Senior Product Manager, Security Platform Management

Job description

GitLab is an open-core software company that develops the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform, used by more than 100,000 organizations.

Our mission is to enable everyone to contribute to and co-create the software that powers our world.

When everyone can contribute, consumers become contributors, significantly accelerating human progress.

Our platform unites teams and organizations, breaking down barriers and redefining what's possible in software development.

Thanks to products like Duo Enterprise and Duo Agent Platform, customers get AI benefits at every stage of the SDLC.

The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact.

GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued.

Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems.

Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software.

An Overview Of This Role
This is a leading product role within the GitLab Security Risk Management stage.

The Security Platform Management group provides GitLab Ultimate customers with a frictionless, holistic operational experience across our suite of security offerings.

We enable AppSec and development teams to orchestrate and control their application security tools from within the GitLab platform and integrate seamlessly with external tools.

We build foundational capabilities to empower security section development groups, provide lovable user experiences, and encourage consistency both within security section features and with cross-platform features that require collaboration with GitLab development groups in other sections.

As our new Sr. Product Manager, you will develop and clearly communicate the product vision, strategy, and detailed roadmap for our Security Platform Management solutions, including Security Inventory.

Your focus will be on onboarding, configuration and orchestration of GitLab Application Security Platform including SAST, SCA, Secret Detection, DAST and additional tooling.

You will collaborate closely with the relevant engineering teams and Product team members across different security scanners and adjacent areas like Compliance and Policies.

In addition, you will work closely with the GitLab field team and will act as the 'voice of the customer' for the relevant stakeholders within the company.

What You'll Do

• Oversee the entire product lifecycle for Security Platform Management capabilities from vision generation to launch, ensuring timely delivery of product milestones including Security Inventory (beta and GA), Asset Filtering, and Configuration and customization profiles of GitLab suite of security tooling
• Define use-cases and collaborate with UX/UI design teams for detailed workflows with the goal of improving user experience across all security dashboards and vulnerability management interfaces
• Drive enterprise risk visibility initiatives by building asset inventory capabilities that help customers understand their attack surface and efficiently identify coverage gaps
• Collaborate with both functional and infrastructure engineering teams to build the underlying infrastructure and interfaces to support security tool orchestration and configuration at scale
• Provide teams with the relevant specs and requirements for foundational security platform capabilities that address scanner adoption challenges
• Work closely with product marketing to create customer-driven content that highlights platform value over individual feature comparisons
• Engage with Solution Engineering and Customer Success for customer feedback and challenges, particularly around Ultimate tier adoption barriers
• Partner with Growth team to enhance PLG Ultimate uptiering experiences and guided onboarding journeys

What You'll Bring

• 7+ years of experience in product management with Cyber Security Companies, with strong preference for experience in AST or vulnerability management platforms
• Solid understanding of how security teams and developers use enterprise security platforms like Snyk, Checkmarx, Veracode, Wiz, and other solutions
• Strong familiarity with the AST, ASPM and vulnerability management landscape, including market trends, competitive positioning, and enterprise adoption challenges
• Experience with security tool configuration and scanner deployment at enterprise scale
• Hands-on product owner with strong focus on UX/UI for complex security workflows and dashboards
• Understanding of enterprise security challenges including asset inventory, risk prioritization, and security tool orchestration
• Strong communication skills - both verbal and written, with ability to influence stakeholders across engineering, security, and field teams
• Experience driving adoption initiatives and addressing product-led growth challenges in B2B security software

The base salary range for this role's listed level is currently for residents of listed locations only.

Grade level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, and alignment with market data.

See more information on our benefits and equity.

Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary.


California/Colorado/Hawaii/New Jersey/New York/Washington/DC/Illinois/Minnesota pay range

$127,700—$273,600 USD

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