Principal Product Manager, GitLab
Continuous Delivery
$145.6-312k
+ Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
One DevOps platform
Job no longer available
One DevOps platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$145.6-312k
+ Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make it so that everyone can contribute. When everyone can contribute, users become contributors and we greatly increase the rate of innovation.
Role
Who you are
- Extensive product management experience owning complex, technical B2B SaaS and developer-facing platforms, with proven track record launching new products and translating customer needs into clear product strategy and measurable outcomes
- A founder's mindset: you create structure where none exists, make decisions with incomplete information, and take personal accountability for outcomes — not just outputs
- Deep experience with CI/CD systems and deployment tooling, including building capabilities that improve pipeline reliability, performance, and usability at scale in enterprise environments
- Comfort going deep with Engineering on implementation details when needed, including discussing technology trade-offs and their impact on product outcomes
- Strong understanding of personas across the software delivery lifecycle—including developers, platform and DevOps engineers, engineering leaders, and release managers—and how they evaluate and adopt delivery tooling
- Strong technical fluency— able to engage credibly with senior engineers on deployment architecture, AI-assisted workflows, Kubernetes, and platform integrations
- Highly analytical and data-driven approach: ability to synthesize qualitative feedback, product usage data, and market research into actionable insights and iterative improvements
What the job involves
- As the Principal Product Manager for GitLab's AI-First Continuous Delivery capabilities, you'll shape the product strategy and roadmap for how teams build, release, and deploy software with confidence in the AI era
- This is a founding PM role on a strategic initiative—you'll own what AI-native, enterprise-grade CD looks like, including AI agent deployment governance, compliance controls, Kubernetes and container deployments, and platform experiences that make deployment trustworthy at scale
- You'll lead with a strong point of view on how modern delivery is evolving in the age of AI, translating customer problems and market insights into clear product direction that helps teams move faster while maintaining reliability and control
- You'll operate with high autonomy while partnering closely with Engineering, UX, Product Design, Customer Success, and go-to-market teams to deliver meaningful outcomes for users and measurable business impact for GitLab
- In your first year, you'll launch the first version of GitLab AI-First CD, establish the customer feedback loops that inform the roadmap, and partner with Sales to drive revenue outcomes—you'll own the business results of this initiative, not just the product decisions
- This is the right role for a PM who thinks like a founder, thrives in ambiguity, and wants to build something that doesn't exist yet — with a real chance to define a product category
- Own the product strategy and full roadmap for GitLab AI-First CD, spanning AI agent deployment governance, compliance controls in highly regulated industries, Kubernetes and container deployments, and platform-level analytics and reporting
- Develop a differentiated point of view on how the CD market is evolving in the AI era through direct customer engagement, field conversations, analyst relationships, and competitive intelligence
- Partner closely with Engineering, UX, Product Design, and Quality to define problems, evaluate trade-offs, deliver improvements, and guide development and testing through delivery cycles
- Work with Sales, Customer Success, Support, and Field teams to understand customer needs and adoption blockers, translate them into clear product requirements and release plans, and support customer-facing conversations
- Define and track success metrics for your product area, run lightweight validations for new workflow ideas, and use customer feedback and product data to guide iteration and measure outcomes
- Build strong cross-functional alignment across related GitLab stages and groups to deliver cohesive end-to-end experiences, connecting build, release, deploy, and environment workflows
- Represent the Continuous Delivery product area internally and externally by communicating the roadmap, key decisions, and customer value in clear, straightforward language
Our take
GitLab is an open-source collaboration platform for developers. It enables teams to build code quickly from anywhere without compromising on security or quality. GitLab already has an estimated 30M+ users from all over the world.
According to a 2021 GitLab report, 60% of developers can release code 2x faster with DevOps platforms that bring teams together and accelerate processes. It stands out by catering to programmers of all experiences. Gitlab's version control system helps streamline the process of creating, maintaining, and deploying code, whoever you are.
GitLab was in the right place to capitalise on the recent trend toward rapid digital transformation and remote working. This trend is expected to grow, and with it, GitLab's popularity. With its successful 2021 IPO and the patronage of major brands such as Nasdaq and Jaguar Land Rover, GitLab is expected to solidify its position as the go-to platform for development teams.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
15% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Sep 2019
$268m
SERIES E
Dec 2018
$20m
SERIES D
Total funding: $435m
Company benefits
- We offer benefits to manage your health, wealth, and well-being regardless of location
- Flexibility in schedule to be there for life’s important moments
- Equity compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan offered
- Generous Paid Time Off
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Sid Sijbrandij
(CEO)Studied Physics at the University of Twente. Interned at P&G and IBM. Was Lead Architect at the Netherlands' Ministry of Justice from 2009 to 2012. Founded app store Comcoaster in 2008, and then co-founded GitLab in 2012.
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