Senior Product Manager 1 (Digital Experience)

Principal Financial Group • Des Moines, IA

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About The Position

The Senior Product Manager I will join Principal’s Digital Experience team to lead and evolve the enterprise web experience, optimizing customer-facing digital journeys at scale. The role focuses on a portion of the enterprise digital experience and involves using data, customer insights, and cross-functional alignment to improve customer and employer journeys. The position balances hands-on product leadership with coaching and people management, working closely with UX, technology, and business partners in an Agile environment.

Principal is a purpose-led financial services and technology firm that builds financial tools to help customers live better lives and make financial security accessible to all. The role offers in-office, hybrid, or remote work arrangements subject to location eligibility. Remote arrangements are available only to candidates residing more than 30 miles from Des Moines, Iowa; Raleigh, North Carolina; or Charlotte, North Carolina. The position is salaried and pension eligible. Salaried exempt employees receive Flexible Time Off, with no accrued time bank or set number of days.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of business, technology, or product management experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, military experience, or education.
• At least 3 years working in a highly collaborative, fast-paced product environment.
• Proven success establishing product strategy across multiple products and aligning it with enterprise priorities.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration experience, especially partnering with UX/design and engineering.
• Experience using data and insights to drive decisions and communicate outcomes through clear, structured storytelling.
• Demonstrated understanding of modern product discovery and delivery practices, and the ability to coach others on those practices.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to build relationships and influence business partners.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading enterprise web experiences across multiple lines of business or customer segments.
• Experience improving digital journeys through analytics, experimentation, and iterative optimization.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead product strategy for a portion of the enterprise digital experience, optimizing web-facing customer and employer journeys through data, customer insights, and cross-functional alignment.
• Ensure effective product discovery practices that inform decisions and support collaborative solutioning to improve experience and efficiency.
• Be accountable for successful delivery across the product family, partnering with engineering and UX in an Agile environment and communicating plans and releases clearly.
• Monitor product health, outcomes, and investment effectiveness; use data-informed storytelling to guide trade-offs and strategic adjustments.
• Build trusted partnerships across business, technology, and UX teams, proactively communicating strategy, priorities, and outcomes to drive alignment and value realization.
• Lead, coach, and develop Product Managers while balancing hands-on product leadership with people management and strengthening product management practices.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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