Product Manager 2

What You'll Do:

We are seeking a Product Manager to redesign how technology decisions flow—from insight to confident action—across a large organization. Your work will center on building an optimized decision stream that makes the right decisions clear, actionable, and appropriately adopted without friction. 

This first of its kind role offers a front row seat to a broader product mission and the opportunity to grow alongside a team transforming how architecture delivers value.  

Own the Decision Value Stream (Core) 

• Lead and evolve the Decision Value Stream as a product—ensure decisions are made once with evidence, embedded into delivery workflows, discoverable, reusable, and consistently applied 

• Apply product thinking to architecture decisions and execution so the “right path is the easy path” 

• Build and mature the architecture decision system and decision memory with visibility into adoption, reuse, and exception handling to ensure decisions scale without becoming bottlenecks 

• Develop products that solve the awareness gap between decisions and what gets delivered across the enterprise 

Support the Broader Product Family 

• Partner closely with product leadership to support the larger product family as it evolves 

• Ensure continuity and reinforcement across products to drive aligned outcomes 

About Principal 

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 build 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:

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

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

• Demonstrable ability to think strategically, collaborate effectively, and make confident decisions in a product-driven environment 

• Skilled at integrating diverse perspectives and using customer, user, and partner insights to drive informed decisions 

Skills That Will Help You Stand Out 

• Platform/centralized enterprise experience navigating diverse stakeholders 

• Experience with Architecture thinking and approaches 

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: $104400 - $163200 / year Salary Details:

The following locations are examples of market-specific salary ranges across different geographies. 

• Wichita, KS: $104,400 - $122,400 / year
• Des Moines, IA: $110,200 - $129,200 / year
• Charlotte, NC: $116,000 - $136,000 / year
• Chicago/Minneapolis: $127,600 - $149,600 / year
• Los Angeles/New York City: $139,200 - $163,200/ 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 Additional Information:

Our Product Culture 

Through our product-driven Agile/Lean DevOps environment, we’ve fostered a culture of innovation and experimentation across our development teams. As a customer-focused organization, we work closely with our end users and engineering teams to understand and rapidly respond to emerging business needs.  

Collaboration is embedded into everything we do – from the products we develop to the quality service we provide. We’re driven by the belief that diversity of thought, background, and perspective is critical to creating the best products and experiences for our customers.  

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. 

Job Level 

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

Senior Product Manager I minimum qualifications:  

• 6+ years of business, technology, or product management experience; or equivalent demonstrated through the following: work experience, training, military experience, or education. 
• 3+ years working in a highly collaborative, fast-paced product environment with product or engineering teams and stakeholders. 

 

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): 5/22/2026 Latest Post Date: Careers - US: 5/22/2026

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