Director, Product — Compliance Platform

AbsenceSoft

2d•$157,500 - $196,875•Remote

About The Position

The Director, Product - Compliance is responsible for leading the strategy, roadmap and execution of AbsenceSoft’s compliance platform; the engine that encodes 200+ statutory leave and accommodation laws (FMLA, ADA, PWFA, state paid-leave programs) and keeps that content accurate as regulations change. This leadership role reports directly to the Chief Product Officer, manages a team of product managers and compliance domain experts and collaborates cross-functionally with Legal, engineering, design, and go-to-market to ensure compliance capabilities remain accurate, current, and market-competitive. The Director plays a pivotal role in advancing how AI and automation are applied to regulatory complexity, and in maintaining AbsenceSoft’s reputation for getting the law right.

Requirements

Minimum 10 years of experience in product management, including time leading a product area end to end and managing or building a team of PMs.
Demonstrated success setting product direction, aligning teams, driving measurable business outcomes, and shipping complex products on time.
Direct experience owning a compliance, regulatory, or rules-engine product (RegTech, tax, legal, benefits, healthcare, fintech, or HR compliance). This is the core of the role.
Proven ability to translate regulatory requirements into scalable product features.
Proven experience shipping AI or LLM-powered products, with the evaluation rigor to keep quality high in accuracy-critical domains.
Enterprise B2B SaaS experience with strong data fluency.
Strategic thinking with the ability to connect product decisions to business outcomes.
Strong working partnership with domain experts, legal, and regulatory SMEs.
Presence to hold a room with compliance and legal leaders, internally and with customers.
Decisive operator with a bias toward shipping and learning.
Customer-obsessed approach with deep instincts for product quality.
Clear, confident communicator who presents effectively to executive leadership.
Sound judgment on where automation adds value versus where human review is required.
Ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into clear product direction.
Resilience and adaptability in a fast-changing regulatory environment.

Nice To Haves

Domain experience in leave and absence, benefits, employment law, or HR tech preferred.
Experience in a high-growth, scaling environment preferred.

Responsibilities

Define and execute the product vision and strategy for AbsenceSoft’s compliance platform.
Lead, mentor, and grow a team of product managers and compliance domain experts.
Own the roadmap for the engine encoding 200+ statutory leave and accommodation laws (FMLA, ADA, PWFA, state paid-leave programs).
Ensure compliance content stays accurate and current as laws change across supported jurisdictions.
Advance the use of AI and automation to keep the platform ahead of the regulatory landscape.
Exercise clear judgment on where automation adds value and where accuracy must be protected.
Partner with Legal and compliance domain experts to translate regulatory requirements into scalable product capabilities.
Partner with engineering, design, and go-to-market to ensure timely, high-quality delivery of compliance features.
Drive go-to-market readiness for compliance capabilities in collaboration with Sales and Customer Experience.
Instrument what you ship and and track outcomes against clear metrics.
Present the compliance roadmap to executive leadership and to customers’ compliance and legal leaders.
Represent the voice of the customer and their compliance and legal stakeholders across the product lifecycle.
Monitor the regulatory landscape to identify emerging risks and opportunities.
Participate in a highly compliant environment, assisting to maintain company controls and security within your role.
Assist in maintaining applicable organizational security and compliance controls within your department and role.
Other duties as assigned.