Product Manager, HR Talent Products

Principal Financial Group • Des Moines, IA

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Product Manager will lead a portfolio of products supporting key moments in the candidate and employee experience, including hiring, development, performance, goals, and employee listening. The role owns product strategy, discovery, prioritization, roadmaps, and outcomes across the Talent Acquisition and Talent Development product families.

This position will help shape and evolve product practices within Talent Acquisition, emphasizing product ownership, customer discovery, and thoughtful opportunity evaluation and prioritization. The Product Manager works across products and stakeholder environments at different stages of maturity, navigates ambiguity, builds trusted relationships, and constructively challenges thinking to drive meaningful customer and business outcomes.

The role is based in Des Moines, Iowa, with an in-office and hybrid work arrangement. Hybrid work blends at least three office days in a typical workweek. The position offers a targeted base salary of $120,000–$145,000 per year. Non-sales positions may participate in a bonus program. Salaried employees receive Flexible Time Off, and the position is pension eligible.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of business, technology, or product management experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, or education.
• At least 2 years partnering with engineering teams, business partners, and stakeholders in a highly collaborative, matrixed product environment.
• Experience leading one or more products through the product lifecycle, including strategy, discovery, prioritization, delivery, and outcome measurement.
• Experience using critical thinking, customer and stakeholder insights, and data to identify problems, evaluate opportunities, and make product decisions.
• Ability to lead through influence, champion stakeholder relationships, negotiate priorities, and build alignment across organizational boundaries.
• Experience mentoring and coaching product professionals and advancing product management practices within an organization.

Nice To Haves

• Strong product management experience across strategy, discovery, prioritization, roadmapping, and outcome measurement.
• Experience leading products in evolving product environments and helping strengthen product practices.
• Product management experience within the HR domain or similar capabilities.
• Experience supporting products within a global organization, applying a global approach and collaborating across regions.
• Financial services or retirement industry background.

Responsibilities

• Own product strategy, roadmaps, priorities, and outcomes across the Talent Acquisition and Talent Development product families.
• Lead product discovery and problem definition using customer insights, data, and business context to identify opportunities and ensure teams solve the right problems.
• Drive prioritization and strategic tradeoffs across competing opportunities, clarifying decisions, investments, dependencies, and desired outcomes.
• Partner with stakeholders to strengthen product practices and improve clarity and consistency as opportunities move from discovery through prioritization and delivery.
• Build partnerships across HR, Technology, Delivery, business teams, and vendors, translating product strategy into aligned priorities and actionable outcomes.
• Influence and constructively challenge stakeholders, shifting conversations from requested solutions toward customer needs, business problems, and meaningful outcomes.
• Measure product performance and outcomes, using insights and learnings to improve products, experiences, and future investment decisions.
• Mentor and coach product professionals and advance product management practices within the organization.

Benefits

• Flexible Time Off for salaried employees, with no accrued bank or set number of days.
• Opportunity to participate in a bonus program for non-sales positions.
• Pension eligibility.
• Comprehensive, competitive benefit offerings intended to support employees’ physical, financial, and social well-being.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed