What You'll Do

Join Principal as a Product Manager to identify and drive strategies that deliver improved client experiences and revenue enhancements for our Retirement and Income Solutions business!

This role will include:

Product Strategy & Discovery: Ensures relationships and dependencies with other products and teams are clearly understood; and works to integrate strategy through shared objectives. Integrates business, customer, user, and partner insights to inform a clear understanding of problems to solve and risks to manage. Continuously seeks to improve the clarity and effectiveness of the product strategy.

Product Assessment: Responsible and accountable for meeting product outcomes and if necessary, making enhancements to go to market strategy, product, etc. to meet them.

Stakeholder Management and Communication: Communicates effectively as part of the Product Management team supporting a broader product family or portfolio. Works with diverse stakeholders across department and organizational unit lines to understand, prepare for, and benefit from product changes.

Product Leadership: Periodically assesses the health and maturity of the product management practice within their sphere of responsibility; and works to continuously improve.

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

We are looking for someone with:

2+ years of product management with experience in defined contribution expense (pricing, services, quoting, expenses, payments, processes, and systems) preferred
1+ years working in a highly collaborative, fast-paced product environment with product or engineering teams and stakeholders.
Demonstrated experience managing multiple products and influencing product strategy
Demonstrated success to think strategically and make decisions in a fast-paced environment, in multiple teams/functional areas/organizations.
Demonstrated success managing complex stakeholder expectations in a product environment
Demonstrated success in both discovery and delivery against product outcomes
Demonstrated success bringing together customer, user, or partner data and insights to make decisions in a product environment
Coaching and mentoring experience in a professional setting.

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

$81900 - $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 level with the right experience 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, Charlotte, NC or Raleigh, 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 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 and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants

Investment Code of Ethics

For Principal Global Investors 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, benefits and why we're an exceptional place 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.

Date First Posted (TTF)

9/12/2025

Latest Post Date: Careers - US

9/12/2025

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