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Principal Financial Group

<div>What You'll Do:
<div>
We&rsquo;re seeking a dynamic <b>Director, Vendor Governance</b> to lead the oversight and management of key third-party supplier relationships within our <b>Retirement &amp; Income Solutions (RIS)</b> <b>Individual Solutions</b> business. This is a newly created position designed to <b>centralize vendor management</b> across a rapidly scaling business &mdash; ensuring our strategic partners deliver exceptional value, performance, and innovation.</div><div></div><div><br>
You&rsquo;ll serve as the <b>day-to-day business contact</b> for strategic suppliers, driving performance against contracts and service level agreements, managing risk, and ensuring that vendor partnerships align with Individual Solutions goals and growth objectives. This is a pivotal opportunity to shape the future of our vendor governance infrastructure and play a key role in <b>building scalable systems, influencing vendor roadmaps, and enabling business expansion</b>.</div><div></div><div><b><br>
Key Responsibilities</b></div><ul><li><b>
Lead Strategic Supplier Oversight:</b><br>
Coordinate and manage major third-party relationships in alignment with enterprise policies and Individual Solutions objectives.<br>
Ensure suppliers meet service levels, performance standards, and cost targets.</li><li><b>
Develop Vendor Governance Infrastructure:</b><br>
Build the frameworks, tools, and practices to monitor, evaluate, and optimize vendor performance and risk.<br>
Conduct due diligence, audits, and ongoing risk assessments across security, data privacy, and financial health.</li><li><b>
Drive Performance &amp; Value:</b><br>
Oversee SLAs, KPIs, and quarterly business reviews. Lead remediation and root-cause analyses for performance issues.<br>
Identify cost efficiencies and value realization opportunities across vendor spend.</li><li><b>
Partner Across the Enterprise:</b><br>
Collaborate with Sourcing, Procurement, and Legal on new engagements, contract renewals, and negotiation strategies.<br>
Establish clear communication channels between Individual Solutions and suppliers, ensuring alignment and accountability.</li><li><b>
Mentor &amp; Lead Vendor Engagement Managers:</b><br>
Guide and train vendor engagement managers to strengthen compliance and governance processes across non-strategic suppliers.</li><li><b>
Enable Growth:</b><br>
Establish relationships with <b>new vendors</b>, enhance partnerships with existing ones, and build an ongoing engagement structure to support exponential business growth.</li></ul>
Who You Are:
<ul><li>Bachelor&rsquo;s degree or equivalent experience.</li><li>
8+ years of <b>vendor management, procurement, or third-party governance</b> experience.</li><li>
Demonstrated ability to manage large expense budgets, SLAs, and vendor scorecards.</li><li>
Experience developing <b>first-line business risk and control practices</b> related to supplier governance.</li><li>
Strong analytical, financial, and negotiation skills.</li><li>
Exceptional communication and executive presentation abilities; able to influence across complex, matrixed organizations.</li><li>
A strategic, relationship-driven leader who can balance operational rigor with business partnership.</li></ul><div><b>
 </b><b>Highly Preferred Experience</b></div><ul><li>
Proven experience <b>building or scaling vendor governance frameworks</b> or third-party management programs.</li><li>
Background in the <b>financial services or retirement industry</b>, ideally with <b>retail or independent solution capabilities</b> (e.g., account aggregation vendors like Plaid).</li><li>
Expertise influencing vendor roadmaps and driving <b>continuous improvement</b> in performance, value, and innovation.</li><li>
Strong partnership skills across <b>procurement, risk, and product teams</b> to unify vendor strategy and execution.</li></ul><div><b>
Why This Role Matters</b></div><div>
This is a <b>new and strategic leadership opportunity</b> within a business poised for significant growth. You&rsquo;ll have the chance to:</div><ul><li>
Build and own the vendor governance infrastructure from the ground up for our Individual Solutions business.</li><li>
Shape how Individual Solutions partners with critical vendors to deliver on its growth strategy.</li><li>
Directly impact scalability, cost efficiency, and vendor innovation.</li></ul><div>
If you&rsquo;re excited by the idea of <b>owning vendor excellence</b>, <b>building governance frameworks</b>, and <b>driving tangible business outcomes</b>, we&rsquo;d love to hear from you.</div>
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: $137000 - $185000 / 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&rsquo;t accrue a bank of time off under FTO and there is no set number of days provided. Pension Eligible: Yes Additional Information:
<h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Work Authorization/Sponsorship
</b></h2><div>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.</div><div>
Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants</div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Investment Code of Ethics
</b></h2><div>For Principal Asset Management positions, you&rsquo;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.</div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Experience Principal
</b></h2><div>At Principal, we value connecting on both a personal and professional level. Together, we&rsquo;re imagining a more purpose-led future for financial services &ndash; 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.</div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Principal is an Equal Opportunity Employer
</b></h2><div>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.</div>
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): 10/28/2025 Latest Post Date: Careers - US: 10/28/2025
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Director - Vendor Governance

<div>What You'll Do:
<div>
oking for a Financial Analyst II to join our Retirement and Income Solutions Actuarial Modeling team. In this role, you&rsquo;ll provide support to Actuarial, Accounting and Finance areas focusing on reporting, analysis and process automation.</div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Responsibilities Include:</b></h2><ul><li>
Complete assigned projects, including gathering and organizing information and statistical and numerical analysis, with consideration to timing required and quality of work documentation needed; report on progress and final results.</li><li>
Provide similar technical assistance to other departments involving research, statistical and financial analysis. Solve questions and problems. Present results to the appropriate audience.</li><li>
Analyze and review financial information.</li><li>
Work towards self-development by expanding knowledge of department, line of business, and industry.</li><li>
Perform other job-related duties and special projects as required.</li></ul><div>
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!</div>
Who You Are:
<ul><li>Bachelor's degree in math, actuarial science, finance or equivalent experience required</li><li>
1+ years of relevant experience preferred</li><li>
Must have strong problem solving, leadership and analytical skills</li><li>
Good oral and written communication skills required</li><li>
Must have good interpersonal, customer service, and organizational skills</li><li>
Demonstrates the ability to accept and adapt to a changing environment</li><li>
Knowledge of spreadsheet and database or similar PC software packages, or the ability to learn, is preferred</li><li>
Experience with programming languages (SAS, SQL, VBA), or the ability to learn, is</li></ul>
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: $54000 - $98400 / 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&rsquo;t accrue a bank of time off under FTO and there is no set number of days provided. Pension Eligible: Yes Additional Information:
<h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Work Environments</b></h2><div>
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, Charlotte, NC, and Raleigh, NC). You&rsquo;ll work with your leader to figure out which option may align best based on several factors.</div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Job Level</b></h2><div>
We&rsquo;ll consider talent at the next level with the right experiences and skills. .</div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Work Authorization/Sponsorship
</b></h2><div>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.</div><div>
Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants</div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Investment Code of Ethics
</b></h2><div>For Principal Asset Management positions, you&rsquo;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.</div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Experience Principal
</b></h2><div>At Principal, we value connecting on both a personal and professional level. Together, we&rsquo;re imagining a more purpose-led future for financial services &ndash; 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.</div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Principal is an Equal Opportunity Employer
</b></h2><div>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.</div>
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): 10/24/2025 Latest Post Date: Careers - US: 10/24/2025
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: #LI-Remote</div>

Financial Analyst II

<div>What You'll Do:
<div>
The <b>ESOP</b> <b>Operations Manager</b> is responsible for leading a team to ensure work is completed accurately and timely, delivering excellent customer service that drives satisfaction and retention. This role focuses on managing expenses, supporting profitable growth, maintaining strong operational performance, and plays a key role in motivating and developing the team to achieve business goals.</div><div></div><div><b><br>
Here are some examples of the kinds of things you'll do:</b></div><ul><li>
Establish and achieve division goals that align with business unit and corporate priorities. Keep senior leadership informed of results, emerging trends, and significant updates.</li><li>
Manage leader performance to ensure the right people are in the right roles. Build a team culture that values trust, accountability, creativity, and collaboration, while encouraging ownership and participation in decision-making.</li><li>
Develop and oversee the department&rsquo;s budget, staffing, and organizational plans, ensuring effective implementation and ongoing evaluation.</li><li>
Foster strong working relationships across the business unit and company to identify and address customer and organizational needs. Promote collaboration and communication among service teams to enhance service delivery across multiple product lines.</li><li>
Resolve escalated issues of a sensitive or critical nature, negotiate solutions, and act as a customer liaison when necessary.</li><li>
Perform other job-related duties and special projects as required.</li></ul><div>
As the #1 recordkeeper of Employee Stock Ownership Plans, Principal provides a wide range of expertise and support to our clients serving nearly 1,200 custom plans involving various levels of complexity! You will proactively assist clients in understanding requirements, plan language and provide a wide range of services and proactive consulting in a talented team environment.</div>
Who You Are:
<ul><li>6+ years of related business experience (Accounting or Finance preferred)</li><li>
Demonstrated informal leadership experience, such as leading projects, mentoring colleagues, or taking initiative to improve processes.</li><li>
Bachelor's degree or equivalent preferred</li><li>
Requires excellent analytical, problem solving, communication, organizational/management, interpersonal, and negotiation skills</li><li>
Must be knowledgeable about ESOPs and have a strong customer service background</li><li>
Open to occasional overnight travel (1-3 times per year) to participate in customer meetings and industry conferences may be necessary</li></ul>
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: $100800 - $167000 / 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&rsquo;t accrue a bank of time off under FTO and there is no set number of days provided. Pension Eligible: Yes Additional Information:
<h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Job level</b></h2><div>
We&rsquo;ll consider hiring a candidate at the next level with the right experience and skills.</div><div></div><div><b><br>
Work Environments</b></div><div></div><div><br>
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&rsquo;ll work with your leader to figure out which option may align best based on several factors.</div><div></div><p><b><br>
Work Authorization/Sponsorship
</b></p><p>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.) For additional information around work authorization needs please use the following links: Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants</p><p><b>
Investment Code of Ethics
</b></p><p>For Principal Global Investors positions, you&rsquo;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.</p><div><b>
Experience Principal</b></div><div></div><div><br>
At Principal, we value connecting on both a personal and professional level. Together, we&rsquo;re imagining a more purpose-led future for financial services &ndash; 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.</div><div></div><p><b><br>
Principal is an Equal Opportunity Employer
</b></p><p>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.</p>
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): 10/23/2025 Latest Post Date: Careers - US: 10/23/2025
<p>LinkedIn Remote Hashtag</p>
: #LI-Remote</div>

ESOP Manager - Operations

<div>What You'll Do:
<p>
We're looking to hire a client service professional to fill our <b>Client Service Manager</b> position within our Small Midmarket Business (SMB) Unit. With your role, you&rsquo;ll demonstrate your retirement knowledge to partner with clients, financial advisors and internal partners to answer questions, creatively tackle problems, and proactively offer solutions.</p><p></p><p><br>
Here&rsquo;s a few examples of the kinds of things you&rsquo;ll do:</p><br>
<div></div><ul><li>
Establish and maintain effective relationships with Retirement plan clients, to ensure growth in retirement savings, profitability for all partners and to retain assets. Partner with retirement plan service representatives to enhance relationships between customers and the company.
</li><li>Independently deliver accurate and timely retirement plan administrative and marketing services. Proven ability to prioritize and resolve a high volume of client inquiries within a structured phone queue environment.
</li><li>Communicate efficiently with internal and external customers. Identify customers expectations and develop a strong working relationship. Conduct meetings with customers, plan service representatives, and attorneys.
</li><li>Market company products and services supporting multiple product lines. Maintain profitability goals by focusing marketing efforts and allocation of resources on the most profitable customers. Collaborate with clients and advisors on best practice solutions that our systems and processes are crafted to efficiently deliver.
</li><li>Use creativity, problem solving skills, and product knowledge for successfully arriving at solutions for retaining clients at risk and resolving sophisticated client issues. Provide timely information and feedback to customers and management. Thoroughly detail key decisions as they relate to plan and contract decisions.
</li><li>Manage Retirement plan services (e.g. reports, compliance, benefit payments) for customers. Anticipate customer needs and assist them with complex plan administration including education and consulting on plan design, compliance, and plan member services.</li><li>
Assist with the training and mentoring of personnel on Retirement services. Serve as a subject matter expert for high level retirement topics.</li><li>
Perform other job-related duties and special projects as the need arises.</li></ul>
Who You Are:
<ul><li>Requires bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, plus 4+ years related experience.</li><li>
Experience working within the retirement industry, specifically within Defined Contributions.</li><li>
Requires strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal, basic math, organizational, reading comprehension, interpretation, negotiation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.</li><li>
Rare overnight travel may be required to conduct customer meetings independently.</li><li>
Requires extensive knowledge and understanding of plan and contract documents, manuals, procedures, and company products and services.</li><li>
Requires business unit knowledge and technical skills, including knowledge of all products, regulations, and laws.</li><li>
Have ability to balance working independently with working in a team environment.</li><li>
Possess a basic understanding of accounting and recordkeeping systems and PC applications.</li><li>
Be able to coordinate a large volume of customer activities.</li></ul>
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: $54000 - $98400 / 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&rsquo;t accrue a bank of time off under FTO and there is no set number of days provided. Pension Eligible: Yes Additional Information:
<div><b>
Work Environment</b></div><div>
This role offers in-office, hybrid (blending at least three office days in a typical workweek), and remote work arrangements.</div><div></div><div><b><br>
Work Authorization/Sponsorship
</b></div><div>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.</div><div></div><div><br>
Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants</div><div></div><div><b><br>
Investment Code of Ethics
</b></div><div>For Principal Global Investors positions, you&rsquo;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.</div><div></div><div><b><br>
Experience Principal
</b></div><div>At Principal, we value connecting on both a personal and professional level. Together, we&rsquo;re imagining a more purpose-led future for financial services &ndash; 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.</div><div></div><div><b><br>
Principal is an Equal Opportunity Employer
</b></div><div>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.</div>
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): 10/24/2025 Latest Post Date: Careers - US: 10/24/2025
<p>LinkedIn Remote Hashtag</p>
: #LI-Remote</div>

Client Service Manager

Join Principal Financial Group and explore 4   exciting career opportunities. They're hiring for various roles with options for remote or on-site work. Apply today and become part of their innovative team.

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Director - Vendor Governance

Financial Analyst II

ESOP Manager - Operations

Client Service Manager