Product Owner, Group Benefits

2 weeks ago

Des Moines Iowa, United States Principal Financial Group Full time
What You'll Do:

We're looking for a Product Owner to join our Group Benefits team that supports the technology behind our sales/distribution.

You'll be responsible for delivering valuable and viable solutions for our quoting platform modernization initiative in partnership with onshore and offshore technology and product teams.

With heavy offshore collaboration, there's a need for this individual to flex their daily start time to earlier hours (6am CST).

This is a high priority initiative so ability to understand the holistic view and downstream impacts will be critical.

You'll have the opportunity to:

Communicate priorities, results of experiments, quantifiable progress to goals, and health of the products with stakeholders

Partner with engineers and product team to learn about customers for the products we support. Gain an understanding of the outcomes being pursued and how team(s) are building solutions to meet those outcomes and meet customer needs

Lead development and communication of a roadmap to deliver strategic goals

Manage backlog refinement and prepare for planned releases which includes backlog grooming, prioritizing items in the backlog, and ensuring the backlog represents prioritized business outcomes

Assist in preparing work for sprint planning. During the planning meeting, act as a source for user story detail and priorities

As Principal continues to modernize its systems, this role will offer you an exciting opportunity to build solutions that will directly impact our long-term strategy and tech stack, all while ensuring that our products are robust, scalable, and secure


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:

2+ years of business, technology, or product management experienceOr equivalent demonstrated through the following:

work experience, military experience, or education

Experience working in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment with engineering teams and stakeholders

Strategic thinking and decision-making skills while managing multiple workloads and/or competing priorities in a professional context

Stakeholder and relationship management with both internal and external partners

Demonstrated experience leading, influencing, negotiating, and leveraging diverse perspectives and using data to inform action in a professional team environment

Skills That Will Help You Stand Out

Product management experience in a large organization

Group Benefits or financial services industry experience

Experience with the following tools:

Jira, Miro

Cloud modernization experience with AWS

API knowledge

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:

$ $(phone number removed) / 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:

Hours


This role will partner with our global teams and will have an expectation for flexibility in your work schedule to have a start time around 6am CST.

Job Level

We'll consider talent at the next level (Product Owner III) with the right experiences 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.

and

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 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.

Date First Posted (TTF):

5/7/2024

Latest Post Date:

Careers - US:

5/7/2024

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