Director of Product Management, Sustainability Management

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Spearhead the product vision and expand Workiva’s fundamental sustainability solutions.

• Direct emerging AI/ML projects, encompassing agentic workflows and automated disclosures.

• Lead and nurture a dedicated team of Product Managers.

• Collaborate with Engineering, UX/Design, and Go-To-Market teams to provide enterprise reporting capabilities.

• Convert global sustainability regulations into user-friendly, audit-ready workflows.

• Act as the strategic representative for sustainability stakeholders and formulate the product roadmap.

• Manage the roadmap for agentic AI and predictive insights within the sustainability suite.

• Monitor ESG mandates and regulatory changes to uncover market opportunities, minimize churn, and enhance retention.

• Ensure integration of sustainability capabilities with Workiva’s core architecture and Single Source of Truth data model.

• Supervise product execution from discovery to scaled release.

• Incorporate qualitative research and quantitative metrics into the product development process.

• Propel measurable product outcomes that align with long-term growth objectives.

• Work in partnership with Solution Engineering, Consulting, Sales, Product Marketing, and Customer Success on commercialization, enablement, launches, messaging, and feedback mechanisms.

• Coordinate with senior Product, Engineering, and Design leaders regarding regulatory, technical, and business limitations.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with over 10 years of experience in product management or a related technical field, or an advanced degree with at least 8 years of experience.

• More than 4 years of experience in directly managing, mentoring, and developing Product Managers within an enterprise B2B SaaS setting.

• Proven multi-year experience in delivering enterprise SaaS products from initial discovery to scaling, particularly in managing complex data-driven capabilities, workflow automation, or analytics platforms.

• Outstanding executive communication and presentation abilities, capable of conveying technical trade-offs to both C-level executives and engineering teams.

• Willingness to travel up to 25% for customer engagements, team retreats, and significant industry events.

• A reliable broadband internet connection is required when working remotely outside a Workiva physical office.

• Preferred: Experience in product leadership within FinTech, RegTech, ERP systems, or compliance-focused environments managing complex regulatory reporting.

• Preferred: Knowledge of corporate sustainability reporting frameworks, including CSRD, SEC climate rules, ISSB, and GHG Protocol.

• Preferred: A successful record of implementing Generative AI, LLMs, or agentic workflow automations in a live enterprise product environment.

• Preferred: Practical understanding of AI feature trade-offs, encompassing latency, cost-to-serve, context window constraints, and output verification/explainability.

• Preferred: Experience in navigating product buildouts from 0 to 1 within an established enterprise SaaS organization.

• Preferred: Familiarity with usage-based packaging, seat tiers, or value-based monetization models.

• Workiva employees must complete comprehensive security and privacy training tailored to their roles to ensure compliance with company policies and regulatory standards.

🏝️ Benefits

• A discretionary bonus typically awarded annually.

• Restricted Stock Units granted upon hiring.

• 401(k) matching contributions.

• A thorough employee benefits package.

• Flexibility to work from an office or remotely from any location within your country of employment.

• Reasonable accommodations available for applicants with disabilities.