Principal Product Manager, AI Software Factory

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. 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 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.

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An overview of this role

As Principal Product Manager, Software Factory, you’ll define and bring together GitLab’s end-to-end software creation experience, from planning and specification through coding, review, and verification. You’ll connect capabilities across GitLab Duo Agent Platform and the wider GitLab product so customers have a cohesive and delightful experience. This is a senior, high-visibility role for a product leader who can shape product direction, work across organizational boundaries, and clearly present recommendations to executive leaders.

• Define the product vision and strategy for GitLab’s end-to-end software factory experience.

• Bring together planning, specification, coding, review, and verification workflows into a cohesive product experience.

• Partner with product, engineering, design, and go-to-market teams across GitLab to align priorities and execution.

• Identify gaps, dependencies, and opportunities across GitLab Duo Agent Platform and related areas of the GitLab product.

• Use strong product and design judgment to make complex workflows clear and useful for customers.

• Build support for product decisions through clear communication, negotiation, and cross-functional collaboration.

• Present product direction, tradeoffs, and recommendations to senior and executive leaders.

• Help shape how GitLab brings its software factory vision to market.

• Product management experience at principal scope, leading complex products or experiences across multiple teams.

• A strong understanding of the end-to-end software development workflow, from planning through verification.

• Experience with artificial intelligence products, developer tools, DevSecOps platforms, or related technical products.

• Technical judgment that supports effective collaboration with engineering teams and informed product decisions.

• Strong product design and user experience instincts, including the ability to connect separate capabilities into a coherent experience.

• Experience influencing across functions, resolving competing priorities, and moving work forward without relying on direct authority.

• Clear communication and presentation skills, including experience working with senior and executive leaders.

• An ownership