Who You Are · 8+ years of experience as an Equities Trader · Possess these key competencies: Judgment under pressure in fast-moving markets Analytical rigor with a data-driven mindset Collaboration across global teams Accountability for execution outcomes Innovation in trading strategies and workflows · Experience in trading Options · Proficiency in trading systems and platforms such as Charles River, Triton, and Bloomberg · Proficiency across trading channels, including high-touch, algorithmic, block pools, and program trading · Desire to be an influential collaborative contributor to enhancing the Desk's value proposition · Experience executing large, complex equity orders that required advanced liquidity sourcing strategies · Working knowledge of the market dynamics of various marketplaces, including the trading dynamics of large/medium/small capitalization equities · Able to apply advanced knowledge of market structure, liquidity dynamics, and order types · Solid understanding of TCA (Transaction Cost Analysis) and demonstrate its applications both pre- and post-trade execution Skills That Will Help You Stand Out · Investment management, hedge fund, or brokerage trading experience · Proven ability to analyze complex trading needs and execute trades efficiently under market-imposed time constraints while adhering to the best execution principles · Maintain a constant awareness of developments within markets, regulations, trading technology, and other issues relevant to the effective transaction of business · Experience in trading Total Return Swaps · MBA and/or CFA designation Salary Range Information Salary ranges below reflect targeted base salaries. Maintain anonymity in the marketplace · Proactively develop, foster, and maintain professional and positive relationships with industry partners, including brokers, vendors, regulators, and industry peers, to facilitate innovative and productive relationships · Leverage and strengthen Principal's reputation with strategic broker relationships · Initiate and support a globally harmonized investment team structure with persistent communication and interaction with the other regional desks · Operate with an innovative mindset to advance workflow efficiencies, data sources, improve access to liquidity, enhance reporting capabilities and technology evolution within the framework of the trading desk, and the firm's initiatives · Drive continuous improvement in order routing, venue selection, and algo performance · Support evolution toward an "algo meritocracy" model across brokers Principal Asset Management is the global investment solutions business for Principal Financial Group (Nasdaq: PFG), managing about $740 billion in assets and over 60 years of experience.