What You'll Do
We are seeking a Product Manager 2 to join our Defined Benefits Pension Plans team. In this role, you'll work with the product team to deliver valuable solutions for lower complexity products. You will support strategy execution, manage the product backlog, and collaborate across disciplines to achieve outcomes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Product Strategy: Responsible for achieving the strategy as part of a product team(s)
- Product Discovery: Define business outcomes and requirements, find opportunities, and lead the team in ideating and running experiments. Prioritize work based on insights.
- Product Delivery: Ensure successful product delivery in collaboration with technology and business partners. Remove impediments, manage dependencies, and frequently release valuable product updates. Act as the product owner in SCRUM teams, leading story creation, prioritization, and acceptance.
- Product Assessment: Work with other Product Managers and leader to monitor progress towards product goals, assess product health, and make vital adjustments to meet outcomes.
- Stakeholder Communication: Share priorities, experiment results, and progress with business partners. Contribute to product management practices and continuous improvement.
This is a great opportunity to gain exposure to all phases of the product lifecycle while delivering significant solutions.
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
- 4+ years of business, technology, or product management experience; or equivalent demonstrated through the following: work experience, training, military experience, or education.
- Prior experience in a product environment and as a Product Manager.
- Experience with strategic thinking and decision making.
- Experience with handling multiple workloads and/or contending priorities.
- Experience with stakeholder and relationship management.
- Demonstrated experience leading, influencing, and negotiating in a professional team environment.
- Proven experience applying diverse perspectives and using data to inform action.
- 2+ year working in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment with engineering teams and partners
Skills That Will Help You Stand Out
- Experience with Defined Benefit pension plans, especially regarding participant benefits and plan operations
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)
$105000 - $165000 / year
Salary Details
The following locations are examples of market-specific salary ranges across different geographies.
- Wichita, KS: $105,000 - $123,000 / year
- Des Moines, IA: $110,000 - $130,000 / year
- Charlotte, NC: $116,000 - $136,000 / year
- Chicago/Minneapolis: $127,000 - $150,000 / year
- Los Angeles/New York City: $140,000 - $165,000 / 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
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, and Raleigh, NC). You’ll work with your leader to figure out which option may align best based on several factors.
Hours
This role will partner with our global teams and has an expectation for flexibility in your work schedule to have a regular start time around 7:00am CST a few days a week.
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.
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
4/30/2026
Most Recently Posted Date
4/30/2026
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