Jobs · Marketing · North Carolina

Senior Product Manager 1 (Hybrid)

Principal Financial Group · Charlotte, NC · 1 mo ago
On-siteMarketing$171k/yrFull-time

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead the modernization of our annuity ecosystem. This role requires collaboration across Product Development, Technology, Operations, business SMEs, Portfolio Management, and strategic vendors.

Responsibilities

  • Defines and manages product strategy for strategically significant, complex products, ensuring alignment across organization boundaries.
  • Partners with Director or Senior Director of Product Management and other product managers to ensure product strategies align with business and enterprise strategies.
  • Works to integrate strategy through shared objectives and integrates business, customer, user, and partner insights to inform problem-solving and risk management.
  • Executes the strategy as part of multiple product teams, responsible for the success of product delivery on the most complex and high-risk products.
  • Collaborates with other product managers, technology, and non-technology partners to remove impediments and resolve conflicts, ensuring customer, user, and stakeholder insights are embedded in the product lifecycle.
  • Communicates product releases to stakeholders and partners, responsible for successful delivery of measurable, goal-aligned value, including ownership and refinement of the product roadmap.
  • Ensures key information regarding the product(s) is understood by stakeholders and communicates effectively as part of the Product Management team, supporting a broader product family or portfolio.
  • Leads the product strategy and execution for annuity modernization initiatives, partnering across Product Development, Technology, Operations, Portfolio Management, business SMEs, and strategic vendor partners.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of business, technology, or product management experience; or equivalent through work experience, military experience, or education.
  • 3+ years of experience in a highly collaborative, complex, fast-paced product environment with product or engineering teams and stakeholders managing multiple products.
  • Proven success in modernization, platform implementation, migration, or large-scale initiatives, including navigating organizational complexity and competing priorities.
  • Experience partnering with external vendors and internal SMEs to evaluate capabilities, define solutions, and deliver business outcomes aligned to strategic objectives.
  • Strong strategic thinking and decision-making skills, with the ability to balance customer experience, business value, operational efficiency, technical constraints, and risk.
  • Ability to leverage customer, user, and partner data and insights to drive product decisions.
  • Strong communication and executive presence, with experience presenting recommendations, tradeoffs, and progress to senior leadership and diverse stakeholder groups.
  • Experience coaching, mentoring, or leading through influence in a professional environment.

Qualifications

  • Education: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • Licenses/Certifications: Any relevant licenses or certifications preferred.

Skills

  • Strategic Thinking
  • Collaboration
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Customer Focus
  • Communication Skills
  • Leadership

Benefits

Details on benefits will be provided in the job offer letter.

Pay

$127,000 - $171,000 per year

Schedule

This role offers in-office, hybrid, or remote work options based on the employee's preference and the company's needs.

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