About GitHub

GitHub is the world’s leading platform for agentic software development — powered by Copilot to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 180 million developers, including more than 90% of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to collaborate, and more than 77,000 organisations have adopted GitHub Copilot.

Locations

In this role you can work from Remote, United States

Overview

In this critical position, you’ll partner directly with the SVP of Product to define, execute, and evangelize the vision for Copilot’s experience on GitHub.com. You’ll work hands-on with designers, engineers, and cross-functional partners to deliver an intuitive, delightful, and AI-powered experience for millions of developers around the world.

 

Your mission: make Copilot the tool developers can’t imagine working without, by focusing on usability, discovery, and workflow integration. Always with a relentless attention to detail and a bias for clarity over flash.

 

At GitHub, your work will reach a global audience. With over 180 million developers using GitHub, this is an opportunity to make a tangible, lasting impact on how software is built.

Responsibilities

• Help define and ship end-to-end Copilot user experiences on GitHub.com, with a focus on making AI-powered development frictionless, powerful, and accessible.
• Build and drive the product strategy for Copilot UX, partnering closely with the SVP of Product and the design and engineering teams.
• Lead innovation in product design—set a high bar for design quality, usability, and developer delight. Make design a competitive advantage.
• Engage deeply with customers and the developer community—listen, learn, and turn insights into differentiated product experiences.
• Represent the developer’s perspective in every decision. Advocate for the needs, workflows, and challenges of real users.
• Collaborate across teams and disciplines to align on goals, define priorities, and deliver high-impact solutions.
• Analyze usage data and customer feedback to identify pain points and opportunities. Use data to inform and prioritize work, not just to report on it.
• Define clear, measurable success criteria at product inception; track and communicate progress to stakeholders.
• Act as a subject matter expert for Copilot user experience and a connector between product, design, engineering, and business partners.
• Champion a culture of innovation, clarity, and empathy for developers.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years experience in product/service/project/program management, software development, product design, or related field
  
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in related field AND 8+ years experience in product/service/project/program management, software development, product design, or related field
  • OR equivalent experience
• Experience leading user experience or product design for developer tools or technical products.
• Experience engaging with customers and presenting to executive audiences.
• Willingness to travel up to 50% to meet with users, partners, and teams as needed.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong track record of shipping products that solve real user problems and are loved by their communities.
• Master’s Degree in Business, Marketing, or related field AND 13+ years experience in product/service/project/program management, software development, product design, or related field.
• Experience working on developer products.
• Experience working with AI-based products.
• Experience working remotely and influencing distributed teams.

Compensation Range

The base salary range for this job is USD $160,200.00 - USD $425,000.00 /Yr.

These pay ranges are intended to cover roles based across the United States. An individual's base pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant. At GitHub certain roles are eligible for benefits and additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock. These rewards are allocated based on individual impact in role. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's role.

GitHub values

• Customer-obsessed
• Ship to learn
• Growth mindset
• Own the outcome
• Better together
• Diverse and inclusive

Manager fundamentals

• Model
• Coach
• Care

Leadership principles

• Create clarity
• Generate energy
• Deliver success

Who We Are

GitHub is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform with 150 million developers and counting. We’re also home to the biggest open-source community on earth (and 99% of the world’s software has open-source code in its DNA). Many of the apps and programs you use every day are built on GitHub.
Our teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open source to Mars (and beyond!). At GitHub, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work. We’re remote-first and offer competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are—because we know that people flourish when they can work on their own terms.
Join us, and let’s change the world, together.

EEO Statement

GitHub is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life. We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate!