What You'll Do
Passionate about data?! We are looking for a Product Owner to join our Customer & Marketing Value Stream within our Enterprise Data & Analytics team. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to partner with various collaborators to solve business problems and drive pivotal initiatives. Here in Enterprise Data & Analytics, we are at the intersection of many strategic, digital, and artificial intelligence initiatives that impact the enterprise! This provides an outstanding opportunity to provide highly valuable and critically important solutions to Principal as an enterprise while gaining exposure to cross functional engineers and teams.
Here are a few examples of the kinds of things you’ll do:
• Collaborate with agile team members from Data & Analytics, Business Intelligence, Machine Learning, Gen AI, and other product owners and product managers to successfully implement a variety of technology solutions for customers and business teams.
• Show confidence in understanding of the product and contribute to the overall future vision and strategy.
• Assist in representing a balance of product direction and the customer/partner needs. Tell the story of the problems that need to be solved and opportunities.
• Focus on describing value proposition, value stream, and capability outcomes. Work with team to validate how solutions build towards those outcomes and meet customer needs.
• Help with leading discovery efforts and leverage lean experiments to improve findings at a minimal expense.
• Build strong partnerships with team members and business partners to represent their needs. Garner their support and engage them proactively to overcome barriers.
• Assist in making decisions to enable the team to deliver quickly. Be comfortable not having all of the answers. Make small bets and embrace experimentation.
• Responsible for validating the story meets acceptance criteria and will achieve the desired customer or business outcome.
• Challenge status quo, encourage innovation, be open-minded and approachable. Collaborate well with all partners. Capture feedback from customers on delivered work and share with the team.
• Use data, customer insights and industry trends to drive decision making.
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
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required, plus at least 8+ years related experience
• Previous experience in product ownership related areas supporting data management, analytics or consulting environments.
• You have knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis and capabilities to determine the root cause of organizational problems and identify alternative solutions that resolve the problems in the best interest of the business.
• Advanced planning, problem-solving, and analytical skills required.
• Basic leadership and presentation skills required.
• Excellent communication skills required including the ability to influence and negotiate across Scrum and Agile environments.
• Proven critical thinking, collaboration and decision-making skills required.
• You are technically savvy with a passion for using data and analysis to improve business outcomes.
• Ability to work on cross-functional teams and collaborate with both IT and non-IT partners.
Skills That Will Help You Stand out
• SQL, AWS, Snowflake, Informatica, Python, Power BI and/or LLMs
• Working knowledge of JIRA and Confluence sites
• Experience defining vision, driving strategy, and articulating the value of enterprise data and analytics.
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)
$95200 - $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
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 candidates 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
While our expertise spans the globe, we're bound by one common purpose: to foster a world where financial security is accessible to all. And our success depends on the unique experiences, backgrounds, and talents of our employees – individually and all of us together. Explore our core values, benefits and why we’re an exceptional place to grow your career.
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
4/17/2024
Most Recently Posted Date
4/17/2024
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