Senior Product Manager

What You'll Do

We're looking for a Senior Product Manager to join our Retirement & Income Solutions Product Management team, leading strategy and delivery for our Plan and Participant Management family. This is a high-visibility role where you'll shape how our business teams engage customers, streamline workflows, and unlock value.

You'll have the opportunity to:

• Define and manage the product vision and strategy for our Salesforce platform, aligning customer needs, business goals, and enterprise priorities in partnership with leaders across our Retirement & Income Solutions (RIS) team

• Lead product discovery through experimentation, customer research, and analytics to identify high-value opportunities and prioritize investments that move the needle

• Drive delivery end-to-end, partnering with Salesforce engineers, designers, and cross-functional product managers to execute the roadmap using agile standard practices, resolving dependencies and delivering quality outcomes on time

• Measure what matters. Use data, customer insights, and industry trends to assess product performance, inform strategic adjustments, and continuously evolve the platform.

• Communicate and align across teams and leadership forums, keeping partners informed, engaged, and rallied around a shared direction

• Foster product leadership by mentoring fellow product managers, championing best practices, and helping cultivate a high-performing product culture

• Challenge the status quo. Make small bets, embrace experimentation, and stay comfortable making decisions without having every answer

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

• 6+ years of business, technology, or product management experience; or equivalent demonstrated through the following: work experience, military experience, or education

• 3+ years working in a highly collaborative, fast-paced product environment with product or engineering teams and stakeholders

• Proven success leading product strategy across multiple products and cross-functional teams

• Strong track record of navigating complex stakeholder relationships and aligning priorities in a matrixed environment

• Demonstrated success in both product discovery and delivery, with a focus on measurable outcomes

• Skilled at translating customer, user, and partner insights into product decisions

• Strategic thinker who makes sound calls quickly, even with incomplete information

• Experience coaching or mentoring other product managers or peers

Skills That Will Help You Stand Out

• Hands-on product management experience with Salesforce or another enterprise CRM platform

• Product management experience in a mature product organization

• Financial services industry background

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)

$130000 - $170000 / 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 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.

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

7/28/2026

Most Recently Posted Date

7/28/2026

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