Sr Delivery Manager, Asset Management

What You'll Do

We're looking for a Sr Delivery Manager to join our Asset Management area. In this role, you'll enable delivery success through strategic alignment and collaboration across a product family, including identifying and creating delivery plans and ensuring teams are executing on the delivery strategy. You'll partner closely with product managers, engineering and the business to align business goals with delivery feasibility and capacity and drive roadmap execution and milestone planning.

You'll have the opportunity to :

• Lead and optimize delivery systems across multiple teams, applying Agile principles to initiatives of varying scope and duration by balancing iterative development with structured planning, milestone tracking, and continuous improvement
• Coach and develop teams in problem-solving, fostering a learning culture that emphasizes product mindset, technical excellence, and high-quality solutions across both short-term and long-term delivery efforts
• Drive strategic initiatives by articulating clear objectives, rallying support, and implementing improvements across the software delivery system, adapting delivery approaches to meet the needs of diverse project timelines
• Manage cross-functional relationships and communication, proactively addressing dependencies and impediments while engaging effectively with business stakeholders in environments that require both agility and disciplined coordination
• Demonstrate Lean Leadership principles, facilitating collaboration across teams and nurturing talent through mentorship, training, and advocacy for experimentation-while supporting delivery models that span iterative and phased approaches
• Own and provide expertise on large-scale solutions, with proven success in enhancing stability, performance, and scalability of business-critical systems through a pragmatic blend of Agile and structured delivery methods

As Principal continues to modernize its systems, this role will offer you an exciting opportunity to build solutions that will directly impact our long-term strategy and tech stack, all while ensuring that our products are robust, scalable, and secure!

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.

Who You Are

Skills That Will Help You Stand Out

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 (Non-Exempt expressed as hourly; Exempt expressed as yearly)

$106400 - $170000 / 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't accrue a bank of time off under FTO and there is no set number of days provided.

Pension Eligible

Yes Job Level

We'll consider talent at the next level (Sr Delivery Manager II) with the right experience and skills.

Work Environments

This role offers an in-office and hybrid (blending at least three office days in a typical workweek) work arrangement in Des Moines, IA, Charlotte, NC, Raleigh, NC, Chicago, IL, or New York, NY.

Work Authorization / Sponsorship

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.

Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants

Investment Code of Ethics

For Principal Asset Management positions, you'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.

Experience Principal

At Principal, we value connecting on both a personal and professional level. Together, we're imagining a more purpose-led future for financial services - 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.

Principal is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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.

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.

Original Posting Date

9 / 19 / 2025

Most Recently Posted Date

9 / 19 / 2025

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