Senior Product Manager
Description
This position is remote based.
We're looking for a Senior Product Manager to build the GitLab services for the US Public Sector. As the PM for the US Public Sector Services group, you'll work directly with US Public Sector entities, external assessors and internal stakeholders to define product requirements and ensure successful implementation of GitLab services.
We recommend looking at our company page and 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
Make sound decisions for your product/stage, building trust, and driving clarity across all teams at GitLab and the community
Mastery of the competitive and market landscape of their product domain and understanding how this landscape impacts their own product roadmap
Ability to clearly document ROI or impact for a given action, feature, or prioritization action
Conduct advanced ROI analysis on investment cases to determine if GitLab should pursue them
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
Mentors junior or less experienced Product Managers to quickly bring them up to speed and add value
Represents GitLab as a product and domain expert in front of Industry Analysts, customer visits, industry events/conferences, and other events.
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
Manage features and solutions that span multiple stages, and/or benefit other stages
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
Have a strong presence in customer advisory boards and other customer feedback forums to fully understand customer pain points and how these can be solved in the future
Ability to present to C-level executives both internally at GitLab and externally to customers and prospects
You are not (solely) 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 with compliance programs, such as FedRAMP, SOC2, or ISO
Confident working with stakeholders across the company to push compliance programs forward
Demonstrated ability to work in a cross-functional team
Demonstrated ability to translate complex requirements into actionable iterations
Fantastic problem solving skills and attention to detail
Passion for design and usability
Highly independent and pragmatic
Strong understanding of Git and Git workflows
Strong understanding of DevOps and cloud-native application development
Strong understanding of project management and enterprise workflow use cases
Knowledge of the developer tool space
Excellent communication skills including proficiency in written and verbal 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
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Hiring Process
Selected candidates will be invited to schedule a screening call with one of our Global Recruiters
Selected candidates will then be invited to schedule a Hiring Manager Interview with a Director of Product
Candidates will then be invited to schedule an interview with an Engineering Manager or Director of Engineering
Candidates will then be invited to schedule a Deep Dive interview with a Product Manager
Selected candidates will then be invited to schedule a final interview with a member of the Product leadership team
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