Job Summary Workiva is looking for an exceptional product leader to take over a high-performing team and expand our global ambitions in the rapidly growing, multi-billion dollar technology market for Sustainability and ESG solutions. Already one of the most successful Sustainability and ESG reporting technology providers with hundreds of top-tier clients, this role will have an opportunity to expand the capabilities Workiva offers to address the data, process, and regulatory challenges faced by our customers and partners. Workiva is transforming the way finance, sustainability, risk, and audit teams work together, and this role will play a pivotal leadership role in driving growth and delighting customers. Experience leading teams in a fast-paced, high-growth market and operating in an agile development environmen

The VP of Product Management for Sustainability and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) at Workiva, defines the global product strategy for Workiva's Sustainability and ESG solution area and influences business strategy through organizational leadership and people management. The VP defines the product vision and strategy across Sustainability and ESG Solution domain areas but also collaborates across Workiva's solutions in finance, risk, and audit to ensure Workiva's global leadership in the market, as well as championing our customers' success. This role offers the right candidate the opportunity to be at the forefront of helping companies drive lasting positive business, environmental, and stakeholder change across industr

What You'll Do Product Management Leadership and Stakeholder Relationship Management: Drives the work of the Sustainability and ESG Product Management team, identifying ESG and Sustainability macro-trends affecting the customer, business processes, and data requirements, and defining related software product requirements with a focus on the needs of the global ESG and Sustainability teams and professionals. Leads the decision-making through ambiguity to deliver world-class products through the ability to make decisions with imperfect data, building hypotheses, and validating them with a data-centric approach.

Strategic Vision: Ability to envision strategic pathways and seize growth opportunities in a competitive market setting. Encourages growth, innovation, and collaboration so that product managers and their teams are operating at a high level of performance. Specifically, will ensure the Sustainability and ESG solutions and platform capabilities are aligned with the broader Workiva Platform vision

User-Centric Approach: Ensure deep comprehension of user needs, behaviors, and pain points, with a commitment to delivering customer value while driving commercial outcomes

Data-Driven Decision Making: Proficient in utilizing data analytics, user feedback, and market research to inform product decisions, prioritize initiatives, and set timelines

Customer and Partner Engagement: Proven ability to engage effectively with customers, partners, and internal customer and partner success teams, gathering feedback, validating hypotheses, and ensuring alignment with product strategy and goals

Proactive Leadership: Track record of effectively driving strategic purpose, focus, and priorities forward within a complex organizational structure, actively defining features, requirements, timelines, and prioritizat

Product Expertise: In collaboration with Workiva's wider Sustainability and ESG subject matter expert community, you will function as the Product Management subject matter expert for ESG and Sustainability to share solution best practices across the company

Effective Communication: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, adept at engaging and influencing senior leadership at various levels

Agile Methodologies: Familiarity with Agile methodologies and best practices for product development and delivery, w th a hands-on approach to iterative development and prioritization

Stakeholder Management: Partners with functional, engineering, and product executives across the company, including, but not limited to: collaboration with Product Marketing, Sales, Customer Success, Partners, and Professional Service teams to ensure that customer requirements are fully met. And, influences future business strategy at the leadership and executive levels

People Leadership: Builds a strong and inclusive organization with high levels of employee engagement by attracting and developing talent and rewarding high-performing teams and individuals.

Provides employees with coaching, feedback, and developmental opportunities to enhance their skills, motivation, and performance

Maintains an atmosphere of respect, mutual support, flexibility, continuous learning, good humor, and commitment to business goals and customer needs to fulfill the company vision

Rewards high performing employees and teams in ways that enhance employee engagement, commitment, and satisfaction

Establishes and maintains relationships and effectively communicates with customers, and senior management to raise visibility and ensure collaboration with appropriate key stakeholders

Manages operations staffing, including recruitment, supervision,