Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting is seeking a strategic commercially minded and customer focused Lead Product Manager to lead and accelerate the modernization platform scalability and revenue growth of our Audit and Assurance Solutions portfolio. This role sits at the intersection of platform innovation AI enablement and go-to-market excellence ideal for a product leader who brings end-to-end accountability deep SaaS experience and a strong customer orientation.
As Lead Product Manager you will own the product vision roadmap and success metrics for the customer journey spanning one or more cloud-based AI-powered audit and assurance solutions. You will serve as the voice of the customer and the market guiding teams through discovery definition and delivery while partnering with TPMs engineering and scrum teams to ensure high-velocity execution. This is a hands-on and strategic leadership role with responsibility for revenue performance adoption engagement and continuous improvement across the portfolio.
Youll foster strong customer relationships through direct engagement and on-site visits lead thought leadership efforts internally and externally and mentor fellow product managers in aligning priorities to business goals. Ultimately you will translate complex customer needs and platform opportunities into innovative products that deliver measurable outcomes for firms corporations and audit and assurance professionals.
Essential Duties and responsibilities
Product Strategy & Innovation
- Own the product vision strategy and roadmap for the Audit Solutions portfolio within the US professional market with emphasis on AI-powered features platform extensibility and customer outcomes.
- Translate business and customer needs into scalable technical direction including APIs integrations and data services across firm sizes and customer types.
- Drive product discovery through design thinking behavioral analytics and continuous Voice of Customer (VOC) inputs to identify and prioritize high-impact opportunities.
- Partner with TPMs and scrum teams to ensure timely execution backlog grooming sprint planning and delivery of value in each release.
- Lead platform modernization efforts embedding automation and intelligence to elevate audit workflows and compliance confidence.
Go-to-Market & Commercialization
- Act as the commercial owner for assigned product lines accountable for revenue growth pricing strategy product-market fit and field success.
- Design and execution of data-informed GTM strategies that accelerate pipeline growth customer acquisition improve attach rates and deepen retention and support long-term market positioning.
- Partner closely with Marketing Sales and Customer Success to craft differentiated value propositions market messaging enablement tools and launch materials.
- Define and track business performance metrics (e.g. ARR growth win/loss conversion attach/churn rate usage velocity) to guide ongoing GTM and product optimization efforts.
Customer Engagement & Thought Leadership
- Lead strategic customer validation efforts through advisory councils field visits pilot programs and VOC interviews.
- Use qualitative and quantitative feedback to shape roadmap priorities test value hypotheses and ensure alignment with evolving customer needs.
- Represent Wolters Kluwer as a thought leader in the Audit and Assurance space via webinars client roundtables industry events and analyst briefings.
- Evangelize customer problems and market trends internally to influence platform direction and cross-functional alignment.
Customer & Market Intelligence
- Lead discovery efforts across target segments to define customer personas pain points and buying triggers.
- Conduct ongoing user research VOC interviews journey mapping and competitive assessments to drive roadmap prioritization.
- Develop segment-specific strategies that align product value propositions to customer outcomes.
- Leverage feedback loops and data instrumentation to inform roadmap evolution and retention strategies.
- Identify emerging needs in assurance ESG and regulatory domains that impact audit workflows.
Leadership & Cross-Functional Execution
- Lead product execution across engineering design operations and GTM functions using agile methodologies ensuring alignment to strategic priorities and revenue targets.
- Collaborate with platform engineering leaders on architecture scalability and integration planning.
- Champion agile product development best practices (backlog management sprint planning release readiness) with an iterative mindset.
- Foster a culture of iterative delivery experimentation and data-driven decisions (e.g. A/B testing telemetry business outcome analysis).
- Mentor other PMs or cross-functional partners on best practices in SaaS product development and commercialization.
Other Duties
Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.
Job Qualifications
Education: Bachelors degree from an accredited university or equivalent experience
Computer Science or Software Engineering Degree preferred
Experience:
7 years of relevant experience required
- Five or more years of product management for software products or five years of combined relevant experience in product management and the following:
- Three or more years with Agile Scrum methodologies as a product owner/technical product manager preferred
- Three or more years in product management of B2B enterprise SaaS software products preferred
- Three or more years in one of these areas preferred 1) software solution development for Tax and accounting industry 2) professional experience in CPA firm
Other Knowledge Skills Abilities or Certifications:
- Inspires and guides innovation using AI and emerging technologies
- Owns GTM plans revenue metrics customer acquisition and growth levers
- Understands system architecture APIs and data flow well enough to inform direction
- Expert in VOC journey mapping design thinking and needs validation
- Builds modular product strategies APIs and partner integration points
- Coaches and develops other PMs sets priorities and leads cross-functional teams
- Models revenue impact pricing strategy attach rates and adoption metrics
- Crafts compelling narratives and value propositions that drive adoption
Travel requirements
Up to 25%
Physical Demands
Normal office environment.
Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.
Required Experience:
IC