Staff Product Manager, Agentic Planning
About The Position
GitLab is hiring a Staff Product Manager for Planning to set product direction as software development evolves toward collaboration between people and artificial intelligence agents. The role involves rethinking how user intent becomes actionable work, how work moves through software development, and where human involvement is needed. The position is open at Staff level, with consideration for Principal level depending on experience and impact. The successful candidate will develop a point of view on the future of planning and turn it into product decisions in partnership with engineering, design, and product leadership. They will explore whether planning should connect software delivery to business priorities, objectives, and budgets, and share ownership of existing planning capabilities with another product manager. GitLab’s Planning team builds work items, boards, specifications, and portfolio planning capabilities that shape how work moves through the broader platform.
Requirements
- Experience leading product strategy and execution for software development, developer tools, or planning products, with the depth to make decisions in a specialized product area.
- Strong understanding of software development and DevOps workflows, including how planning decisions affect downstream delivery.
- Ability to form and defend a product point of view in an uncertain, changing market while remaining open to different ideas.
- Clear communication with technical teams and senior executives, including experience constructively challenging leadership decisions and building support for a direction.
- Ability to connect forward-looking strategy to practical product decisions and collaborate across product, engineering, and design.
Responsibilities
- Define a clear direction for planning as software development shifts toward collaboration between people and artificial intelligence agents, and move the team from open questions to concrete priorities.
- Shape how users capture intent, break it into actionable work, and determine which work can proceed autonomously and which needs human involvement.
- Evaluate whether and how planning should connect software delivery to company priorities, business objectives, and budgets.
- Share ownership of planning capabilities, including work items, boards, specifications, and portfolio planning, with a fellow product manager, and help define how that scope is divided.
- Work with engineering and design to translate product direction into a roadmap and improvements to planning workflows across GitLab.
- Communicate recommendations clearly to senior leaders, challenge assumptions constructively, and lead the team through changes in direction.
Benefits
- Benefits to support 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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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
