Product Design Manager, Plan

About GitLab

GitLab is an open-core software company that develops the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform, used by more than 100,000 organizations. Our mission is to enable everyone to contribute to and co-create the software that powers our world. When everyone can contribute, consumers become contributors, significantly accelerating human progress. Our platform unites teams and organizations, breaking down barriers and redefining what's possible in software development. Thanks to products like Duo Enterprise and Duo Agent Platform, customers get AI benefits at every stage of the SDLC.

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.

An Overview of This Role

Being the Product Design Manager for the Plan team is a very exciting position. With millions of daily active users, our design work has a big impact on our users and our business. The Plan team has recently undergone a larger collaborative rethinking of their value proposition and strategy, and is now shifting into executing on that new vision.

A work tracking solution for cross-functional organizations: a familiar environment for developers with the visibility planners and stakeholders need in one platform. Elevate planning from a frustrating bottleneck to a value accelerator where everyone contributes, iterates, and delivers results together.

What You’ll Do

• Work with a great team of designers on one of the foundational parts of our product.
• Own the non-developer adoption strategy by designing experiences that reduce cognitive load for product managers, project managers, and executives.
• Lead cross-stage initiatives that leverage GitLab’s integrated platform advantage.
• Execute against measurable outcomes, including CSAT improvements, Plan adoption increases, and revenue growth.
• Identifying and creating opportunities of growth for your designers.
• Drive systematic UX debt resolution across Work Items, boards, filtering, and collaboration features.
• Helping your team with understanding and implementing UX processes

What You’ll Bring

• Proven success managing design teams working on enterprise planning tools that compete with Jira, Asana, Monday.com, or similar platforms
• Great feedback skills.
• Solid visual design sensibility with an understanding of design principles and accessibility
• Passion and excitement for the Project Management and Product Planning space.
• You meet the eligibility criteria for internal applicants

About the team

The teams in Plan are working on tools for companies to manage and optimize their work, track operational health and measure outcomes. Their mission is to transform GitLab from a developer-centric tool to a comprehensive planning solution that serves both technical and non-technical users equally well. They want to evolve our planning capabilities to become a competitive Value Stream Management solution while maintaining our unique advantage as an integrated DevSecOps platform.

The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of listed locations only. 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, and alignment with market data. 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 salar