Experienced Product Manager, Retirement and Income Solutions
What You'll Do
At Principal, we believe in building products that create meaningful value—helping customers, users, and partners achieve financial security through intuitive and impactful solutions.
We're looking for a Product Manager to join our Retirement and Income Solutions team, with a focus on Participant Advice solutions. In this role, you’ll help shape the vision and strategy, drive product execution, and collaborate closely across disciplines—including design, engineering, data, and business stakeholders—to deliver outcomes that matter.
You’ll bring curiosity, open-mindedness, and a passion for solving customer problems, while gaining hands-on experience across the full product lifecycle—from discovery to delivery and iteration.
You’ll be responsible for:
• Executing on the Participant Advice product strategy
• Understanding and defining key business outcomes and requirements for Participant Advice product offerings, including both In-Plan Advice and Education services
• Our In-Plan Advice team supports participants who engage in our Target My Retirement® managed accounts and advice services
• Our Education services provide group and individual, onsite and virtual education on the solutions the participant’s plan sponsor and Principal offer
• Finding opportunities/problems to solve and articulating hypotheses
• Leading the product team (design, engineering, and various business roles) in ideating and running experiments
• Delivering positive outcomes as part of a product team(s) by assessing value of experiments, collaborating to draw out insights, and sharing learnings with key partners
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.
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 environment with engineering teams and partners while managing 1 or multiple products
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to lead, influence and negotiate with partners at all levels of the company
• Strong strategic thinking/vision, collaboration and decision-making skills along with business savviness and relationship management skills
• Demonstrated experience collaborating, influencing, and negotiating in a professional team environment, including using diverse perspectives and data to inform actions
Skills That Will Help You Stand Out
• Product Management experience in a mature environment with understanding of the techniques and methods of modern product discovery and product delivery
• Financial Services experience, preferably within retail investment understanding of participant’s needs, retirement market dynamics and operations, competition, and trends
• High level technical understanding, ability to use technology to solve business problems
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 (Non-Exempt expressed as hourly; Exempt expressed as yearly)
$100800 - $182400 / 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
Job Level
We’ll consider talent at the next level (Sr Product Manager I) with the right experience and skills.
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, or Charlotte, NC). You’ll work with your leader to figure out which option may align best based on several factors.
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.
Original Posting Date
7/16/2025
Most Recently Posted Date
7/16/2025
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At Principal, we believe in building products that create meaningful value—helping customers, users, and partners achieve financial security through intuitive and impactful solutions.
We're looking for a Product Manager to join our Retirement and Income Solutions team, with a focus on Participant Advice solutions. In this role, you’ll help shape the vision and strategy, drive product execution, and collaborate closely across disciplines—including design, engineering, data, and business stakeholders—to deliver outcomes that matter.
You’ll bring curiosity, open-mindedness, and a passion for solving customer problems, while gaining hands-on experience across the full product lifecycle—from discovery to delivery and iteration.
You’ll be responsible for:
• Executing on the Participant Advice product strategy
• Understanding and defining key business outcomes and requirements for Participant Advice product offerings, including both In-Plan Advice and Education services
• Our In-Plan Advice team supports participants who engage in our Target My Retirement® managed accounts and advice services
• Our Education services provide group and individual, onsite and virtual education on the solutions the participant’s plan sponsor and Principal offer
• Finding opportunities/problems to solve and articulating hypotheses
• Leading the product team (design, engineering, and various business roles) in ideating and running experiments
• Delivering positive outcomes as part of a product team(s) by assessing value of experiments, collaborating to draw out insights, and sharing learnings with key partners
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.
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 environment with engineering teams and partners while managing 1 or multiple products
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to lead, influence and negotiate with partners at all levels of the company
• Strong strategic thinking/vision, collaboration and decision-making skills along with business savviness and relationship management skills
• Demonstrated experience collaborating, influencing, and negotiating in a professional team environment, including using diverse perspectives and data to inform actions
Skills That Will Help You Stand Out
• Product Management experience in a mature environment with understanding of the techniques and methods of modern product discovery and product delivery
• Financial Services experience, preferably within retail investment understanding of participant’s needs, retirement market dynamics and operations, competition, and trends
• High level technical understanding, ability to use technology to solve business problems
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 (Non-Exempt expressed as hourly; Exempt expressed as yearly)
$100800 - $182400 / 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
Job Level
We’ll consider talent at the next level (Sr Product Manager I) with the right experience and skills.
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, or Charlotte, NC). You’ll work with your leader to figure out which option may align best based on several factors.
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.
Original Posting Date
7/16/2025
Most Recently Posted Date
7/16/2025
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Apply Now
Apply Now