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.