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VP of Product Security
GitLabVP of Product Security defining security in GitLab's AI-powered DevSecOps platform. Leading product security organization with end-to-end responsibility for product and service security.
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesCloud
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Set the long-term strategy and operating model for Product Security across GitLab.com, GitLab Dedicated, and self-managed offerings
- Lead a global, multi-disciplinary organization spanning:
- Application Security
- Product Security Engineering / security tooling
- Security Architecture and Platforms
- Vulnerability Management
- Product Security Incident Response (PSIRT)
- Infrastructure, Cloud, and Data Security
- Partner with the Chief Technology Officer, Chief Product Officer, Chief Information Security Officer, Vice President of AI Engineering, and other R&D leaders to embed security into product architecture, planning, and delivery
- Own the roadmap for core security services and developer-facing platform capabilities, including authentication, authorization, secrets management, auditability, and security APIs
- Drive secure design reviews, threat modeling, and risk-based security practices that help product teams ship securely without adding unnecessary friction
- Guide GitLab's approach to AI and agentic security, including security architecture, governance decisions, and risk acceptance for new AI surfaces
- Oversee vulnerability management, product security incident response, and bug bounty operations, using trends and root-cause analysis to inform durable product and process improvements
- Establish clear security metrics, planning inputs, and risk visibility that support executive decision-making, customer conversations, and engineering prioritization
Requirements
What you’ll need- Experience operating as a senior engineering or security leader with strong product engineering credibility and ownership of security-relevant product architecture
- Experience building, shipping, and operating services in a high-growth SaaS or AI environment, with a clear understanding of how fast-moving product teams work
- Ability to lead multi-disciplinary organizations through Directors, Senior Managers, and senior individual contributors in a distributed, remote-first setting
- Knowledge of secure design, threat modeling, web application and API security, and modern authentication and authorization patterns
- Familiarity with software supply chain security, continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines, vulnerability management, incident response, and cloud security concepts
- Experience partnering closely with Product, Engineering, AI, and Security leaders to turn risk, customer needs, and technical trade-offs into practical roadmaps and decisions
- Skill in written and verbal communication, including presenting technical risk and business trade-offs clearly to executives, customers, and other stakeholders
- Openness to candidates with different career paths, including product engineering leaders with deep security ownership or security leaders with a strong record of building and shipping products
- Nice-to-have: Experience with developer tools, DevOps/DevSecOps platforms, large-scale open-source projects, security standards and frameworks (OWASP, NIST, SLSA), bug bounty and coordinated disclosure programs, or regulated/security-sensitive customer environments (financial services, government, healthcare).
Benefits
Comp & perks- 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
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Hard Skills & Tools
application securityproduct security engineeringsecurity architecturevulnerability managementincident responsesecure designthreat modelingweb application securityAPI securitycloud security
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationcollaborationstrategic planningrisk managementdecision-makingorganizational skillsstakeholder engagementproblem-solvingadaptability