Associate Strategic Relationship Manager

What You'll Do

Be part of our team at Principal Financial Group, where we value collaboration and innovation. As an Associate Strategic Relationship Manager in our Workplace Benefits area, you can create positive relationships with key partners and find opportunities for growth.

In this role, you will:

• Assist the SRM team by supporting the optimization of their valuable partnerships to explore new pathways for crafting shared value.
• Collaborate and establish positive relationships with key business partners to discover potential growth opportunities and generate value for assigned Workplace Benefits accounts.
• Focus on purposeful segmentation of strategic partners and align resources to improve B2B relationships.
• Communicate optimally with business partners to identify new opportunity areas and share successes.
• Distribute relationship and market insights to business partners to manage strategic relationships more effectively.
• Reduce operational and reputational risks by gaining a comprehensive understanding of essential relationships.
• Facilitate strategic account planning activities and preparation to enable long-term account growth.

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

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Who You Are

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent, with 3+ years of related work experience
• Strong knowledge of group benefit products
• Experience working in group benefits insurance sales, service, or support
• Strong oral and written communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Candidate with strong problem-solving skills and a strategic approach to analysis
• Experience manipulating data to conduct analysis to identify trends
• Attention to detail and well-organized
• Flexible and able to pivot quickly and manage multiple priorities at once
• Ability to work independently and build strong relationships
• Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality
• Willingness to travel when needed, including overnight stays
• Life & Health insurance license required within 90 days of hire with appointment in the state of residence.

    Preferred Skills:

• Experience modeling data
• Advanced Excel skills – Power Pivot and Power Query

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)

$ $135000 / 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

Work Environment

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 determine 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 now or in the future or those needing work authorization for this role. (This includes, but is not limited to students on F1-OPT, F1-CPT, J-1, etc.)

Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants

Investment Code of Ethics

For Principal Global Investors 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

10/10/2025
Most Recently Posted Date

10/10/2025

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