Product Manager II

Responsibilities

Are you prepared to advance your career? Join Principal as a Product Manager II and play a key role in delivering valuable and viable solutions alongside our product team. In this role, you will manage products with medium complexity and sensitivity while ensuring alignment with product strategy and enterprise goals.

At Principal, we believe diverse perspectives drive better outcomes. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people can bring their authentic selves to work, collaborate openly, and grow their careers. We value innovation, continuous learning, and a customer-first mindset, and we empower our employees to make meaningful contributions every day.

This opportunity allows you to demonstrate curiosity, flexibility, and motivation while gaining experience across every phase of the product lifecycle. We are excited to welcome a product leader who is passionate about solving customer problems and delivering value. Join us and make a meaningful impact!

What You'll Do

As a Product Manager II, you will establish and guide product strategy for products of low to medium complexity, working closely with senior product managers and directors to align solutions with broader business and enterprise objectives. You will incorporate business, customer, user, and partner insights to develop a clear understanding of problems, opportunities, and risks.

You will lead product discovery efforts by defining desired business outcomes, identifying opportunities for innovation, validating hypotheses, and partnering with cross-functional teams to conduct experiments. By evaluating results and extracting meaningful insights, you will help shape future product decisions and continuously improve how products are delivered.

Working closely with technology and business partners, you will drive product delivery by breaking down work into manageable increments that enable frequent releases of value. You will serve as the Product Owner for Scrum teams, support agile ceremonies, manage product roadmaps, and communicate release plans and priorities across stakeholder groups.

In addition, you will monitor product health, measure business impact, and leverage data to assess performance and guide strategic decisions. You'll collaborate with leaders across the business, including finance and go-to-market teams, to ensure alignment, readiness, and successful execution of product initiatives.

Product Leadership

You will serve as a mentor and resource for Associate Product Managers, helping strengthen product management practices and fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. You may also take formal leadership responsibility for the development of reporting Product Managers.

Skills & Capabilities

• Business insight, including industry expertise and financial management skills.
• Strong customer understanding and experience leveraging customer development practices.
• Comprehensive understanding of technology's role in solving business challenges.
• Excellent communication, influence, and negotiation skills.
• Strong analytical and conceptual problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to mentor, motivate, and collaborate across teams.
• Data-driven approach to prioritization and value creation.
• Ownership mindset with accountability for outcomes and a willingness to embrace change.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• 10+ years of business, technology, or product management experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, military experience, or education.
• Retirement Services domain knowledge and experience are preferred.
• 5+ years working in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment with product or engineering teams and stakeholders.
• Bringing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree - B.E. / B.Tech / M.S. / M.Tech / MCA degree in Computer Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or a related subject area
• Demonstrated experience managing one or more products.
• Proven critical thinking, collaboration, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and workloads effectively.
• Experience building and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to influence, persuade, and negotiate in a product environment.
• Experience leveraging customer, user, partner, and market insights to drive product decisions.

Additional Information

Inclusion & Accessibility

Principal is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible experience for all applicants. Reasonable accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process for individuals with disabilities and for candidates who may require assistance to participate fully. If you need an accommodation, please let us know, and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Why Join Principal?

Be part of a world-class team where your ideas matter, your contributions are recognized, and your career can thrive. We are excited about the future and the impact our Product Managers make every day. If you're ready to help shape innovative solutions and drive meaningful outcomes, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today!