[Hiring] Principal Product Manager @Workiva Inc.

Role Description

As a Principal Product Manager, you will shape and execute the product strategy and vision across a critical portfolio area GRC. Partnering closely with engineering, design, and business leaders, you will lead complex initiatives that convert user feedback and market opportunities into high-impact software solutions. You will champion product management standard practices and serve as an impactful mentor within the organization. This is a highly visible role responsible for taking a 0→1 products from concept to market, shaping platform-wide strategy, and enabling go-to-market success across Sales and Marketing.

What You'll Do

• Discovery & Strategy: Validate customer challenges across taxonomy groups to build intuitive, scalable solutions while driving acquisition, retention, and churn reduction goals.
• Product Leadership: Own the execution roadmap for multiple complex products/platforms, leading regular data-informed product reviews and refining long-term strategic plans.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Engineering, Product Design, Sales, and Product Marketing to align technical feasibility, customer experience, and go-to-market strategies.
• Execution & Clarity: Translate product vision into clear story maps, operational roadmaps, and feature specifications that keep multidisciplinary teams aligned.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of product management experience with progressively increasing responsibilities with a Bachelor’s degree (OR 8+ years with an Advanced Degree).
• Experience bringing a product from initial concept through public launch, including go-to-market execution, positioning, and cross-functional enablement.
• Experience defining and driving product vision and strategy within Agile delivery environments across cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree or equivalent business acumen.
• Practical ability to evaluate technical feasibility with engineering leaders building on microservices architectures (Java, Go, Python, Kotlin), modern frontend stacks (TypeScript, React), cloud & infrastructure stacks (AWS, Kubernetes), or data/AI platforms (Snowflake, Kafka, RAG/GenAI).
• Mastery of quantitative product analytics (e.g., Amplitude, Mixpanel, Pendo), qualitative user discovery frameworks, and structured prioritization methodologies (e.g., RICE, Kano) across distributed enterprise business units.
• Experience launching enterprise or SaaS products.
• Ability to operate as a platform-level thought leader influencing teams across engineering, design, security, and go-to-market.

Working Conditions & Travel Requirements

• Ability to travel up to 25% to interact directly with customers, key partners, and product teams at alternative offices.
• Reliable high-speed internet connection required during designated remote/hybrid workdays.

Benefits

• Salary range in the US.
• A discretionary bonus typically paid annually.
• Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire.
• 401(k) match and comprehensive employee benefits package.