Staff Product Manager, AI Software Factory PLG

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. *Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab. An overview of this role As Staff Product Manager, AI Software Factory PLG, you’ll shape how developers discover, adopt, and get lasting value from GitLab’s AI-powered software creation experience, from planning and specification through coding, review, and verification. You’ll connect capabilities across GitLab Duo Agent Platform and related product areas into a coherent experience, and own the product strategy for growing its adoption. You’ll make it easier for an individual developer to get started, reach value quickly, and bring the experience into their team and organization. This is a senior individual-contributor role for a product leader who combines strong product judgment with a track record in enterprise product-led growth. You understand how self-serve adoption works in complex B2B products, including the needs of end users, administrators, and buyers, and how product usage can support broader evaluation and expansion. What you’ll do • Define and maintain a 12–18-month product strategy for a cross-team part of GitLab’s AI Software Factory, with customer adoption and growth as core outcomes. • Own the adoption journey from discovery and onboarding through activation, time-to-first-value, repeat usage, team adoption, retention, and conversion or expansion. • Identify friction in the end-user, administrator, and buyer journeys, and prioritize improvements that help customers realize value and broaden adoption. • Set outcome measures for product and growth initiatives; use product usage data, customer feedback, and experiments to evaluate impact and adjust direction. • Build a steady test-and-learn approach, including clear hypotheses, experiment design, and sharing results and learnings across partner teams. What you’ll bring • Product management experience leading complex technical or multi-team products from strategy through delivery and iteration. • Required: Demonstrated success in enterprise B2B PLG or growth, with measurable impact on activation, time-to-value, adoption, retention, conversion, or expansion—including scaling from individual use to team or organization-wide adoption. • Hands-on experience using customer research, product analytics, funnel and cohort analysis, and experimentation to identify growth opportunities and measure results. • Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle and experience with AI products, developer tools, DevSecOps, or other technical B2B software. • Sound technical judgment and a track record of influencing cross-functional teams, resolving tradeoffs, and communicating product decisions clearly in ambiguous environments. We welcome candidates with different backgrounds and transferable experience. If this role excites you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every qualification. About the team This role works across GitLab to connect teams building the future of our AI-powered DevSecOps platform. You’ll partner closely with the GitLab Duo Agent Platform organization and with product areas that own key parts of the software development workflow. The team’s challenge is to turn work delivered across several groups into one clear, end-to-end experience—and to help more users discover, adopt, and realize value from it through product-led growth. The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of the United States only. This range is intended to reflect the role's base salary rate in locations throughout the US. 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, alignment with market data, and geographic location. The base salary range does not include any bonuses, equity, or benefits. 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. United States Salary Range $168,000—$285,600 USD How GitLab Supports Full-Time Employees • Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being • Flexible Paid Time Off • Team Member Resource Groups • Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan • Growth and Development Fund • Parental Leave Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. 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