Posted over 4 years ago
We're looking for additional product managers to cover our newly created Defend Stage of the DevSecOps lifecycle. This candidate will work on one or more of our Defend Stage groups including Runtime Application Security, Threat Management and Application Infrastructure Security.
Product Managers at GitLab have a unique opportunity to define the future of the entire DevSecOps lifecycle. We are working on a single application that allows developers to invent, create, deploy and secure modern applications.
We want to facilitate onboarding to Concurrent DevOps: users may not be aware of its potential, we will show them how easy and powerful it is! We want to support large teams working on mission-critical software across the entire company, and also single developers starting a new visionary project from scratch.
We work in a very unique way at GitLab, where flexibility and independence meet a high paced, pragmatic way of working. And everything we do is in the open.
We are looking for talented product managers that are excited by the idea to contribute to our vision. We know there are a million things we can and want to implement in GitLab. Be the one making decisions.
We recommend looking at our about page and at the product handbook to get started.
Responsibilities
Drive the product in the right direction
Build an effective roadmap to prioritize important features properly
Take high-level feature proposals and customer problems and break them into small iterations that engineering can work on
Balance new features, improvements, and bugfixes to ensure a high velocity and a stable product
Consider the business impact, ROI, and other implications when taking important decisions
Take an active role in defining the future
Contribute to the product vision, together with the Head of Product and VP of Product
Create and maintain a vision for your product area
Create and maintain the vision for each product category
Innovate within your product area by proposing ambitious features
Follow innovation in your product area
Communicate and evangelize your product vision internally and among the wider community
Manage the product lifecycle end-to-end
Follow feature development end-to-end; provide guidance and feedback to engineers and designers; ensure everyone is aligned
Be the voice of the customer and the subject-matter expert for your group
Contribute to documentation, blog posts, demos, and marketing materials for product features
Collaborate with other Product Managers, UX, and engineers in cross-area features to build a single application
Manage the uncertainty in an efficient way, adjusting plans to new working conditions
Engage with stakeholders in two-way communication
Assist Sales, Support, Customer Success, and Marketing as the subject-matter expert for your area
Talk to customers and engage with the community regularly
Engage with analysts on briefings and product evaluations
Work with the entire Product team to share improvements and best practices
You are not responsible for
A team of engineers: you will take the lead in decisions about the product, but not manage the people implementing it
Capacity planning: you will define priorities, but the Engineering Manager evaluates the amount of work possible
Shipping in time: you will work in a group, but the group is responsible for shipping in time, not you
Requirements
Experience in product management
Strong understanding of Git and Git workflows
Knowledge of the developer tool space
Strong technically: you understand how software is built, packaged, tested and secured
Strong understanding of network security and SIEM tools
Understanding of the complexity of securing production applications
Understanding of deployment infrastructure and container technologies
Significant experience with Kubernetes and Docker
Passion for design and usability
Highly independent and pragmatic
Excellent proficiency in English
You are living wherever you want
You share our values, and work in accordance with those values
Bonus points: experience with GitLab
Bonus points: experience in working with open source projects
Bonus points: experience in product managing networking security and SIEM tools