Senior Director, Internal Audit Remote

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As the Senior Director, Internal Audit you'll report to the Vice President, Internal Audit, and help strengthen Git Lab's Internal Audit function. You'll turn an established audit methodology into consistent, practical ways of working, guide audit quality and execution, and help prepare and implement a risk-based audit plan that addresses Git Lab's strategic, business, and compliance objectives. You'll also support the Internal Audit strategy and roadmap, lead the facilitation of our enterprise risk management program, and build trusted relationships with business partners across Git Lab.

• Evolve and operationalize Git Lab's Internal Audit methodology, including responsible use of artificial intelligence, stakeholder communications, and consistent templates.
• Plan and lead risk-based operational audits that deliver practical recommendations for strategic, business, compliance, and emerging risks.
• Lead, coach, and resource a distributed team to deliver audits and related projects against clear milestones, weekly priorities, and defined outcomes.
• Facilitate enterprise risk management activities, including emerging-risk discussions, key risk indicator mapping, risk assessments, and risk acceptance oversight, to bring risk awareness into strategic decision making of the company.
• Partner with business leaders and the Vice President, Internal Audit, to prioritize audit work, share risk insights, and support effective risk mitigation.
• Oversee the Sarbanes-Oxley testing program and partner closely with the SOX PMO, other second line teams, and our external auditors to support ongoing SOX compliance.
• Implement and maintain a Quality Assurance and Improvement Program, tracking audit-plan completion, issue-remediation timeliness, and audit-quality results aligned to Institute of Internal Auditors standards.
• Lead reporting for the Audit Committee and senior management, and deliver special projects and other critical Internal Audit initiatives.

• Experience leading internal audit work and managing a significant portfolio of audit activities.
• Expertise in audit and enterprise risk management, including risk assessment, prioritization, internal controls, root cause analysis, and audit planning.
• Experience building, coaching, and leading distributed teams through clear priorities, milestones, and outcomes.
• Ability to…