Director of Recruiting, Engineering & IT, Bangalore India
GitLab · Bangalore, India
Posted about 3 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 76 days GitLab's roles stay open a median of 99 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of GitLab's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at GitLab
- high 238 stale, 9 reposted of 238 open
- Hiring momentum
- 94 roles opened in the last 90 days ↓ down vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-11-14
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from GitLab's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for GitLab.
About this role
As the Director of Recruiting for Engineering and IT at GitLab, you will lead the recruiting efforts in India and the Asia-Pacific region, focusing on building exceptional technical teams. Your role involves managing recruiting managers, setting talent strategies, and overseeing senior and executive-level searches. You will also advise senior leaders on workforce planning and enhance the candidate experience while fostering a diverse and inclusive hiring environment.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of GitLab as an employer.
What you need
- Experience leading recruiting in high-growth technology companies
- Experience managing recruiting managers or leading a multi-layered recruiting organization
- Deep experience recruiting Engineering and IT talent
- A record of sourcing and closing passive candidates for senior technical roles
- Deep knowledge of India’s technology talent market
- Experience leading distributed teams and large hiring plans
Nice to have
- Experience with Greenhouse
What you get
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Team Member Resource Groups
- Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Growth and Development Fund
- Parental Leave
Worth weighing
- No specific salary listed
- Remote role with potential location-based eligibility requirements
- Vague mention of 'many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement' may indicate flexibility in candidate qualifications
Summarised from GitLab's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by GitLab on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-11-14. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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