Assistant Director, Enterprise AI & Analytics Consulting

We’re looking for an Assistant Director of Enterprise AI & Analytics Consulting to join our Enterprise Data & Analytics (EDA) team. In this role, you’ll shape and advance a portfolio of AI and analytics opportunities that drive meaningful business outcomes across the enterprise.

You'll have the opportunity to

• Own and maintain an enterprise-level backlog of AI and analytics opportunities across innovation, execution, and business-led initiatives, ensuring alignment to enterprise strategy and value priorities
• Proactively partner with business and technical teams to identify and shape AI and analytics opportunities, turning ambiguous ideas into execution-ready use cases with clear requirements and success measures. Lead intake, prioritize against strategic value, and guide initiatives through the product lifecycle to deliver measurable outcomes
• Establish and lead portfolio governance processes for intake, evaluation, prioritization, and lifecycle management of AI use cases
• Build and communicate clear value cases for initiatives, including expected business impact, ROI, KPIs, and success metrics to support investment and prioritization decisions
• Guide portfolio vision, product discovery, and roadmap development, ensuring strong integration with broader enterprise AI strategy and priorities
• Drive end-to-end visibility into AI portfolio performance and value realization, using data to monitor progress, influence decisions, and continuously refine priorities
• Collaborate across business, data, technology, and delivery teams to ensure solutions are feasible, aligned, and positioned to create measurable impact

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.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, analytics, technology, or a related field
• 7+ years of related experience in an enterprise environment
• Experience leading or contributing to enterprise portfolios, backlogs, or innovation pipelines, ideally within AI, analytics, data, or digital-focused work
• Ability to lead and translate complex or ambiguous business problems into well-defined, execution-ready opportunities
• Experience developing business cases, defining KPIs, and measuring value realization for data, analytics, or AI initiatives
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to synthesize large amounts of information into clear recommendations
• Comfort working across multiple stakeholders and functions, influencing priorities and decisions at different levels of the organization
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to tell a clear story with data and ideas
• Curious, adaptable, strategic thinker, and have a continuous improvement approach

Skills That Will Help You Stand Out

• Experience working with AI, advanced analytics, or enterprise data initiatives
• Familiarity with portfolio governance, product discovery, and roadmap planning
• Strong understanding of value measurement frameworks such as ROI, business case development, and KPI design

Work Environments

This role offers an in-office and hybrid (blending at least three office days in a typical workweek) work arrangement in Des Moines, IA.

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 and 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 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.

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