Product Manager 2

Help us reimagine how we execute our strategy at Principal! We are looking for an experienced Product Manager to join our Strategic Value Delivery and Enablement (SVDE) team. SVDE provides a variety of services to the organization to improve our achievement of target outcomes.

The Product Manager will engage with stakeholders and users to deeply understand the needs, refine the product strategy, set target measurable outcomes, and drive discovery and delivery cycles to enable strategic portfolio management with technology and data solutions.

This role has broad enterprise reach. They will be a key leader in elevating and socializing the value we realize from improved portfolio management processes and practices, partnering closely with portfolio management leadership and other product managers.

Stakeholder Management and Communication:

• Ensure key information (strategy, priorities, plans, experiments, results, etc.) regarding the product(s) is understood by stakeholders.
• Negotiate resolution to conflicts and constraints.

Product Strategy:

• Integrate business, customer, user, and partner insights to inform a clear understanding of problems to solve and risks to manage.
• Ensure relationships and dependencies with other products and teams are clear and integrate strategy through shared objectives.

Product Discovery:

• Accountable for understanding and defining key business outcomes and requirements for their product.
• Articulate hypotheses and leads the product team(s) to deeply understand complex problems and solutions through experimentation.

Product Delivery:

• Ensure teams can break down work and synchronize in a manner which enables frequent release of valuable product changes.
• Understand and facilitate team/agile ceremonies (effective structure & routines).

Product Assessment:

• Ensure every goal-aligned unit of value is measurable and can show progress towards overall product objectives.
• Monitor and communicate product health, impact of product releases, and progress against product goals.

• 4+ years of business, technology, or product management experience; or equivalent demonstrated through the following: work experience, training, military experience, or education
• 2+ years working in a highly collaborative, fast-paced product environment with product or engineering teams and stakeholders
• Passionate about improving internal operations and efficiency by designing products to drive decision making and alignment
• Excellent emotional intelligence, interpersonal savvy, and transformation leadership
• Experience managing ServiceNow, Atlassian, or similar software-as-a-service products
• Proven success managing complex stakeholder expectations in a product environment
• Demonstrated success in both discovery and delivery against product outcomes

The following salary ranges reflect market-specific compensation for this position across multiple job levels. Candidates will be evaluated to determine the appropriate job level based on their skills and experience. 

• Product Manager II: $110,200 - $148,200/ year
• Senior Product Manager I: $127,000 - $171,000/ year

Work Environments

This role offers a hybrid work environment in our Global Headquarters located in Des Moines, Iowa (blending at least three office days in a typical workweek).

Job Level

We’ll consider talent at the next level, Sr Product Manager I, with the right experience and skills.

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.