Director, Product Management - Audit

The Director of our new Product Management Innovation team is a strategic and executional leader responsible for driving innovation serving Audit firms and commercial growth of the Audit portfolio. This role will lead an innovation function with a start-up mindset, focused on efficiently reaching product market fit for new business opportunities, product concepts, and agentic AI experiences.  

Reporting directly to the VP of Global Audit, the Director of Product Management ensures tight alignment with Engineering, User Experience, Legal, Operations, Marketing, Sales, and Service to create differentiated value for Audit firms. This role will help transform our existing platform, while also leading incremental feature releases that drive adoption, retention, and monetization. This leader will define and execute strong Go-to-Market strategies to drive growth. 

Essential Duties and responsibilities 

• Partner across the organization to define and execute the innovation strategy for Audit within the TAA Professional Segment. 

• Continuously scan the audit market, competitive landscape, and customer feedback to identify whitespace opportunities, unmet needs, and emerging technology trends (e.g., agentic workflows, probabilistic decisioning, automation in evidence management). Translate insights into validated business cases and product concepts with clear financial outcomes. 

• Solve the needs of the market by integrating AI, automation, agentic systems, and emerging tech into audit workflows (planning, risk, assessment, workpapers, evidence/documentation, analytics, sign-off). Collaborate with engineering and UX teams to embed intelligent, self-guided capabilities that augment professional judgement, improve time-to-value, and increase feature adoption. 

• Own the full lifecycle of idea incubation - from early discovery and customer research through prototyping, testing, market fit analysis, and go-to-market readiness, including pricing/packaging and monetization. Apply lean innovation practices to iterate rapidly and test desirability, feasibility, usabilityand viability. 

• Operate in a matrixed environment to align efforts across Product, Engineering/Architecture, UX, Operations, Sales, Marketing, and Services. Ensure visibility, coordination, and shared accountability for innovation execution and scaling. while following best practices for release governance, change management, and customer communications (supported by Product Operations). 

• Partner with go-to-market teams to ensure smooth transitions from concept to commercial launch. Develop positioning and value messaging, pricing/packaging, and sales enablement for new offerings in collaboration with Marketing and Sales. 

• Define, track, and report on KPIs such as customer engagement, adoption, time-to-validation, revenue potential, attach rate, and scalability. Product success will be evaluated by metrics including early usage, adoption rates, and revenue. Regularly communicate progress, outcomes, and learnings to executive stakeholders. 

• Act as a strategic thought partner to senior leadership. Share insights on industry disruptions, competitive dynamics, and emerging AI/agentic technologies. Provide guidance on long-term innovation roadmaps and pilot program implications. 

• Build, mentor and coach a high-performing, entrepreneurial innovation team. Foster a culture of curiosity, bold thinking, and continuous learning, while maintaining a disciplined, metric-driven approach to experimentation. 

Other Duties 

Perform other duties assigned by supervisor. 

Job Qualifications 

Education:  

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience 

• Master’s degree (MBA, MS in Innovation, or related field) preferred 

Experience:  

• 10+ years of experience in B2B SaaS product roles and/or as a company founder and early-stage product leader 

• 3+ years of managing product managers (preferred) 

Other Knowledge, Skills, Abilities or Certifications:  

• Proven track record of launching successful products or services from concept to market 

• Proven track record of defining go to market strategies, inclusive of pricing definition through to sales readiness  

• Deep understanding of agile methodologies, lean startup principles, and customer-centric design 

• Strong business acumen with ability to evaluate opportunity size, customer impact, and strategic fit 

• Experience working in or with cross-functional, matrixed environments 

• Familiarity with AI, data-driven platforms, and emerging technologies 

• Exceptional communication and leadership skills with ability to influence at all levels 

Travel requirements 

30% Domestic Travel 

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 we’re getting to know you—not 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.