Director of Product Management, Sustainability Management

Workiva Inc.; Ames (IA); Remote; USD 177,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Restricted Stock Units

401(k) match

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Workiva Inc. seeks a Director of Product Management to shape the sustainability platform, guide AI/ML initiatives, and lead a products team across finance, risk, and regulatory reporting.

You will translate evolving regulations into auditable, scalable workflows while partnering with Engineering, UX, and GTM to drive enterprise adoption. The role demands a strong track record in enterprise SaaS, executive communication, and delivering data-driven products that reduce manual effort for CFOs and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher with 8+ years in product management or related field.
• 8+ years leading product managers in enterprise SaaS.
• Experience delivering data-driven, compliant reporting platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define product strategy and roadmap for sustainability and ESG.
• Lead a team of product managers and collaborate with Engineering and UX.
• Translate global sustainability regulations into audit-ready workflows.
• Drive AI integration and automated disclosures across the suite.
• Align products with Workiva’s data model and architecture.
• Measure adoption, retention, and value delivered to customers.

Skills

Product strategy

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

AI/ML strategy

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Workiva is seeking a strategic, collaborative Director of Product Management to lead our product vision, scale our core sustainability solutions, and guide emerging AI/ML initiatives. In this role, you will lead a dedicated team of product managers while partnering with Engineering, UX/Design, and Go-To-Market teams to deliver mission-critical reporting capabilities for CFOs, Chief Sustainability Officers (CSOs), ESG controllers, and Risk leaders worldwide. Our platform serves as the single source of truth for enterprise trust and transparency. We are seeking a leader who can translate evolving global sustainability regulations into intuitive, audit-ready workflows while operationalizing pragmatic AI capabilities—including agentic workflows and automated disclosures—to reduce manual operational burdens for global enterprises.

What You’ll Do

• Product Strategy and Roadmap
• Customer-Centric Vision: 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
• Strategic AI Integration: Direct the roadmap for agentic AI and predictive insights across the sustainability suite, delivering automated disclosures, audit-ready anomaly detection, and actionable intelligence
• Market-Aligned Prioritization: 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
• Platform Alignment: Ensure all sustainability capabilities integrate seamlessly with Workiva’s core architecture and uphold our "Single Source of Truth" data model
• Product Development and Management
• People Leadership & Culture: Build, mentor, and advocate for a high-performing team of Product Managers, fostering an inclusive environment of continuous learning and AI-enabled product workflows
• Lifecycle Ownership: 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
• Data-Informed Continuous Discovery: Embed qualitative user research and quantitative metrics into every stage of development, measuring success through adoption, retention, CSAT, and customer time-to-value
• Execution Against Growth Targets: Translate overarching enterprise strategy into rigorous, measurable product outcomes aligned with multi-year growth objectives
• Stakeholder Collaboration Cross-Functional Partnering: Foster deep collaboration between product teams and Go-To-Market partners (Solution Engineering, Consulting, Sales, and Product Marketing) to ensure effective commercialization and enablement
• Executive & Architectural Alignment: Partner with senior leaders across Product, Engineering, and Design to synthesize complex regulatory, technical, and business constraints into actionable product plans
• Unified Go-To-Market Alignment: Co-design launch strategies, messaging, and customer-feedback feedback loops in partnership with Product Marketing and Customer Success

What You’ll Need

• Minimum Qualifications: 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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

Working Conditions & Travel Requirements

Ability to travel up to 25% for customer engagements, team offsites, and key industry events.

Reliable broadband internet connection when operating remotely outside a Workiva physical office.

How You’ll Be Rewarded

• Salary range in the US: $177,000.00 - $290,000.00
• A discretionary bonus typically paid annually
• Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire
• 401(k) match and comprehensive employee benefits package

Why Join Workiva

Workiva is the platform designed to bring confidence, control, and a competitive edge to the world’s most complex organizations. Our AI-powered platform unifies finance, risk, and sustainability on a single, secure foundation—ensuring data is trusted, traceable, and ready to act on. With an unbroken path from source to output, leaders gain confidence in their numbers, visibility into current and emerging risks, and the ability to move with speed and precision in a constantly changing world.

At Workiva, you’ll bring technology to market that executives, boards, and regulators depend on. The work you do here helps organizations navigate uncertainty, maintain trust, and make decisions that stand up to scrutiny. If you’re energized by meaningful challenges, inspired by collaborative teams, and motivated to help organizations turn uncertainty into advantage, we’d love to meet you.

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