Assistant Director of Product Management, Salesforce Platform - Principal Financial Group

What You'll Do:

We’re looking for an Assistant Director of Product Management to join our Enterprise Experience Enablement (EEE) platform product management team. In this role, you’ll be instrumental in leading a product team enabling and supporting the Enterprise Salesforce (CRM) Platform, integrations and data management to drive commercial success for partnering business groups. You'll facilitate applications and Infrastructure needs that puts Customer Centricity at the focus of products & technology. Our goal is to retain and attract new customers by continuously improving upon our customer centric strategy. By acquiring a deep understanding of the platform’s capabilities and complexities, you’ll use that knowledge to empower experience teams across the enterprise to better solve problems for their customers.

You’ll have the opportunity to:

• Bring a multi-disciplinary background that blends technical and business insight, focused on discovering the problems and generating value proposition through solution hypothesis
• Drive Salesforce platform vision, strategies, and roadmaps in the context of broader organizational strategies, communicating priority and goals
• Provide relevant insights with influence and data to internal business stakeholders who are delivering consumer solutions for principal’s financial success
• Create enablement, provide ops & services support and bring innovation within technology and platform domain that is focused on future growth
• Collaborate with cross-functional peers such as engineering, business units, product management and customer experience teams to enhance impact
• Be a change agent establishing and maturing true product management practices & discipline within EEE product organization
• Lead and manage a team of product managers to deliver high quality products that make it simple and easy for our business partners to create quality solutions for customers; delivering business impact and value
• Collaborate with several other product family leaders to drive cross collaboration across platforms, subject areas and Business Units
• Drive team performance through coaching, growth development and performance management

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.

 

As Principal continues to modernize its systems, this role will offer you an exciting opportunity to help advance solutions that will directly impact our long-term strategy and tech stack, all while ensuring that our products are robust, scalable, and secure!

Who You Are:

• 8+ years of business, technology, or product management experience; or equivalent demonstrated through the following: work experience, military experience, or education
• 5+ years working in a highly collaborative, fast-paced product environment
• 2+ years of informal or formal leadership experience
• Experience partnering with teams in a matrixed environment and supporting technology products through an agile environment
• Experience resolving solutions to complicated problems using good judgment and positive relationships to assess risk, and lay-out your argument in a well-structured, data-informed narrative
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to influence and negotiate with partners at all levels of the company while advising on complex expectations
• Proven understanding of techniques and methods of modern product discovery and product delivery and the ability to coach that in others; Understands various approaches and tools for research, synthesis, ideation, and testing in a dynamic dual track discovery and delivery loop

Skills That Will Help You Stand Out

• Salesforce Platform Product Management experience
• Formal leadership experience, leading a team of employees
• Formal Product Management Certifications
• Execution of Scrum and Kanban methods

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:$123000 - $167000 / yearTime 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:YesAdditional Information:

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 or Charlotte, NC.

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.Date First Posted (TTF):10/11/2024Latest Post Date: Careers - US:10/11/2024

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