Staff Product Manager, Agentic Planning Remote at GitLab

Staff Product Manager, Agentic Planning

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab empowers organizations to increase developer productivity, boost operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risks, and accelerate digital transformation. With over 50 million registered users, more than 50% of the Fortune 100 trust GitLab to ship superior, more secure software at greater speed. The core principles embedded in our products are mirrored in how our team operates: we embrace AI as a vital productivity multiplier, expecting all team members to integrate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. At GitLab, careers accelerate, innovation thrives, and every voice holds value. Our high-performance culture is fueled by our values and continuous knowledge sharing, enabling our team members to achieve their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Join us in co-creating the future by building technology that is transforming software development worldwide.

Role Overview

As a Staff Product Manager for Planning, you will help define the future of software planning as it integrates people and artificial intelligence agents. This role moves beyond traditional agile planning, focusing on rethinking how user intent translates into actionable work, how that work progresses through development, and where human intervention is essential. You will develop a distinct point of view on the future of planning and translate it into concrete product decisions alongside engineering, design, and product leadership. A key part of this role is exploring how planning can connect software delivery directly to company priorities, budgets, and business objectives, rather than assuming decisions are already made. In addition to this strategic effort, you will share ownership of existing planning capabilities with another product manager.

What You Will Do

• Define a clear direction for planning as software development evolves towards collaboration between people and artificial intelligence agents, guiding the team from open questions to concrete priorities.
• Shape how users capture intent, break it down into actionable tasks, and determine which tasks can proceed autonomously and which require human input.
• Evaluate the mechanisms for connecting software delivery directly to company priorities, business goals, and budgets.
• Co-own planning capabilities, including work items, boards, specifications, and portfolio planning, working to define the scope of ownership with a fellow product manager.
• Partner with engineering and design to translate the product vision into a roadmap and implement improvements to planning workflows across the GitLab platform.
• Articulate your recommendations clearly to senior leadership, constructively challenge existing assumptions, and steer the team through necessary directional changes.

What You Will Bring

• Proven experience leading product strategy and execution for software development tools, developer tools, or planning products, possessing the depth needed to make impactful decisions in a specialized product area.
• A strong comprehension of software development and DevOps workflows, including how planning decisions influence downstream delivery processes.
• The capability to form and defend a coherent product point of view even in a volatile, changing market, while remaining receptive to diverse ideas.
• Excellent communication skills with technical teams and senior executives, including experience constructively challenging leadership decisions and building consensus around a chosen direction.
• The ability to link a forward-thinking strategy to practical product actions and collaborate effectively across product, engineering, and design functions.

About the Team

The Planning team is responsible for building the foundational capabilities at the beginning of GitLab's software development workflow, such as work items, boards, specifications, and portfolio planning. Because decisions made here dictate how work progresses across the entire platform, the team's scope extends far beyond standalone project management tools. You will collaborate with another product manager and partner closely with engineering and design across this product domain. The division of product ownership is currently being shaped, and you will be instrumental in defining that structure. The hiring manager seeks a perspective that questions established methodologies and encourages constructive challenges to senior leadership, offering influence beyond the immediate product scope. GitLab's mission is to empower everyone to contribute to and co-create the software that drives our world. Our platform unifies software development, security, and operations.

Compensation and Benefits

The base salary range for this role, at the listed level, is currently specified for residents of the United States only. This range is designed to reflect the base salary rate in various locations throughout the US. Grade levels and salary ranges are determined following interviews and a thorough review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, equity relative to other team members, market alignment, and geographic location. The base salary range excludes bonuses, equity, and benefits. Sales positions are also eligible for incentive compensation targeting up to 100% of the offered base salary. United States Salary Range: $168,000 - $285,600 USD

How GitLab Supports Full-Time Employees

• Benefits designed to support your health, finances, and overall 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 diverse experience levels; many successful hires do not meet every single requirement. Furthermore, research indicates that individuals from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply unless they meet every criterion. If you are excited about this role, we encourage you to apply and allow our recruiters to evaluate your candidacy.

Hiring Guidelines

GitLab hires new team members from countries around the globe. While all our roles are remote, some roles may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements. Our Talent Acquisition team is ready to assist with any location inquiries after the recruiting process commences. Your privacy is paramount. Please review our Recruitment Privacy Policy. GitLab is committed to being an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. Our policies and practices concerning recruitment, employment, career development, advancement, promotion, and retirement are determined solely by merit, regardless of race, color, religion, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression), national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, mental or physical disability, genetic information (including family medical history), discharge status from the military, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law. GitLab strictly prohibits discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Please refer to GitLab’s EEO Policy and the statement that EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need requiring accommodation, please inform us during the recruiting process.

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