Workiva · 3 weeks ago
Director of Product Management, AI/ML
United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$177K/yr - $284K/yr
10+ years expWorkiva is a company focused on providing solutions in AI and Machine Learning. The AI/ML Director of Product Management will lead the product strategy and execution for AI capabilities, managing a team and collaborating with various departments to deliver valuable products to enterprise customers.
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Responsibilities
Define the multi-year AI/ML product vision and translate ambiguous opportunities into focused bets with clear success metrics (adoption, quality, cost)
Incubate 0→1 and scale 1→N AI features: copilots/agents, document & spreadsheet intelligence, workflow automation, and data intelligence across Workiva surfaces
Establish responsible AI standards (safety, privacy, evaluations, bias testing, and model/feature gating) in partnership with Security, Legal, and Compliance
Build an experimentation and evaluation engine (A/B testing, offline evaluations, red-teaming, human-in-the-loop)
Own portfolio outcomes and product economics, including pricing/packaging, usage metering, and inference COGS optimization
Hire, coach, and develop a high-performing Product Management team; raise the bar for PRDs, roadmaps, and product reviews
Drive cross-functional execution with Engineering/ML and Design; align with Sales, Customer Success, and Alliances on enablement and customer evidence
Represent Workiva externally with customers and partners; gather market insight and translate it into roadmap impact
Qualification
Required
10+ years of relevant experience, including 5+ years building AI/ML-powered products and 4+ years leading PM managers
Demonstrated depth in modern AI (LLMs, retrieval, agents, evaluation, and safety) and enterprise SaaS at scale
Track record of shipping both 0→1 products and scalable platform features
Strong data fluency (analytics, SQL or equivalent, experimentation)
Excellent stakeholder leadership and executive communication skills
Preferred
Proven experience in regulated or compliance-sensitive domains; hands-on operationalization of Responsible AI
Expertise in pricing/packaging for AI add-ons or usage-based models
Public customer evidence (case studies, talks) and strong writing/storytelling
Strong executive presence with public-facing experience, including customer case studies, thought leadership, conference talks, and high-impact storytelling
Familiarity with cost/performance trade-offs in model selection, retrieval, latency, and observability
Deep understanding of model cost-performance trade-offs, including retrieval strategies, latency optimization, and observability in production AI systems
Benefits
A discretionary bonus typically paid annually
Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire
401(k) match and comprehensive employee benefits package
Company
Workiva
Workiva created Wdesk, a cloud-based platform for enterprises to collect, manage, report, and analyze critical business data in real time.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$680.58MKey Investors
Bluestem Capital
2023-08-14Post Ipo Debt· $625M
2014-12-12IPO
2014-10-17Series Unknown· $0.69M
Leadership Team
Julie Iskow
President & CEO
Penny Ashley Lawrence
SVP, CPX (Customer & Partner Experience)
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