Technical Product Manager
GitpodWe're hiring a Technical Product Manager at Gitpod.
Reporting to our Chief Technology Officer, you'll be at the intersection of data, user behavior, and product strategy, transforming complex insights into actionable product decisions. You'll own our product analytics and experimentation initiatives while working closely with Engineering, Sales, and Customer Experience teams to drive evidence-based product improvements. This role combines quantitative rigor with qualitative research to shape our product direction and maximize revenue impact through thoughtful, data-driven decision making.
Who we are
Five years ago, we set out to create a world where every developer is instantly ready-to-code. With over 1.5 million users, we are now the leading platform for standardized and automated development environments. Our ROI calculator demonstrates how we help customers save nearly $1,000,000 annually for every 100 engineers using Gitpod. Developers use Gitpod an average of 36 hours per week, and our enterprise revenue has grown tenfold since last year.
We're a talent-dense group of people who transform how software is created and delivered, working to empower every company, every team, and every individual to succeed in a software-first world. We care deeply, and for many of us, building Gitpod is our life's work.
There hasn't been a better time to join. We've found product-market-fit and are scaling with high intensity towards repeatable go-to-market fit. Our operating values are an authentic representation of how we show up and make decisions. We choose colleagues carefully based on merit and their alignment with those principles. If this excites you, we would love for you to apply so we can connect.
Role responsibilities
Everyone that joins Gitpod is responsible for enhancing our culture. We hold our operating values as the standard that we drive towards. Joining Gitpod means you have ownership around forming our culture by living out these values.
Own metrics definitions, dashboard creation, quantitative data collection, analysis, and reporting. Simply put: transform complex data into actionable product insights
Develop and execute a research strategy to identify market trends and competitive landscape, test hypotheses about user behavior and needs, and prepare evidence-based recommendations for product strategy
Design and run A/B testing to validate product assumptions, establish feedback loops, manage full-cycle product launch metrics, and document learnings to adjust our approach.
Work hand-in-hand with Engineering, Sales, and Customer Experience to determine prospect/customer pain points and technical feasibility for product improvement.
Synthesize all insights to enable us to plan work on a consistent basis, tying all decisions to revenue impact. Prepare strategic recommendations and build business cases for new product investments. Maintain regular planning cycles while supporting the team’s execution efforts.
At the end of your first 30 days, you will have:
Gained a deep understanding of the product, it’s value, benefits, drawbacks
Connected directly with key users and customers to build empathy for how they’re perceiving the product.
You've identified key users, engaged in numerous conversations with them, summarized the learnings, and derived actionable insights that translate into product changes.
Taken stock of our analytics and visibility into the product’s use.
Actively engaged in the forward looking product conversations (quarterly planning, design jams, product strategy conversations, bets).
You have have proposed a solution for how you want to plan quarter over quarter.
About you
You work in alignment with our operating values
Our operating values are the DNA of Gitpod. We hold them high, evolve them as we evolve, and integrate them into everything we do. We expect everyone at Gitpod to actively use the values as the playbook for how they show up and work.
You love (to build) high-quality products
Quality inspires you. You seek clarity in thought, aesthetics, user experience and vision. You have unwavering commitment to excellence, incredibly strong taste, and want any product you work on to be seen as the gold standard. You have the ability to create the beauty and clarity that drives Gitpod’s product.
You value a data-driven perspective
You have a track record of using data to drive product decisions. You're skilled at designing metrics, building measurement frameworks, and translating complex data into actionable insights. You're comfortable with both quantitative and qualitative analysis methods. Your track record shows not just measurement, but meaningful outcomes driven by data-informed choices.
You believe simplicity and complexity can coexist
You understand that technical expertise alone isn't enough - great products come from deeply understanding user perspectives and pain points. You excel at making complex systems feel simple through clarity and thoughtful design. You have the discernment to know when to challenge or embrace complexity.
Additionally, we're looking for someone with most of the following experience:
Relevant experience in the fields of developer tooling such as CI/CD, development platforms, IDPs and source code management systems (e.g. GitHub, BitBucket, GitLab)
An engineering background either through experience or by training
An inclination towards design
Ideally some form of data analysis experience, either through experience or training
We use these tools and expect you to have familiarity with most of them:
Figma
Go
TypeScript/React
Segment
Mixpanel
Intercom
Benefits
Fully remote, flexible work day
Flexible paid time off including holidays that are most meaningful to you
Parental leave for all parents
Employee-friendly equity terms (extended exercise)
Health insurance (country-specific)
Retirement (country-specific)
Wellness allowance
Premium work-from-home equipment
Regular company off-sites
Interview process
We are fully remote and so is our hiring process. Contingent on schedules, we aim to complete the entire process in about 2 weeks. We are conscious of your time and are committed to being as efficient as possible.
Async interview - If we think we might be a mutual match, we’ll send you a set of questions to be completed async that allow us to get to know you and learn more about why Gitpod excites you. You’ll also have a chance to share about your strengths, experience, and demonstrate your ability to work asynchronously.
Sync interviews - You'll complete a series of interviews designed to thoroughly evaluate our mutual compatibility.
Head of people
Hiring manger
Project and panel presentation
CEO
References and background check - Before moving to an offer, we’ll set up video calls with 3 direct managers and/or senior leaders that can speak to your performance. Additionally, we will run a full background check (location dependent).
Gitpod provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities.