Director, Product Management - Innovation

Wolters Kluwer•Coppell, TX

About The Position

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.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience
10+ years of experience in B2B SaaS product roles and/or as a company founder and early-stage product leader
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

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree (MBA, MS in Innovation, or related field) preferred
3+ years of managing product managers (preferred)

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.
Perform other duties assigned by supervisor.