Principal Product Manager, Orbit

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Establish Orbit's long-term vision and strategic roadmap encompassing graph models and ontology, data ingestion and indexing, query and retrieval systems, developer and agent interfaces, governance, and enterprise readiness.

• Influence the operations of Orbit across GitLab.com, Self-Managed, Dedicated, GitLab Duo Agent Platform, MCP-based external agents, APIs, and developer tools.

• Convert intricate platform opportunities into customer challenges, measurable outcomes, and investment choices.

• Collaborate with Engineering and Design to navigate architectural and implementation tradeoffs involving graph data models, indexing, query systems, APIs, MCP, authorization, and scalability.

• Utilize AI tools such as Claude Code and GitLab to analyze issues, examine code and data, prototype ideas, and create or review merge requests.

• Lead discovery sessions with developers, engineering leaders, platform teams, security teams, and technical executives.

• Identify target customers, prioritize use cases, delineate distinctive value, and chart the course to product-market fit.

• Work alongside Product Marketing, Sales, Solutions Engineering, Customer Success, Pricing, and Finance in aspects of positioning, packaging, pricing, launching, adopting, and expanding products.

• Formulate business cases and monitor metrics related to adoption, retention, usage, customer value, and revenue outcomes.

• Assist with executive briefings, analyst discussions, customer workshops, and field enablement efforts.

• Harmonize teams and executive leaders around strategic recommendations and tradeoffs.

• Mentor fellow product managers and advocate for GitLab's product vision in customer and industry discussions.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience managing complex technical products or platforms at Staff, Principal, or similar levels, with a history of defining vision and roadmaps across various teams.

• Strong technical fluency in one or more pertinent areas, such as developer tools, DevOps, software delivery, data platforms, distributed systems, knowledge graphs, search, APIs, AI infrastructure, or agentic systems.

• Capability to engage credibly with engineers regarding architecture, data models, APIs, scalability, reliability, and security.

• Sound business judgment and experience in market analysis, product strategy, pricing, packaging, business cases, or the commercialization of technical products.

• Experience guiding a product, platform, or category from initial concept through to launch, customer adoption, and iterative improvements.

• Customer-centric mindset and aptitude for building trusted relationships with technical practitioners, engineering leaders, architects, and executives.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience in conveying complex concepts, influencing various functions, and resolving competing priorities in ambiguous scenarios.

• Hands-on experience with AI tools in product development, including examining code and data, prototyping workflows, and creating or reviewing merge requests.

• Candidates must reside in the United States or Canada, as specified in the job location.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits to support your health, financial well-being, and overall wellness.

• Flexible Paid Time Off.

• Access to Team Member Resource Groups.

• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

• Growth and Development Fund.

• Parental Leave.