Basic Function As a Lead Product Manager for Wolters Kluwer, youll own a strategically important component of the Professional Audit workflow, a critical SaaS platform within the CCH Tax & Accounting portfolio. You wont just define features; youll be accountable for driving the product success end-to-end. This role is for someone who thrives in a fast-moving environment, adeptly balancing multiple priorities, and making high-impact decisions even when information is incomplete. Youll operate with a strong sense of ownership, combining product judgment, analytical rigor, and business acumen to drive meaningful outcomes. Essential Duties and responsibilities Product Ownership & Strategy • Lead one or more offerings from 0-1 and beyond. • Own the roadmap, long-term vision, and priorities for your teams focus area. • Establish clear definitions of success and drive initiatives toward measurable business and customer outcomes. • Make informed, timely, thoughtful tradeoffs to balance speed, quality, and long-term strategic value. Execution & Delivery • Translate strategy into clear requirements, specs, and success metrics. • Collaborate closely with Engineering and Design to ship high-quality product enhancements. • Manage multiple simultaneous workstreams, deadlines and navigating competing priorities while staying focused on what drives the greatest impact. Discovery & Decision-Making • Deeply understand product performance through quantitative metrics and qualitative insights. • Partner closely with design and research to deeply understand user problems, test assumptions early, and iterate toward elegant solutions. • Identify leading indicators, diagnose emerging issues, and guide decisions through data-informed analysis. Business & Cross-Functional Leadership • Apply a strong business mindset to decisions, understanding how Wolters Kluwer drives growth and revenue objectives. • Partner with Go-To-Market stakeholders to enable successful outcomes and customer adoption. • Communicate effectively with leadership and cross-function teams, articulating priorities, tradeoffs, risks, and impact. • Serve as a trusted advisor on complex initiatives, guiding teams towards best practices and innovative solutions. AI-First Product Development • Identify and champion opportunities where AI can unlock improvements in user experience and efficiency, or workflow quality. • Partner with Engineering to design and deliver responsible, effective, AI-enabled capabilities. • Maintain a high level of curiosity about emerging AI technologies and how they can be applied to audit. Other Duties Performs other duties assigned by supervisor. Job Qualifications Education: Bachelors degree from an accredited university, or equivalent experience. Computer Science or Software Engineering Degree preferred. Experience: 8+ years of Product Management and/or Founder experience, ideally in an early-stage or fast-scaling startup. Domain experience in Audit, Tax and Accounting or Regulated Industries preferred. Other Knowledge, Skills, Abilities or Certifications: • Demonstrated ability to own and scale a B2B product or product area with business impact. • Strong business acumen and ability to think like an owner. • Deep empathy for users and a passion for understanding real-world workflows and pain points. • Strong intuition for the capabilities and limitations of LLMs and AI in general. This can be from hands-on experience with AI-powered tools, previous work experience, or educational coursework. Travel requirements 25% domestic, occasional international Physical Demands Normal office environment. Our Interview Practices 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 were 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. Additional Information: 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.
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