Experienced Portfolio Manager

Principal Financial Group • Des Moines, IA

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

We have an exciting opportunity within the Benefits & Protection Portfolio Office for a Portfolio Manager who can contribute in an outcome focused agile organization. This is a chance to engage with multiple roles and stakeholders across businesses, functions, technology product families, providing project and portfolio management, and enabling support that helps us accomplish business initiatives together.

You’ll have the opportunity to:
Lead critical initiatives while working across business functions and technology product families to drive outcome - focused solution delivery
Operate within a product leadership team to provide project and portfolio management, supporting leaders, product managers, and stakeholders
Lead planning, prioritization, risk, dependency, and investment management to bring clarity, organization, and transparency to business-critical work
Orchestrate and strengthen delivery execution across product teams, ensuring alignment and coordination across teams and products
Optimize delivery health, predictability, and continuous improvement while advancing shared standards, metrics, and ways of working through agile practices
Navigate ambiguity and change while building strong relationships, empowering teams, and fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and growth
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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 6+ years of project/program/portfolio management, including experience supporting or leading software delivery in Agile environments
• Demonstrated capability to effectively oversee numerous priorities and manage delivery for complex initiatives involving multiple teams, dependencies, and stakeholders within a fast-paced setting
• Proficient in leveraging and tailoring portfolio/project management approaches in an agile outcome driven organization
• Advanced in planning, organization, prioritization, dependencies, problem solving, and stakeholder engagement
• Able to work independently and in a team orientated environment
• Strong communication, facilitation, presentation, and influencing abilities
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Expertise in agile, product, and dev-ops concepts, with the ability to adapt practices based on context
• Demonstrated adaptability and results orientation

Responsibilities

• Lead critical initiatives while working across business functions and technology product families to drive outcome - focused solution delivery
• Operate within a product leadership team to provide project and portfolio management, supporting leaders, product managers, and stakeholders
• Lead planning, prioritization, risk, dependency, and investment management to bring clarity, organization, and transparency to business-critical work
• Orchestrate and strengthen delivery execution across product teams, ensuring alignment and coordination across teams and products
• Optimize delivery health, predictability, and continuous improvement while advancing shared standards, metrics, and ways of working through agile practices
• Navigate ambiguity and change while building strong relationships, empowering teams, and fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and growth

Benefits

• Flexible Time Off (FTO)
• Pension Eligible
• Bonus program (for non-sales positions)
• Sales incentives (for 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: Principal
• Education Level: Associate degree