Basic Function

The Director of Product Managementis responsible forleading the strategy, execution, and commercial success of a portfolio of key Audit products, spanning both cloud and on-prem offerings that serve as the foundation for future innovation.

This role owns these products end-to-end, spanning business outcomes, customer value, and technical evolution. The Director will unify and evolve the portfolio into a cohesive platform while partnering closelyonthe transition toward next-generation, AI-enabled and agent-assisted audit capabilities.

This leader will align cross-functional teams to deliver both near-term results and durable platform capabilities that support future innovation.

Essential Duties and responsibilities

Product Strategy & Vision

• In support of theaudit leader,lead themulti-horizon product strategyacross a portfolio of key audit products (cloud and on-prem) , inclusive across all global regions
• Establish a clear direction for how these products evolve as afoundation for future platform and AI capabilities
• Balancecore product investment (stability, compliance, usability)with forward-looking enhancements
• Translate market trends, customer needs, and emerging technologies into acohesive product strategy and roadmap

Business & Commercial Ownership

• Ownproduct-level outcomes, including revenue growth, retention, adoption, and profitability
• Drivepricing, packaging, and monetization strategyin partnership with GTM teams
• Develop and managebusiness cases, investment trade-offs, and prioritization decisions
• Establish and manageKPIs and performance scorecardsfor owned products

Product & Platform Leadership

• Ensure strong integration acrosskey products within the portfolio, creating a seamless customer experience
• Drive platform thinking to enableshared capabilities, data models, and extensibility
• Partner closely with Engineering to evolvescalable, modern, and data-enabled architecture
• Champion aholistic product approachthat connects workflows across the audit lifecycle

Product Team Management

• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team Product Managers
• Align and coordinate work across multiple product areas and teams, ensuring PMs deliver cohesive customer experiences and measurable business outcomes.
• Elevate the strategic capability of the team, coaching PMs to think commercially, make principled trade-offs, and connect product decisions to market impact, financial performance, and company strategy.
• Act as a multiplier for team effectiveness, proactivelyidentifyinggaps in skills, structure, or processes and implementing improvements that increase velocity, clarity, and impact across the organization.

Customer & Market Leadership

• Maintain deep understanding ofaudit personas, firm dynamics, and regulatory environments
• Act as avoice of the customerin product decisions and external engagements
• Leadmarket and competitive analysisto inform product direction and differentiation
• Build strong feedback loops to continuouslyvalidateproduct direction and outcomes

Driving Alignment & Execution

• Align Product, Engineering, UX, Sales, Marketing, and Services aroundshared product outcomes
• Drive clarity ontrade-offs, sequencing, and investment decisions
• Ensure disciplined execution throughroadmaps, planning cadences, and performance tracking
• Leadscenario planning and resource allocationacross owned products

AI & Data-Informed Product Leadership

• Partner closely with leadership on the evolution towardAI-enabled and agent-assisted audit experiences
• Provideproduct input, domainexpertise, and prioritization guidanceto shape AI and agentic initiatives
• Ensure owned products and platform capabilities arewell-positioned to support AI-driven workflows
• Champion adata-informed product culture,leveraginganalytics, experimentation, and customer insights
• Stay current on howAI is reshaping product development, UX, and competitive dynamics, and apply those insights to product strategy
• Drive adoption of modern product practices, includinginstrumentation, hypothesis-driven development, and outcome-based measurement

How You Will Operate

• End-to-End Product Ownership: Accountable for strategy, performance, and outcomes of key products
• P&L Mindset: Make investment decisions grounded in business and customer impact
• Strategic Leadership: Set direction and align multiple teams to deliver against it
• Execution Through Others: Deliver outcomes through Product Managers and cross-functional partners
• Cross-Functional Influence: Drive alignment across Product, Engineering, and GTM
• Adaptability & Resilience: Navigate legacy constraints while evolving toward modern platforms

Other Duties

Perform otherdutiesassigned bysupervisor.

Job Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor9s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience
• Master9s degree (MBA, MS in Innovation, or related field)preferred

Experience:

• 10+ years in product management within B2B SaaS or enterprise software
• 5+ years leading product managers across aportfolio or set of related products
• Proven experience owningproduct strategy and business outcomes
• Experience withplatform products, workflow systems, or data-driven applications

Other Knowledge, Skills, Abilities or Certifications:

• Strong business and financial acumen
• High degree of data fluency: ability to define metrics, interpret data, and drive decisions through analytics
• Deep experience in customer discovery and product-market fit
• Strong understanding of how AI isimpactingproduct development and user expectations
• Ability tooperateacross technical and commercial domains
• Exceptional communication and influence skills

Preferredskills:

• Experience in audit, accounting, or regulated industries
• Experience modernizing legacy/on-prem products to cloud platforms
• Familiarity with AI-enabled or data-intensive products

Travelrequirements

30% Domestic Travel

Physical Demands

Normal office environment.

To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we9re getting to know you9not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.

Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.

Compensation:

Compensation range listed is based on primary location of the position. Actual base salary offer is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skills, experience and actual hiring location. Your recruiter can share more information about the specific offer for the job location during the hiring process.

Wolters Kluwer offers a wide variety of competitive benefits and programs to help meet your needs and balance your work and personal life, including but not limited to: Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Commuter Benefits, Tuition Assistance Plan, Vacation and Sick Time, and Paid Parental Leave. Full details of our benefits are available upon request.