Senior Technical Program Manager, GitLab
Product
+ Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
One DevOps platform
Posted today
One DevOps platform
1001+ employees
Posted today
+ 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
- Prior experience delivering SaaS products
- Proven track record of being a self-led and self-motivated individual, willing to jump into complex and ambiguous projects in order to bring clarity to the team
- Experience collaborating with senior leadership in various functions across the organization in order to align program goals with larger business outcomes
- Experience crafting and executing on cross functional Product-driven initiatives, including capturing and redefining requirements into impactful work items
- Experience influencing others without having direct management authority and motivating them to successfully complete tasks within required timelines
- Risk analysis and problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, building relationships with partners
- Proven track record of complex, cross divisional program management
- Understanding of our product, and market with a willingness to dive deep
- Strong analytical skills for assessing and recommending solutions based on data and research
- Experience driving initiatives according to plan and timelines
What the job involves
- Technical Program Managers drive complex and cross-functional technical initiatives by leveraging domain expertise, building a holistic execution strategy and harnessing human leadership qualities to deliver strategic business outcomes that have wide-reaching impact
- The role of TPM can mean different things at different organizations
- At GitLab, TPMs should be proficient in 5 core competencies: Communication, Critical Thinking, Organization & Execution, Relationship-Building, and Technical Knowledge & Application. (More info in our handbook)
- This role is a generalist TPM and will be focused on larger cross-functional projects that are critical to GitLab’s long term success and strategy
- There will be a heavy focus on the dependency planning and stakeholder management elements of program management
- In order to effectively support these projects, the Senior TPM will need to develop relationships with folks across the organization, including our Engineering, Marketing, Sales, and Security teams
- Manage and collaborate on key initiatives with stakeholders and leadership across R&D. Drive accountability ensuring all program objectives are met
- Refine and optimize division processes improving overall efficiency and execution of the division
- Gather inputs and feedback and suggest improvements to our Product Process, and operational model within the Product division
- Communicate successfully within the project team and at multiple levels of management, employing various asynchronous and synchronous facilitation techniques
- Collaborate on operational strategy and direction with organizational stakeholders; Oversee project planning and management
- Identify and coordinate the interdependencies among programs, products and other critical initiatives across the Product Division, and possibly across multiple sub-divisions of R&D as a whole
- Provide insight and suggestions to steer Product strategy and roadmap
- Examine risks associated with programs and prioritize risks accordingly
- Proactively identify gaps in process, and execution and work with the relevant stakeholders to remedy
- Operate cross functionally to ensure the success of programs
- Develop repeatable, scalable, efficient, and effective processes where applicable
- The Technical Program Management function is fairly new to GitLab; over the last year we’ve built out the team, developed relationships with stakeholders across the organization, and implemented new systems and processes to improve efficiency
- We are excited to expand the team and bring new ideas about Technical Program Management to GitLab
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 capitalize on the recent trend toward rapid digital transformation and remote working. This trend is expected to continue 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.
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Insights
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back within 2 weeks
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: $432.8m
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 values
- Collaboration - We prioritize things that help us work together effectively, such as assuming positive intent, saying “thanks” and “sorry,” and giving timely feedback.
- Results - We operate with a sense of urgency and bias for action, and we do what we promise — to each other, customers, users, and investors.
- Efficiency - From choosing boring solutions to documenting everything and being managers of one, we strive to make fast progress on the right things.
- Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging - We work to ensure GitLab is a place where people from every background and circumstance feel like they belong and can thrive.
- Iteration - We aim to do the smallest viable and valuable thing, and get it out quickly for feedback.
- Transparency - Everything we do is public by default, from our company handbook to the issue trackers for our product.
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
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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.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at GitLab
- Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging is woven into our values and everything we do
- GitLab is home to many dedicated Team Member Resource Groups
- GitLab is a global, multi-cultural organization with team members all over the world
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