Job brief: Director of Product Management, Platforms

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on GitLab's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-06 (1 day ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-06.
• The apply link opens job-boards.greenhouse.io, the address GitLab's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $203,200 to $345,600 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Remote · Remote, United States
• Posted: 2026-11-05

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Manager. The title says "Director".

Must have

• Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license.
• many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement.

Main duties

• Set the product strategy and roadmap across GitLab.com and GitLab Dedicated, connecting platform capabilities to customer and business outcomes.
• Drive improvements in platform reliability, scalability, and operability, including better separation between customers and expansion of GitLab.com's cell-ba…
• Define GitLab.com's rate limits, usage limits, and related monetization approach.
• Scale GitLab Dedicated through maintenance-window automation and other operational improvements, while controlling costs and improving gross margin.
• Expand customer self-service through Switchboard, giving customers tools to monitor, observe, and operate their Dedicated tenants.

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for manager jobs across the U.S.: $161k a year (2,903 listings, 244 employers). This listing is 70% higher.
• Across GitLab's 122 open listings, 23% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How GitLab hires

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