GitLab
DevSecOps
VPofProductSecurity
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“VP of Product Security at GitLab. Skills: product security strategy, product security architecture, product security delivery, AI security, DevSecOps platform security. define how security is built into GitLab's AI-powered DevSecOps platform and the products and services that support it. lead GitLab's Product Security organization with end-to-end responsibility for product and service security”
What You'll Achieve.
increase developer productivity; improve operational efficiency; reduce security and compliance risk; accelerate digital transformation; ship better, more secure software faster; drive efficiency, innovation, and impact; careers accelerate; reach their full potential; stronger security architecture; scalable security services; predictable security processes that support fast product delivery
Industry & Context.
solve complex problems
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
built and shipped product at a high-growth AI or SaaS company, understands the speed at which product teams move, understands the tradeoffs inherent in shipping features at scale, understands how to make security a native property of the product rather than a layer applied on top, owned product architecture, owned developer experience, owned security outcomes as a product engineering leader, experience with AI or SaaS product engineering leadership
Nice to Have
experience with AI or SaaS product engineering leadership
What You'll Do.
define how security is built into GitLab's AI-powered DevSecOps platform and the products and services that support it
lead GitLab's Product Security organization with end-to-end responsibility for product and service security
focus on secure product design and delivery
focus on the infrastructure and cloud systems behind it
make security a native property of the product
partner closely with senior leaders across Engineering
shape outcomes such as stronger security architecture
scalable security services
and predictable security processes that support fast product delivery
set the long-term strategy and operating model for Product Security across GitLab. com
and self-managed offerings
multi-disciplinary organization spanning: Application Security
Product Security Engineering / security tooling
Security Architecture and Platforms
Vulnerability Management
Product Security Incident Response (PSIRT)
partner with the Chief Technology Officer
Chief Product Officer
Chief Information Security Officer
Vice President of AI Engineering
and other senior leaders
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
partner closely with senior leaders across Engineering, Product, AI, and Security
Full Job Description
GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster. The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software. *Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab. An overview of this role As Vice President of Product Security, you will define how security is built into GitLab's AI-powered DevSecOps platform and the products and services that support it. Reporting to the Chief Information Security Officer, you will lead GitLab's Product Security organization with end-to-end responsibility for product and service security, with a primary focus on secure product design and delivery and a secondary focus on the infrastructure and cloud systems behind it. This is, first and foremost, a product engineering leadership role. We are looking for someone who has built and shipped product at a high-growth A
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