Product Manager ; Hybrid

What You'll Do

We're seeking an experienced Product Manager to join our Web Enablement Next Software Kit (NSK) platform team. The Web Enablement product family provides guidance and modern reusable frameworks and solutions to the enterprise.

In this role, you will lead our Next Software Kit (NSK) platform product, a strategic enterprise development framework that enables teams across Principal to build consistent, secure, and scalable web applications.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to lead a strategic technical product that impacts development across the enterprise while working with cutting‑edge web technologies and cloud platforms.

You’ll have the opportunity to:

• Own Product Strategy:Collaborate with technical leads to develop and evolve the product vision and strategy. Partner with the technical team to ensure alignment with enterprise web standards and experience goals while driving measurable impact.
• Drive Discovery & Insights:Use experimentation, analytics, and user research to uncover opportunities and prioritize high‑value initiatives.
• Lead Product Delivery:Ensure successful, value‑driven delivery across teams, manage dependencies, and champion agile practices.
• Measure & Optimize:Track product performance, make data‑driven decisions, and continuously evolve the product to meet enterprise needs.
• Engage & Influence:Partner with leaders across all levels to align on goals, communicate strategy, and share results. Educate and consult with Principal teams on web application development best practices, use cases, and tooling.
• Mentor & Shape Culture:Support and mentor other product managers, sharing best practices to foster a strong, high‑performing product culture.

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.

We are looking for someone with:

• 6+ years of business, technology, or product management experience; or equivalent demonstrated through the following: work experience, military experience, or education
• 3+ years working in a highly collaborative, fast‑paced product environment with product or engineering teams and stakeholders managing multiple products
• Proven success in defining product strategy, managing stakeholders, and delivering outcomes across multiple teams.
• Strong strategic decision‑making skills in fast‑paced, cross‑functional environments
• Ability to leverage customer, user, and partner data and insights to drive product decisions
• Experience coaching and mentoring others in a professional setting

Skills That Will Help You Stand Out

• Strong technical background with understanding of modern web development frameworks and cloud technologies
• Experience with products serving the engineering community.
• Product management experience in a global organization
• Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to influence and collaborate with executive‑level stakeholders across a matrixed environment, drive alignment through negotiation, and lead change effectively

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.