Assistant Director - Engineering, Asset Management Digital Experience

Principal Financial Group • Raleigh, NC

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

We’re looking for an Assistant Director of Engineering to join our Digital Experience team within Asset Management. In this role, you’ll lead an engineering team responsible for building client-facing web experiences and digital tools that support some of our largest global institutional clients. You’ll have the opportunity to set strategic direction by partnering with product, marketing, and business leaders to shape the digital experience strategy across client-facing platforms, delivering scalable web and portal solutions that support global Asset Management clients. You will lead and inspire teams supporting public websites, secure client portals, and digital tools, driving high-quality delivery across multiple agile product teams and global regions. You will translate vision into action by bridging digital, engineering, and business priorities, ensuring seamless execution of initiatives that enhance how clients access investment insights, data, and tools. You will drive alignment by influencing and aligning cross-functional partners across product families, enabling coordinated delivery of digital capabilities and client experiences at scale. You will innovate for impact by identifying and advancing new digital capabilities, including next-generation tools and AI-enabled experiences to improve client engagement, usability, and platform scalability. You will build high-performing teams by coaching and developing engineering talent (both direct and matrixed), fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement across a global team. You will stay future-focused by monitoring trends in digital experience, client expectations, and financial services technology to evolve our web and client platform ecosystem for long-term growth.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (preference in a computer science, technology, engineering or math-related field) or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of enterprise-level digital or technical experience, demonstrating progressive responsibility and impact
• Formal people leadership experience, coaching talent, and building build a culture of accountability and collaboration
• Proven experience in financial services, with the ability to navigate complex client, product, and regulatory environments
• Strong background in digital experience, web platforms, or client-facing product delivery
• Proven ability to influence across teams and leaders in a highly matrixed environment
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate between technical and business stakeholders
• Comfortable working in a global operating model across multiple regions and time zones

Nice To Haves

• 4+ years of technology leadership managing and mentoring direct reports; proven ability to build strong teams and a culture of accountability
• Asset Management domain experience
• Experience leading technical direction of global or distributed teams
• Strong understanding of UX/CX and delivering best-in-class client experiences
• Experience building or scaling digital platforms, client portals, or authenticated user experiences
• Exposure to AI or emerging technologies applied to digital experience or client platforms

Responsibilities

• Set strategic direction: Partner with product, marketing, and business leaders to shape the digital experience strategy across client-facing platforms, delivering scalable web and portal solutions that support global Asset Management clients
• Lead and inspire: Guide teams supporting public websites, secure client portals, and digital tools, driving high-quality delivery across multiple agile product teams and global regions
• Translate vision into action: Bridge digital, engineering, and business priorities—ensuring seamless execution of initiatives that enhance how clients access investment insights, data, and tools
• Drive alignment: Influence and align cross-functional partners across product families, enabling coordinated delivery of digital capabilities and client experiences at scale
• Innovate for impact: Identify and advance new digital capabilities, including next-generation tools and AI-enabled experiences to improve client engagement, usability, and platform scalability
• Build high-performing teams: Coach and develop engineering talent (both direct and matrixed), fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement across a global team
• Stay future-focused: Monitor trends in digital experience, client expectations, and financial services technology to evolve our web and client platform ecosystem for long-term growth

Benefits

• Flexible Time Off (FTO)
• Pension Eligible
• Bonus program (for non-sales positions)
• Comprehensive, competitive benefit offerings crafted to protect their physical, financial, and social well-being.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree