Principal Financial Group Inc

Experienced Product Manager (Hybrid - Des Moines)

Principal Financial Group Inc$110K — $148K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of business, technology, or product management experience.
  • 2+ years of experience in collaborative, fast-paced environments.
  • Excellent communication and negotiation skills with all company levels.
  • Strong strategic thinking and decision-making abilities.
  • Experience collaborating and influencing within professional teams.

Responsibilities

  • Lead employee and organizational data strategy for Oracle HCM.
  • Identify data quality opportunities and prioritize improvements.
  • Shape user experiences and workflows across HR products.
  • Represent HR needs in cross-departmental governance discussions.
  • Provide insights on security and access considerations for HR products.
  • Enable effective utilization of data for HR products and partners.
  • Define and execute a roadmap for HR product strategy.

Benefits

  • Flexible Time Off (FTO) for salaried employees without a set number of days.
  • Pension eligibility for retirement planning.
Full Job Description
What You'll Do

We’re looking for a Product Manager to lead the foundational employee data, shared platform experiences, and security considerations that support HR products across Oracle HCM. In this role, you’ll ensure HR has a trusted, scalable, and user-centered foundation while enabling HR product teams, enterprise partners, and downstream consumers to use employee and organizational data effectively. This role requires a platform mindset in balancing shared capabilities, governance needs, and cross-functional priorities to deliver business outcomes and employee value. 

Key Focus Areas 

  • Employee & Organizational Data Foundation: Lead the HR product strategy for foundational employee and organizational data within Oracle HCM, ensuring the data foundation is trusted, usable, and aligned to HR and enterprise needs. 
  • HR Data Quality & Stewardship: Partner with HR, technology, data, and governance teams to identify data quality opportunities, clarify stewardship needs, and prioritize improvements that strengthen confidence in core HR data. 
  • HR Platform Experience: Shape the shared user experiences, navigation patterns, foundational workflows, and platform standards within Oracle HCM that create consistency across HR products and improve the employee, leader, and administrator experience. 
  • HR Representation in Shared Oracle Governance: Represent HR product needs in shared Oracle platform conversations with Finance, IT, Enterprise Data & Analytics, and other partners, ensuring HR impacts, decision points, and tradeoffs are clearly understood. 
  • Security & Access Partnership: Provide HR product input on Oracle HCM access, data visibility, and security-related decisions, while partnering with technology and architecture teams owning technical design, configuration, and controls. 
  • Data Enablement: Help HR product families, enterprise partners, and downstream consumers understand and use employee and organizational data effectively, enabling better reporting, integrations, product experiences, workforce insights, and business outcomes. 

You’ll be responsible for: 

  • Own HR Product Strategy: Define and lead the strategy for employee and organizational data, shared Oracle HCM experiences, security requirements, and foundational capabilities that support HR products and operations. 
  • Drive Discovery & Insights: Guide discovery efforts by collecting feedback and data to gain insight, evaluate potential solutions, and prioritize key areas of the platform. 

 

  • Shape Roadmap & Delivery: Translate HR data and platform experience priorities into a clear roadmap of scoped, value-driven improvements in partnership with delivery and technology teams. 

 

  • Measure & Optimize: Track platform performance and data quality, make data-driven decisions, and continuously evolve the platform to meet enterprise needs. 
  • Influence Across Boundaries: Partner with Finance, IT, Enterprise Data & Analytics, and global HR stakeholders to represent HR needs and align on shared platform impacts. 
  • Mentor & Shape Culture: Support and mentor other product managers, sharing best practices to build and foster a strong, high-performing product culture. 

Who You Are We are looking for someone with: 

  • 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 highly collaborative, fast-paced environments where success depends on aligning cross-functional partners, managing dependencies, and bringing clarity to complex, shared work. 
  • 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 complex environment with understanding the techniques and methods of modern product discovery and product delivery. 
  • Experience with core data models, data governance, and platform-level product management in a shared, multi-stakeholder technology environment. 
  • Experience working with HR data, employee lifecycle processes, or HR technology platforms such as Oracle HCM. 
  • Experience translating complex data, security, or platform considerations into clear business decisions for non-technical stakeholders. 
  • Experience working with global processes, regional variation, and shared data structures that must support multiple countries, business units, and stakeholder groups. 
Salary Range InformationSalary 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$110200 - $148200 / year Salary Details

Work Environments

This role offers in-office, hybrid (blending at least three office days in a typical workweek). 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 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.

Time Off ProgramFlexible 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 EligibleYes Posting WindowWe 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)8/11/2026 Latest Post Date: Careers - US8/11/2026

About Principal Financial Group Inc

Principal Financial Group Inc Careers

Join the dynamic team at Principal Financial Group Inc, a global leader in investment management and retirement services. At Principal, we are committed to helping individuals and businesses achieve financial security and success, making now the perfect time to explore job opportunities with us.

Work You’ll Do

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Our culture is built on collaboration, respect, and a commitment to excellence. We believe in fostering a supportive environment where every team member’s contribution is valued. Enjoy benefits that support both your professional and personal life, and work alongside colleagues who are passionate about making a difference.

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Whether you're starting your career or looking to make a significant impact in your professional journey, Principal offers a range of internship and employment opportunities. Gain hands-on experience, work on real-world projects, and learn from leaders in the financial industry.

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Ready to take the next step in your career? Explore the job opportunities at Principal Financial Group Inc. We are hiring creative, curious, and motivated individuals who are ready to drive innovation and lead with integrity. Check out our open positions, tailor your resume, and prepare for an interview that could lead to your next great adventure.

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At Principal, your growth is our priority. Enhance your professional skills through comprehensive training programs and connect with industry leaders and peers through our robust networking events. Our commitment to your development is unwavering, as we believe it is fundamental to our collective success.

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Learn more about Principal Financial Group Inc
Size
18,600 employees
Market Cap
$20.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1.3 billion
5 Year Trend
+2.7%
Revenue
$14.7 billion
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