Principal Product Manager defining Orbit’s software lifecycle context graph at GitLab, an intelligent DevSecOps orchestration platform. Driving technical strategy, adoption, pricing, and AI-powered developer experiences.
Responsibilities
Define Orbit's multi-year vision and roadmap across graph models and ontology, ingestion and indexing, query and retrieval, developer and agent interfaces, governance, and enterprise readiness
Shape how Orbit works across GitLab.com, Self-Managed, Dedicated, GitLab Duo Agent Platform, MCP-based external agents, APIs, and developer tooling
Turn complex platform opportunities into customer problems, measurable outcomes, and investment decisions
Partner with Engineering and Design on architecture and implementation tradeoffs across graph data models, indexing, query systems, APIs, MCP, authorization, and scale
Use AI tools such as Claude Code and GitLab to investigate problems, explore code and data, prototype concepts, and create or review merge requests
Lead discovery with developers, engineering leaders, platform teams, security teams, and technical executives
Define target customers, priority use cases, differentiated value, and the path to product-market fit
Partner with Product Marketing, Sales, Solutions Engineering, Customer Success, Pricing, and Finance on positioning, packaging, pricing, launch, adoption, and expansion
Develop business cases and track adoption, retention, usage, customer value, and revenue outcomes
Support executive briefings, analyst conversations, customer workshops, and field enablement
Align teams and executive leaders around recommendations and tradeoffs
Mentor other product managers and represent GitLab's product vision in customer and industry conversations
Requirements
Experience owning complex technical products or platforms at Staff, Principal, or equivalent scope, with a track record of defining vision and roadmaps across multiple teams
Deep technical fluency in one or more relevant areas, such as developer tools, DevOps, software delivery, data platforms, distributed systems, knowledge graphs, search, APIs, AI infrastructure, or agentic systems
Ability to work credibly with engineers on architecture, data models, APIs, scale, reliability, and security
Business judgment and experience in market assessment, product strategy, pricing, packaging, business cases, or commercialization of technical products
Experience taking a product, platform, or category from early concept through launch, customer adoption, and iteration
Customer-first approach and ability to build trusted relationships with technical practitioners, engineering leaders, architects, and executives
Clear written and verbal communication, with experience explaining complex ideas, influencing across functions, and resolving competing priorities in ambiguous work
Practical experience using AI tools in product work, including exploring code and data, prototyping workflows, and creating or reviewing merge requests
Candidates must be residents of the United States or Canada, based on the listed location
Benefits
Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
Flexible Paid Time Off
Team Member Resource Groups
Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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