Lead Product Manager - Governance, Risk & Compliance
Content + Source + Freshness • 14 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
The Lead Product Manager role scores highly due to its pivotal influence on product development in the GRC space and competitive compensation.
- Key influence in shaping product strategy and roadmap.
- Strong collaborative opportunities across teams.
- Solid compensation structure to attract seasoned professionals.
- High expectations for prior experience.
Pros
- Opportunity to shape GRC product strategies for EMEA markets.
- Strong collaboration with engineering and customer success teams.
- Competitive reputation in a growing SaaS environment.
Cons
- High expectations for market insight and customer engagement.
- Requires extensive experience (8+ years) in product management.
- Potentially demanding due to the complexity of product requirements.
Who it's for
Senior / Lead • Remote with some travel
Good fit
- Senior product managers with a proven track record.
- Individuals interested in GRC and enterprise solutions.
- Professionals experienced in agile methodologies.
Not recommended for
- New product managers or entry-level candidates.
- Those without experience in SaaS development.
- Candidates not comfortable working with diverse teams.
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
As a Lead Product Manager, your focus will be on our Governance, Risk and Compliance, (GRC) products and solutions - specifically for the European markets. You will define and drive the end-to-end product vision and strategy for your area, scaling the Workiva GRC product for EMEA. You will work closely with EMEA customers to understand their needs and pain points and prioritize and sequence feature development and releases leading to significant and tangible business value.
What You’ll Do
You will own the roadmap for the EMEA GRC product, and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to execute, develop, evangelize the GRC product strategy and roadmap for the EMEA region
Own the end-to-end product lifecycle through conception, development, and go-to-market activities
Deeply understand and identify the unmet and underserved needs of the EMEA region through market, customer research and discovery
Build clarity on the requirements to build a resilient, reliable product for the EMEA market
Identify, validate, and prioritize needle moving product investment opportunities that drive growth and expansion
Collaborate extensively with cross functional teams, including Engineering, User Experience, Customer Success, and Go-to-market teams to drive the vision, roadmap and delivery of the product
Judge product success using qualitative evidence and quantitative metrics and inform product decisions
Create and drive alignment through influencing stakeholders and engineers with the right data points by driving clarity and alignment to highlight risk early
As an expert, you will partner with others to identify long-term investment opportunities, collect performance metrics and form hypotheses for complex technical needs in order to improve product development in multiple areas
Use your insights and knowledge from enterprise EMEA customers, as well as broad technical subject matter expertise, to train and enable a scalable product
What You'll Need
Minimum qualifications
Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in a related field
8+ years of experience in Product Management, preferably in enterprise SaaS or platform products
Preferred qualifications
A proven track record of leading the development of product vision and strategy, primarily for B2B enterprise vertical SaaS products
Experience delivering software in an agile development environment using continuous deployment techniques
A self-starter mindset to execute in a fast-paced environment with minimal direction
Working knowledge of Audit or Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) space or with related subject matter is advantageous
Ability to break down complex problems into viable incremental units of customer and business value
Strong leadership skills – the ability to influence and inspire across multiple teams and job functions
Self-directed and driven to fully understand market needs and translate into requirements
Strong commercial acumen and customer mindset
Strong analytical, problem solving, and prioritization skills
Travel Requirements and Working Conditions
Ability to travel up to 20% for regional team and customer meetings and occasional global events
Reliable internet access for any period of time working remotely, as we embrace flexible work arrangements
Ability to work across multiple time-zones with geographically dispersed teams
Workiva is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that great minds think differently. We value diversity of backgrounds, beliefs, and interests, and we recognize diversity as an important source of intellectual thought, varied perspective, and innovation. Employment decisions are made without regard to age, gender identity, race, religion, disability status, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic.
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