Director of Product Management, Sustainability Management

Workiva is seeking a Director of Product Management to lead product strategy and scale its sustainability solutions, including emerging AI/ML capabilities. The role leads a team of product managers and partners across Engineering, UX/Design, and Go-To-Market to deliver enterprise reporting workflows aligned with evolving regulations.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the strategic voice of sustainability stakeholders—including CFOs, CSOs, and ESG controllers—translating complex reporting workflows into a cohesive, high-impact product roadmap
• Direct the roadmap for agentic AI and predictive insights across the sustainability suite, delivering automated disclosures, audit-ready anomaly detection, and actionable intelligence
• Track emerging ESG mandates and regulatory developments globally (e.g., CSRD, SEC climate disclosure rules, ISSB) to identify market opportunities, reduce churn, and drive user retention
• Ensure all sustainability capabilities integrate seamlessly with Workiva’s core architecture and uphold our "Single Source of Truth" data model
• Build, mentor, and advocate for a high-performing team of Product Managers, fostering an inclusive environment of continuous learning and AI-enabled product workflows
• Oversee end-to-end product execution from discovery to scaled release, partnering with Engineering and UX to deliver high-quality, reliable enterprise features on schedule
• Embed qualitative user research and quantitative metrics into every stage of development, measuring success through adoption, retention, CSAT, and customer time-to-value
• Translate overarching enterprise strategy into rigorous, measurable product outcomes aligned with multi-year growth objectives
• Foster deep collaboration between product teams and Go-To-Market partners (Solution Engineering, Consulting, Sales, and Product Marketing) to ensure effective commercialization and enablement
• Partner with senior leaders across Product, Engineering, and Design to synthesize complex regulatory, technical, and business constraints into actionable product plans
• Co-design launch strategies, messaging, and customer-feedback feedback loops in partnership with Product Marketing and Customer Success

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of experience in product management or related technical field, OR an advanced degree with 8+ years of experience
• 4+ years of experience directly managing, mentoring, and developing Product Managers within an enterprise B2B SaaS environment
• Demonstrated multi-year experience delivering enterprise SaaS products from discovery through scale, specifically managing complex data-driven capabilities, workflow automation, or analytics platform
• Exceptional executive communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate technical trade-offs to both C-level buyers and engineering teams
• Product leadership experience within FinTech, RegTech, ERP systems, or compliance-heavy environments handling complex regulatory reporting
• Domain knowledge in corporate sustainability reporting frameworks (e.g., CSRD, SEC climate rules, ISSB, GHG Protocol)
• Proven track record of operationalizing Generative AI, LLMs, or agentic workflow automations in a live enterprise product
• Practical understanding of the trade-offs inherent in AI features, including latency, cost-to-serve, context window limitations, and output verification/explainability
• Experience navigating "0 to 1" product buildouts within an established enterprise SaaS organization
• Experience with usage-based packaging, seat tiers, or value-based monetization models