GitLab - VP of Product Security
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Requirements
• Experience operating as a senior engineering or security leader with strong product engineering credibility and ownership of security-relevant product architecture • Experience building, shipping, and operating services in a high-growth SaaS or AI environment, with a clear understanding of how fast-moving product teams work • Ability to lead multi-disciplinary organizations through Directors, Senior Managers, and senior individual contributors in a distributed, remote-first setting • Knowledge of secure design, threat modeling, web application and API security, and modern authentication and authorization patterns • Familiarity with software supply chain security, continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines, vulnerability management, incident response, and cloud security concepts • Experience partnering closely with Product, Engineering, AI, and Security leaders to turn risk, customer needs, and technical trade-offs into practical roadmaps and decisions • Skill in written and verbal communication, including presenting technical risk and business trade-offs clearly to executives, customers, and other stakeholders • Openness to candidates with different career paths, including product engineering leaders with deep security ownership or security leaders with a strong record of building and shipping products • Nice-to-have: Experience with developer tools, DevOps/DevSecOps platforms, large-scale open-source projects, security standards and frameworks (OWASP, NIST, SLSA), bug bounty and coordinated disclosure programs, or regulated/security-sensitive customer environments (financial services, government, healthcare). • Due to government requirements, you must be a United States Citizen (defined as any individual who is a citizen of the US by law, birth, or naturalization), to fill this position. • The Product Security Department sits within GitLab's Security Division, reporting through the CISO. GitLab's security organization is structured to keep security close to the product, not siloed from it. Product Security teams are embedded alongside product and engineering counterparts, work in the open, and contribute directly to the GitLab codebase. We dogfood aggressively, iterate quickly, and believe that transparency is a security advantage, not a liability. • We are building the kind of security organization that engineers want to work with — one that accelerates shipping rather than blocking it, and that treats the platform we protect as the product we're most proud of. • The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of the United States only. This range is intended to reflect the role's base salary rate in locations throughout the US. Grade level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, alignment with market data, and geographic location. The base salary range does not include any bonuses, equity, or benefits. See more information on our benefits and equity. Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary.
Responsibilities
• Set the long-term strategy and operating model for Product Security across GitLab.com, GitLab Dedicated, and self-managed offerings • Lead a global, multi-disciplinary organization spanning: • Application Security • Product Security Engineering / security tooling • Security Architecture and Platforms • Vulnerability Management • Product Security Incident Response (PSIRT) • Infrastructure, Cloud, and Data Security • Partner with the Chief Technology Officer, Chief Product Officer, Chief Information Security Officer, Vice President of AI Engineering, and other R&D leaders to embed security into product architecture, planning, and delivery • Own the roadmap for core security services and developer-facing platform capabilities, including authentication, authorization, secrets management, auditability, and security APIs • Drive secure design reviews, threat modeling, and risk-based security practices that help product teams ship securely without adding unnecessary friction • Guide GitLab's approach to AI and agentic security, including security architecture, governance decisions, and risk acceptance for new AI surfaces • Oversee vulnerability management, product security incident response, and bug bounty operations, using trends and root-cause analysis to inform durable product and process improvements • Establish clear security metrics, planning inputs, and risk visibility that support executive decision-making, customer conversations, and engineering prioritization
Benefits
• $297,600 - $360,000 USD • How GitLab Supports Full-Time Employees • Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being • Flexible Paid Time Off • Team Member Resource Groups • Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan • Growth and Development Fund • Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application. • Country Hiring Guidelines: GitLab hires new team members in countries around the world. All of our roles are remote, however some roles may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements. Our Talent Acquisition team can help answer any questions about location after starting the recruiting process. • Country Hiring Guidelines:
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