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Principal Financial Group · 2 days ago

Strategic Portfolio Manager

Des Moines, IA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$127K/yr - $171K/yr

8+ years exp

Principal Financial Group is a trusted leader in financial services, focused on making financial security accessible to all. They are seeking a Strategic Portfolio Manager to lead the enterprise data & analytics portfolio, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy and fostering collaboration among stakeholders.

Financial ServicesInsurance

No H1B

Responsibilities

Ensure alignment of the EDA portfolio to Business and Enterprise strategic priorities and objectives and the achievement of strategic outcomes

Enhance the use of data and analytics to influence decision making towards building the right things

Partner with portfolio stakeholders to deliver results that advance strategic outcomes

Lead and proactively communicate results, progress, risks, roadblocks, financial aspects, and data to teams, sponsors and stakeholders ensuring collaboration, decision making, and direction

Lead continuous improvement, partnering with leaders, coaches, and team members to develop discovery and innovation, improve delivery speed, increase transparency, and achieve strategic outcomes

Advocate, influence, and lead change to become a more high-performing organization with an innovative culture

Effectively drive the portfolio to execute on customer needs and business objectives through organizing, communicating transparently, aligning and collaborating, and handling dependency and risk

Work across teams and vendors to remove impediments and ensure decision making leverages data where possible

Qualification

Strategic integrationStakeholder alignmentComplex decision makingData & AnalyticsBusiness insightOrganizational culture assessmentPlanning skillsMatrix managementLeadership skillsCommunication skillsPresentation skillsFacilitation skillsDecision-making skillsRelationship building

Required

8+ years of demonstrating progressive responsibility for strategic integration, stakeholder alignment, complex decision making, analysis, and informal leadership or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, military experience, or education

4+ of those years listed above, having direct responsibility for management of complex, cross-functional initiatives

Excellent leadership, communication, presentation, facilitation, planning, and decision-making skills

Ability to build and maintain relationships and facilitate collaboration and communication, including being perceived as a leader at all levels without formal authority

Results oriented and able to adapt and deal with ambiguous situations and manage expectations

Ability to influence effectively in matrix management environment

Strong business insight and an understanding of the capabilities of information technology and applications to find opportunities for improvement

Experience assessing organizational culture and operating model needs; and appropriately adapt to deliver required results

Preferred

Experience/understanding of IT and Data & Analytics domains

Benefits

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.

Pension Eligible

Company

Principal Financial Group

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Principal Financial Group® is dedicated to improving the wealth and well-being of people and businesses around the world—helping more than 62M customers plan, protect, invest, and retire as of December 31, 2023.

Founded in 1879

Des Moines, Iowa, USA

10001+ employees