GitLab

Principal Product Manager, Application Security Testing

GitLab

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $145,600 - $312,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Lead product strategy across the Security and Compliance portfolio, with a focus on application security testing as a whole, to drive cohesive roadmaps and measurable growth in adoption and customer value.
  • Own end-to-end definition and delivery for high-impact initiatives such as packaging internal security capabilities for customers, strengthening vulnerability research, and incubating emerging products from ideation to product-market fit. Ensure clear success criteria, on-time delivery, and demonstrable impact on customer security outcomes and product adoption.
  • Partner closely with Product Managers in scanners to mentor, coach, and review their product work, including product requirement documents, roadmap decisions, and go-to-market thinking, to elevate the quality and consistency of product execution and improve the success of launches.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional partners in engineering, design, partnerships, and go-to-market teams to shape positioning, launch plans, and strategic collaborations that expand the Security and Compliance business through increased adoption and engagement.
  • Drive a clear strategy for vulnerability research and security partnerships, working with internal and external stakeholders to identify opportunities and translate them into product outcomes that measurably improve product quality, coverage, and differentiation.
  • Use AI-first tools and workflows to quickly explore ideas, create prototypes, and communicate concepts. Increase the speed and quality of product discovery and decision-making by tracking improvements in cycle time and validation effectiveness.
  • Build strong relationships across GitLab to influence without direct authority, connect work across teams, and help resolve complex escalations in a constructive, transparent way that reduces blockers and improves resolution time and stakeholder satisfaction.

Requirements

  • Product management experience in application security or related security domains, with a track record of owning products from strategy through execution.
  • Background working across multiple security product areas or portfolios, not just a single feature, including exposure to topics like code scanning, dependency scanning, and security testing.
  • Experience operating at a broad, cross-functional scope, partnering closely with go-to-market, marketing, partnerships, and internal security teams to shape positioning and drive adoption.
  • Demonstrated ability to coach, mentor, and elevate other product managers, including reviewing product requirements and supporting them through escalations and go to market decisions.
  • Comfort acting as a right-hand partner to senior leadership, translating high-level business goals into clear product priorities and helping connect strategy across a portfolio.
  • Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with an interest in doing the legwork to build trust and influence without authority.
  • Hands-on, AI-first mindset using modern tools to prototype, visualize ideas, and communicate product concepts quickly, for example, by spinning up lightweight demos or UI drafts.
  • Openness to candidates from adjacent domains who bring deep product expertise, transferable security experience, and an interest in growing further into application security and DevSecOps.
Benefits
  • 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
  • Home office support

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
product managementapplication securityvulnerability researchsecurity testingcode scanningdependency scanningproduct strategyproduct executiongo-to-market strategyproduct-market fit
Soft skills
coachingmentoringcommunicationrelationship buildinginfluence without authoritycollaborationproblem-solvingstrategic thinkingtrust buildingstakeholder satisfaction