We're looking for a Senior Enterprise Architect to join our Retirement and Income Solutions architecture team. In this role, you'll help drive digital transformation initiatives for our Annuities and Principal Custody Solutions products through strategic influence with portfolio leaders.

You'll have the opportunity to:

• Lead portfolio architecture strategy through execution, translating business priorities into actionable architecture outcomes that enable transformation and long-term value
• Define and evolve enterprise architecture standards and frameworks, including principles, patterns, and guidelines that drive consistency, scalability, and strategic alignment
• Provide architecture leadership and governance, ensuring business capabilities and technology platforms meet current needs while positioning the enterprise for future objectives
• Partner with business and technology leaders, delivering architecture expertise for initiatives and influencing how architecture is consumed and applied
• Drive architecture delivery in an Agile environment, contributing to enterprise roadmaps and advancing architecture practices across assigned business areas and domains
• Advance innovation and the EA practice, advocating for reuse and adaptability, exploring emerging technologies, and—when applicable—leading and developing architecture talent

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of related architecture or technology experience
• Experience with cloud technologies, preferably AWS
• Critical thinker, analytical, good at problem-solving and have big picture/conceptual skills

• Financial services industry background, specifically with annuities or custody solutions
• Cloud certifications

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.

We’ll consider talent at the next level (AD - Enterprise Architecture) with the right experience and skills.

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

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.

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.

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