The Senior People Compliance Partner role is within People Operations, partnering closely with Legal, People Business Partners, Total Rewards, and People Technology and Analytics to maintain compliance across 65+ countries.

• Experience owning and improving global employment compliance programs across multiple countries and regions.
• Working knowledge of employment regulations with ability to assess risk and apply requirements to People policies, processes, and decisions.
• Experience managing People-related compliance audits including planning timelines, coordinating data collection, and producing audit-ready documentation.
• Working knowledge of data privacy for People data, including GDPR requirements, data retention practices, and incident response partnership.
• Ability to translate legal and regulatory requirements into clear, actionable process or system requirements and use metrics to monitor control effectiveness.
• Experience partnering cross-functionally with Legal, People Business Partners, Total Rewards, and People Technology and Analytics to resolve complex compliance questions.
• Strong documentation and knowledge-sharing habits including building repeatable workflows, maintaining logs and knowledge base articles, and supporting others with country-specific guidance.
• Ability to operate independently in a remote, asynchronous environment, proactively identifying compliance risks and guiding a junior analyst through structured work and review.

• Monitor employment law and regulatory changes across countries where GitLab employs team members, maintaining a regulatory change log.
• Lead People compliance programs across the People Division, ensuring tracking, execution, and audit-ready documentation for key jurisdictions including the US and EMEA.
• Translate legal and regulatory requirements into practical system and process requirements; use metrics to assess control effectiveness and reduce compliance risk.
• Advise People Operations leaders and partners on compliance implications for team member lifecycle actions such as relocations, policy exceptions, entity changes, and terminations.
• Own People-related compliance audits and responses, managing timelines, data collection, and submissions.
• Partner with People Technology and Analytics to extract and report audit data and keep compliance records organized.
• Own People data privacy and retention practices, including GDPR compliance, data processing agreements, cross-border transfer mechanisms, privacy impact assessments, data subject access requests, and retention schedules across systems like Workday, ServiceNow, and Greenhouse.
• Document compliance workflows and procedures; guide the People Compliance Analyst by delegating preparation work, reviewing output, and building their capability.

GitLab hires new team members globally with all roles remote; some roles may have location-based eligibility requirements. GitLab is an equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer, with policies based solely on merit and non-discrimination on various protected characteristics. Candidates with disabilities or special needs can request accommodations during the recruiting process.