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What You'll Do

We are looking for a Product Manager to join our Individual Solutions team within Retirement and Income Solutions. In this role, you'll own the execution and ongoing development of a financial planning solution. You'll partner with our product teams, engineering, project management and marketing partners while demonstrating curiosity, open-mindedness, and motivation to gain exposure and experience in all phases of the product lifecycle. At Principal, products provide value to customers, users, and partners, and help solve their needs as we work to enable a world where financial security is accessible to all.

You'll have the opportunity to:

• Support and drive product strategy in alignment with Principal’s enterprise strategic imperatives and department objectives

• Proactively identify and enhance components of the financial planning solution to achieve desired results, while establishing product practices and driving outcomes in collaboration with technology leaders and teams

• Collaborate to create, refine, and prioritize technical work for engineering teams, driving the selection of features and managing the product backlog while ensuring alignment with desired goals and monitoring progress to completion

• Foster curiosity and forward-thinking by challenging the status quo, encouraging innovation, and being approachable, while influencing and identifying solutions to continuously improve practices and methods for delivering capabilities across the enterprise

• Build strong partnerships across enterprise teams. Garner support, trust, and engagement for teams to proactively overcome barriers.

• Help and coach teams to be empowered to own solutions being crafted versus directing what needs to be done and how it should work; Spread knowledge and inspire change

Operating at the intersection of financial services and technology, Principal builds financial tools that help our customers live better lives. We take pride in being a purpose-led firm, motivated by our mission to make financial security accessible to all. Our mission, integrity, and customer focus have made us a trusted leader for more than 140 years.

Who You Are

• 2+ years of business, technology, or product management experience; or equivalent demonstrated through the following: work experience, military experience, or education

• 1+ years experience working in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment with engineering teams and partners

• Experience with modern product discovery and product delivery methodologies

• Good communication skills, including the ability to influence and negotiate with partners at all levels, experience collaborating, influencing, and negotiating in a professional team environment, including demonstrating varied perspectives and data to inform actions.

• Strong critical thinking/vision, collaboration and decision-making skills along with business savviness and relationship management abilities

• Experience successfully leading multiple products and/or competing priorities

• Experience considering diverse perspectives and use of customer, user, or partner data and insights to advise decisions and actions

Skills That Will Help You Stand Out

• Financial Services/retirement industry experience

• Understanding of the needs of individuals, retirement market dynamics and operations, competition, and trends impacting both the retirement recordkeeping industry and the retail advisory world

• High-level technical understanding of how third-party software as a service is used within your area of scope

Salary Range Information

Salary ranges below reflect targeted base salaries. Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. Actual compensation for all roles will be based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer.

Salary Range (Non-Exempt expressed as hourly; Exempt expressed as yearly)

$77350 - $182400 / year

Time Off Program

Flexible Time Off (FTO) is provided to salaried (exempt) employees and provides the opportunity to take time away from the office with pay for vacation, personal or short-term illness. Employees don’t accrue a bank of time off under FTO and there is no set number of days provided.

Pension Eligible

Yes

Additional Information

Job Level

We’ll consider talent at the next levels (Product Manager 2 and Senior Product Manager I) with the right experiences and skills.

Work Environments

This role offers in-office, hybrid (blending at least three office days in a typical workweek), and remote work arrangements (only if residing more than 30 miles from Des Moines, IA, or Charlotte, NC). You’ll work with your leader to figure out which option may align best based on several factors.

Work Authorization/Sponsorship

At this time, we're not considering applicants that need any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States. This includes, but IS NOT LIMITED TO: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc. For additional information around work authorization needs please use the following links.

Nonimmigrant Workers (https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/temporary-nonimmigrant-workers) and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants (https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-eligibility/green-card-for-employment-based-immigrants)

Investment Code of Ethics

For Principal Asset Management positions, you’ll need to follow an Investment Code of Ethics related to personal and business conduct as well as personal trading activities for you and members of your household. These same requirements may also apply to other positions across the organization.

Experience Principal

At Principal, we value connecting on both a personal and professional level. Together, we’re imagining a more purpose-led future for financial services – and that starts with you. Our success depends on the unique experiences, backgrounds, and talents of our employees. And we support our employees the same way we support our customers: with comprehensive, competitive benefit offerings crafted to protect their physical, financial, and social well-being. Check out our careers site (https://www.principal.com/about-us/careers) to learn more about our purpose, values and benefits.

Principal is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Posting Window

We will accept applications for 3 full days following the Original Posting Date, after which the posting may remain open or be removed based upon applications received. If we choose to post the job again, we will accept additional applications for at least 1 full day following the Most Recently Posted Date. Please submit applications in a timely manner as there is no guarantee the posting will be available beyond the applicable deadline.

Original Posting Date

11/26/2024

Most Recently Posted Date

11/26/2024

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