Overview

GitLab is the most comprehensive, AI-powered DevSecOps platform for software innovation. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100 trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster.

The Role

We are hiring a Director of Product Management to lead the product vision and strategy for GitLab’s Platform area, which spans the GitLab Platform, AI framework, and infrastructure that make our products more efficient, scalable, and easy to use.

As a people leader, you will define and drive our Platform strategy, shape our product direction, and build an exceptional, customer-centric team.

What you’ll be doing

  • Set the vision and strategy for the Platform area, ensuring our investment is aligned with the company strategy
  • Guide product decisions on build vs. buy vs. partner to accelerate time-to-value for customers
  • Partner with Product Marketing to build differentiation and pricing that reflect Platform value
  • Build alignment across the company on our Platform strategy, ensuring product priorities ladder up to company goals
  • Drive decisions balancing customer needs with operating costs and gross margin
  • Be a hands-on, active coach and mentor for the Platform Product Management team, modeling technical excellence and customer obsession
  • Champion customer experience, including onboarding and adoption across the GitLab platform

What you’ll bring

  • Deep product experience in the Platform / infrastructure / framework / tooling space
  • Proven track record of working with engineers and designers to build world-class developer-facing products
  • Deep understanding of building and scaling an AI-first product (preferred)
  • Experience working on product discovery, pricing, packaging, and platform metrics such as adoption and usage
  • Experience leading product managers
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex concepts to diverse audiences

Hiring process

Our hiring process for this role includes an interview with our Senior Director of Product Management, Platforms; a panel interview with cross-functional partners in Product, Engineering, and Design; and a team interview to explore your approach to platform strategy and leadership. This role starts as an individual contributor.

This role has no timezone preference.