Vice President of Product Security Job Saint Peters area,St. Peters Missouri USA,IT/Tech

Location: St. Peters

As Vice President of Product Security, you will define how security is built into Git Lab’s AI-powered Dev Sec Ops platform and the products and services that support it
Reporting to the Chief Information Security Officer, you will lead Git Lab’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 AI or SaaS company—someone who understands the speed at which product teams move, the tradeoffs inherent in shipping features at scale, and how to make security a native property of the product rather than a layer applied on top
The most successful candidates will have owned product architecture, developer experience, and security outcomes as a product engineering leader
Infrastructure and cloud security matter here, but they are in service of the product—not the other way around
In this role, you help make security a native property of the product, partner closely with senior leaders across Engineering, Product, AI, and Security, and 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 , Git Lab 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 Git Lab’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

We offer benefits to manage your health, wealth, and well-being regardless of location
Flexibility in schedule to be there for life’s important moments
Equity compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan offered
Generous Paid Time Off

Qualifications and Experience

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
Familiarity with software supply chain security, continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines, vulnerability management, incident response, and cloud security concepts
Skill in written and verbal communication, including presenting technical risk and business trade-offs clearly to executives, customers, and other stakeholders
Experience operating as a senior engineering or security leader with strong product engineering credibility and ownership of security-relevant product architecture
Ability to lead multi-disciplinary organizations through Directors, Senior Managers, and senior individual contributors in a distributed, remote-first setting
Nice-to-have:
Experience with developer tools, Dev Ops/Dev Sec Ops 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)
Experience partnering closely with Product, Engineering, AI, and Security leaders to turn risk, customer needs, and technical trade-offs into practical roadmaps and decisions
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
Knowledge of secure design, threat modeling, web application and API security, and modern authentication and authorization patterns
Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement

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