Program Officer Job GitLab Foundation

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Key Responsibilities

Grantmaking and Portfolio Strategy

• Design and advance effective grantmaking strategies aligned with the Foundation’s North Star, portfolio goals, and desired long-term impact on lifetime earnings
• Apply a future-of-work lens — on topics such as AI adoption, automation, and digital modernization — to investment strategy, partner selection, and portfolio learning
• Serve as an internal thought leader on U.S. economic opportunity, workforce systems, and labor market dynamics, translating complexity into clear, actionable strategy
• Develop evidence-based, integrated, and collaborative approaches to increasing lifetime earnings across assigned portfolios
• Stay abreast of research, trends, and advancements in economic mobility across the public, nonprofit, and private sectors; distill and translate market research findings to inform and influence stakeholders and strategy
• Contribute lessons learned and insights to the GitLab Foundation Handbook, to inform the broader community on our achievements, failures, and learnings

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Investment Execution, Due Diligence & Learning

• Solicit, shape, vet, recommend, and monitor investments to achieve our 100X lifetime earnings goals
• Partner closely with grantees to co-design AI-aware, worker-centered interventions, balancing innovation, rigor, and organizational capacity
• Conduct due diligence, assessing programmatic and workforce system fit, grant evidence and execution risks, and grantee compliance, capacity, and capability vetting
• In partnership with the Impact Modeling and Measurement team, ensure appropriate evaluation of potential investment impact, including modeling of workforce outcomes and earnings-related indicators
• Manage grant administration, reporting, monitoring, and close-out activities
• Advance investment proposals to executive leadership and the Board, clearly articulating how investments respond to workforce trends and economic opportunity gaps

Relationships, Ecosystem Building & Influence

• Develop and maintain relationships with peer funders, employers, and system leaders that lead to co-investment and coordination across workforce ecosystems
• Build trusting relationships with grantees, ensuring clarity on the Foundation’s North Star approach, future of work priorities, and economic mobility goals
• Actively solicit insights from grantees and end users to understand how AI, automation, and labor market shifts affect worker experiences and outcomes
• Facilitate collaborations among nonprofits, employers, funders, and public-sector actors to scale technology-enabled workforce solutions
• Represent the Foundation at key events and forums, articulating GitLab Foundation’s perspective on AI, workforce transformation, and economic mobility

Desired Knowledge, Skills, Experience, and Personal Attributes

• 8+ years of experience in a similar foundation, workforce or economic opportunity focused nonprofit, or related private sector role
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience related to our mission and a strong outcomes orientation
• Strong relationship-building and facilitation skills
• Demonstrated fluency in AI, digital transformation, and future-of-work trends, with the ability to assess and have a point of view on how emerging technologies can affect worker outcomes, job quality, and economic mobility
• Strong research and quantitative and qualitative analysis skills, including the ability to translate insights to non-experts
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Comfortable with giving and receiving feedback for improvement
• Experience with human-centric design and agile ways of working is a plus
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment and take the initiative on tasks and challenges when presented
• Demonstrated emotional intelligence, integrity, humility, and a commitment to transparency and active listening
• Aligned with the Foundation’s mission and CREDIT values; committed to continuous learning, impact, and strong execution.

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How to Apply

Submit your cover letter, resume, and a short (1–2 page) writing sample in one single file (PDF, Google Doc, or Word) to hiring@gitlabfoundation.org by March 4, 2026. We’ll contact candidates selected for interviews by March 10. Learn more about our hiring process