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What You'll Do

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. The Assistant Director of Product Management owns the product management function across the Participant Education and Advice product family. This role will be accountable for the performance and health of the products and team members who form the product management team. You will evangelize the customer and product mindset while seeking to integrate and promote transparency. Some of the responsibilities include:

• Driving Participant Education and Advice product strategies, discovery and delivery

• Stakeholder Management and Communication

• Acting as a peer and critical partner with Sr. leaders of subject areas like engineering, customer experience, plus various business and technical functions.

• Product Leadership - Coaching, mentoring, and providing comprehensive strategic direction, to the product staff.

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

• College degree plus 8+ years of experience with wealth management and retail financial services businesses.

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

• Proven success establishing business strategy for multiple products.

• Proven success managing sophisticated stakeholder expectations across multiple products.

• Demonstrated success in driving product outcomes in a multi-product environment.

• Demonstrated expertise in product domain knowledge and related data and insights.

• Demonstrated ability to figure out solutions to complicated problems using sound judgement and positive relationships to assess risk, and lay-out your argument in a well-structured, data-informed narrative.

• Coaching and mentoring experience in a professional setting.

• Demonstrated understanding of the techniques and methods of modern product discovery and product delivery and the ability to mentor that in others. Understands various approaches and tools for research, synthesis, ideation, and testing in a dynamic dual track discovery and delivery loop.

• Excellent communication skills.

• 3+ years working in a highly collaborative, fast-paced product environment.

• Formal people management responsibilities and experience desired, but not required.

• Series 7, Series 65, Series 66 or CFP desired, but not required.

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)

$123000 - $185000 / 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

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.

Job level

We’ll consider talent at the next level with the right experiences and skills.

Work Authorization/Sponsorship

At this time, we're not considering candidates 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

While our expertise spans the globe, we're bound by one common purpose: to foster a world where financial security is accessible to all. And our success depends on the unique experiences, backgrounds, and talents of our employees – individually and all of us together. Explore our core values (https://www.principal.com/about-us/careers#core-values) , benefits (https://www.principal.com/about-us/careers#benefits) and why we’re an exceptional place (https://www.principal.com/about-us/careers#reputation) to grow your career.

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

4/24/2024

Most Recently Posted Date

5/3/2024

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