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Senior Product Manager

United StatesRemoteFull TimeSenior$124,000–$329,200 /yrPosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship available

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Role summary

We are seeking a Senior Product Manager to drive product strategy and roadmaps for developer tools, with a focus on AI-driven capabilities and enhancing the developer experience. This role involves identifying and solving complex customer needs, influencing cross-functional teams at GitHub and Microsoft, and championing the voice of developers and security leaders. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in product management, expertise in AI's impact on software development, and a passion for open source and redefining software creation. You will own the product vision, balance near-term execution with long-term investment, and leverage data to drive product improvement.

### Who you are
- 5+ years experience in product/service/project/program management, software development, product design, or related field
- OR Bachelor's Degree in related field AND 3+ years experience in product/service/project/program management, software development, product design, or related field
- OR equivalent experience
- 3+ years experience working in developer tools, or AI-driven products
- Expertise in application and developer experience
- Demonstrated expertise in how AI is transforming software development, with a proven track record of building or integrating AI-driven capabilities
- Experience influencing across broad organizations and working directly with enterprise customers and partners
- Track record of success working with engineering, design, finance, sales, customer success, and marketing
- Recognized thought leader in product management, with public speaking, writing, or mentoring experience
- Passion for GitHub, open source, and the opportunity to redefine how the world builds and secures software

### What the job involves
- In this role, you’ll identify and solve customers’ unmet needs in complex, cross-boundary scenarios, defining long-term, data-informed investment opportunities while influencing partners across GitHub and Microsoft
- You’ll own and drive roadmaps spanning multiple feature areas, collaborate with partner teams to design golden configurations, and lead scenario walkthroughs that anticipate system friction and customer adoption challenges
- You will engage with early adopters, internal and external stakeholders, and senior leadership to gather input, build alignment, and evangelize our vision, strategy, and roadmap
- Champion the voice of enterprise security leaders and developers to ensure our products deliver meaningful risk reduction with an intuitive developer experience
- Identify and prioritize customer needs by integrating feedback, telemetry, and industry trends
- Own the product vision for Agent Platform, setting a long-term strategy that aligns customer needs, market dynamics, and GitHub’s mission to make software development secure by default
- Balance near-term execution with long-term investment
- Influence senior stakeholders across GitHub and Microsoft
- Collaborate with engineering, design, and applied sciences to deliver developer-first experiences
- Apply fast learning loops to build outstanding products and experiences
- Evangelize GitHub developer-first Agent Platform with customers, partners, analysts, and at industry events
- Build transparency and trust with GTM teams by clearly communicating roadmap priorities and progress
- Use data and customer insights to prioritize investments and measure platform impact
- Drive systematic, metrics-based decision-making for continuous product improvement

### Benefits
- Flexible time away to support balance in your work and life
- Clear diversity, inclusion, and anti-discrimination policies backed by business practices and company culture
- 100% of medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums covered by GitHub for you + your dependents. (Includes gender-affirming benefits)
- Five months of paid family leave to all new parents with the option to use it all at once or throughout the child’s first year
- Family forming benefits that cover fertility, infertility, adoption, and surrogacy costs and support
- Mental health benefits that offer resources and support and cover therapy and coaching sessions for you and your dependents
- Generous 401(k) matching with 50% match up to the IRS 402(g) limit (US; competitive non-US pension options internationally)
- Employee stock purchase plan that lets you purchase Microsoft stock at a discount. (Microsoft is our parent company.)

Sample Github interview questions

  • 1

    Design a system during a pair programming exercise.

    system designaverage
  • 2

    Tell me about yourself. What product influencers & books are you currently reading? How would you improve X product?

    product senseaverage
  • 3

    How would you brief the CEO with clear status and next steps for this program?

    executiondifficult
  • 4

    How would you address unresolved privacy issues that are blocking a launch?

    executiondifficult

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