49 sales jobs found in Des Moines, IA

What You'll Do: As a Sales Support Specialist at Principal, you will play a crucial role in supporting our sales team, becoming a product knowledge and sales expert along the way. This role offers an exciting opportunity for growth and advancement within the annuities distribution sector.   Here are a few examples of the kinds of things you’ll do: Promote variable annuity products through inbound phone contact with financial advisors to provide marketing and presale support. Engage with case building by keeping up-to-date on retirement-related topics to contribute value. Maintain close working relationship with top representatives in an effort to increase sales. Understand how our investments fit into an overall, well diversified portfolio of assets by staying current on economic and financial issues that affect our business. Support sales efforts by assisting with case design, sales ideas, hypothetical product illustrations, and application materials....

Innovative Consultant -SMB Business Operations / Management Manage a portfolio of 5–6 small business clients in a hybrid model. You’ll act as a financial firefighter and strategic coach, driving urgent change, real results, and lasting impact where it matters most. Cogent Analytics is seeking leaders ready to rescue and grow clients financially and organizationally. This is a hands-on, client-facing role for high-performance individuals who want to lead from the front, drive client performance, and improve client liquidity for small business owners across the US. Important Fit Note : If your background centers on project coordination, Agile/Scrum facilitation, workflow boards, timeline management, or status reporting, this role will not align with your experience. You’ll start by mastering Cogent methodology and client approach, then quickly move to support our clients in driving financial improvement by executing proper operational and sales methods. As an...

What You'll Do: We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join our Retirement Modernization Data Enablement team. In this role, you’ll sit at the center of our retirement modernization effort, leading how critical transaction data moves from source systems to enterprise analytics, ensuring it’s trusted, well‑governed, and ready to drive insight at scale. You’ll have the opportunity to Design and influence data integration and movement patterns across multiple platforms, aligning teams to shared standards and best practices Serve as a thought leader in data engineering and architecture, influencing decisions without direct authority in a highly collaborative, matrixed environment Partner closely with upstream transaction teams and downstream analytics teams to ensure data is modeled, governed, and delivered in ways that support analytics, reporting, and AI use cases Enable the end‑to‑end flow of retirement source and transactional data through to the Enterprise...

What You'll Do: As a Sr Administrative Assistant ,you will deliver a wide range of administrative services to a department-level Vice President, with responsibilities that may extend to providing prioritized support for Assistant Vice Presidents. This individual will have regular interactions with leadership, will be tasked with calendar management, travel/expense coordination, project coordination, meeting support, and other value added tasks as determined by business need. Sr Administrative Assistants balance multiple priorities, act as a reliable resource and model high standards of service excellence across the administrative community. They should anticipate leader needs, act as liaisons with key internal and external partners, and ensure organizational priorities are executed efficiently and effectively. They work with confidentiality, influence, and collaboration while supporting a high level of complex scheduling and materials.   Day-to-day calendar management for...

What You'll Do: We’re looking for an experienced Cyber Security Analyst to join our Threat Intelligence Security team. In this role, you’ll have the chance to help mature our threat intelligence service to support operational and tactical decision-making across the organization. Members of this team are highly motivated, dedicated, and passionate about cyber defense.   You'll have the opportunity to: Perform day-to-day threat intelligence operations, including source collection/management of threat intel, analysis and production of intelligence, dissemination of intelligence, and threat hunting Contribute to the strategy and design of the threat intelligence service Provide intelligence support during incident response activities, and directly assist with significant incidents Produce threat analysis reports, briefings, and actionable insights for the security operation center Develop and maintain methodology to track adversaries targeting our organization...

What You'll Do: We are currently seeking a Manager-Research for our Commercial Real Estate (CRE) team.   In this role, you will work directly with the Senior Director of Real Estate Research and Strategy to develop and communicate a forward-looking, data-driven view of global commercial real estate (CRE) markets across cycles.  You will partner across portfolio teams on capital allocation strategies. Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following: Develop house views on the state of the global and U.S. CRE cycle by integrating top-down macroeconomic analysis with bottom-up asset and sector insights. Support investment committees with clear, defensible research narratives and data-backed conclusions. Interpret cross-asset signals (e.g., Treasuries, REITs, credit markets) to inform real estate allocation decisions. Maintain relative value frameworks between public and private as well as equity and debt. Author and present quarterly and...

What You'll Do: As a Relationship Manager at Principal Financial Group, you will play a role in driving revenue growth, retention, and economic improvements for our clients. Your primary responsibilities will include: Building and maintaining positive relationships with key advisors and clients to deliver tailored solutions. Conducting regular meetings with clients and advisors to demonstrate the outcomes generated by our services. Implementing strategies around plan design, services, investments, participant education, pricing, and compliance. Providing consultation and solution-based recommendations to help plan sponsors meet their objectives. Handling sensitive communications and negotiations to preserve favorable relationships and uphold Principal's interests. Bringing to bear your knowledge of products, industry trends, and investments to proactively differentiate Principal. Collaborating closely with internal partners to improve team collaboration while...

What You'll Do: As a Pension Calculation Automation Analyst I, you will get the opportunity to complete desktop tool coding primarily within Excel and Visual Basic – related to Defined Benefit (DB) calculation automation to drive pension customer experience, scalability, and mitigate risks for the organization. Use DB calculation experience to provide recommendations for improvements and automation. Serve as an expert for internal and external contacts by providing services and support around data, analytics, and calculation.   Responsible for analyzing, creating, and fixing defects within DB calculation desktop tools. Deliver the solution to the production environment and provide ongoing support for defects/fixes and internal improvements as necessary. Partner and support defined benefit plan onboarding team to assure that the calculation system can be set up according to specifications and request clarification as necessary when interpreting plan specifications....

What You'll Do: We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Retirement & Income Solutions (RIS) business. In this role, you’ll be an engineering lead providing architectural oversight for the modernization of our retirement recordkeeping platform by designing scalable solutions, guiding architectural decisions, and ensuring the successful delivery of mission-critical initiatives that shape the future of our retirement solutions. You'll have the opportunity to: Drive technological innovation by identifying strategic opportunities that deliver maximum business impact in our fast-paced environment Assess emerging technologies and provide guidance on technical direction, ensuring alignment with enterprise-wide strategic initiatives Create and maintain solution architecture artifacts, reference architectures, and technical roadmaps that guide implementation teams Partner with key stakeholders to transform business objectives into robust technical...

What You'll Do: Portfolio Analyst – Asset Allocation (Des Moines, Iowa)   Join our Principal Asset Allocation (“PAA”) Portfolio Management team supporting Target Date Funds. In this role, you’ll deliver investment forecasts, risk analytics, portfolio modeling, and research insights that help optimize portfolio positioning and performance.   Portfolio Construction: Support asset class research, risk modeling, scenario analysis, and efficient frontier work. Portfolio Analysis: Create reports that monitor key investment criteria, risk characteristics, and attribution trends. Provide insights and recommendations to the portfolio management team based on independent analysis Portfolio Trading: Support and execute trading functions that focus on tactical asset allocation and rebalancing efforts Portfolio Reporting: Communicate portfolio positioning, performance, sub‑advisor updates, and active risk drivers. Assist in preparing and publishing performance...

What You'll Do: We are looking for an Infrastructure Engineer I to join our Advisor Website Services team. You will work closely with business partners on issues related to our Advisor Website and other digital experiences.   Working closely with Advisors, staff and other business partners requires excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills. Maintaining high levels of service by assisting business partners cases/calls/requests. Tech aptitude is good but more about organization, strong problem-solving and big picture/conceptual skills, communication and service.   With guidance, learn, understand and support Principal systems and web applications to provide top service to our business partners. Understand how systems integrate with each other. Focus on growing as an engineer, learning existing tools, resources and processes. Ability to effectively deliver information in an understandable/appropriate manner between customers and engineers to resolve...

What You'll Do: In this multifaceted role, you will assist with internal sales efforts for Principal Securities by developing and implementing sales plans, activity reports, and presale/post sale advisor support. You’ll collaborate with marketing, product, and communications teams to align campaigns and support financial professional relationships while meeting internal sales targets. Key responsibilities include providing intermediaries with sales ideas, handling product inquiries, sharing performance data, identifying new opportunities, and supporting external wholesalers with territory management.        Initiate and follow up on sales calls to develop relationships with financial professionals, representing a diverse range of products including Mutual Funds, model portfolios, ETFs, SMAs, Index Funds, alternative investments, and retirement solutions.   Determine client requirements and offer sales suggestions, respond to product inquiries, deliver...

What You'll Do: We’re looking for an Analyst to join our Real Estate Equity Portfolio Management team. In this role, you will provide support to the U.S. Property Portfolio Team through performance analysis, reporting, modeling and data-driven insights to help inform investment and strategy level decisions. In addition, you will assist portfolio managers with client and consultant engagement by providing data-oriented insights and participation in external communication.   Portfolio Management: Develop knowledge of the assets within the portfolio, the strategy, and the broader real estate asset class. Reporting/Analytics: Prepare recurring portfolio, financial reports and presentations under guidance from senior staff. Assist in providing analytical insights on portfolio diversification, operating data, performance returns, attribution, and other asset/portfolio metrics. Ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of a diverse range of reporting deliverables. Support ad...

What You'll Do: We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer with HR Leader experience to join our WSRS technology team. In this role, you’ll be a key player and leader in strategically shaping our technological future from innovative customer experiences to robust core systems. We want your leadership skills and expertise in utilizing technology to drive operational efficiency and business growth. You will have the opportunity to:   Lead and mentor high-performing software engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions. Shape our technology strategy by collaborating across scrum teams to champion a unified and consistent approach to software engineering, ensuring efficiency and quality while pioneering the latest techniques. Lead the way in decision-making, providing the tools and data insights needed to ensure our systems continue to support critical business outcomes. Be the trailblazer who carves...

What You'll Do: We are seeking a Product Manager 1 to join our Defined Benefits Pension Plans team. In this role, you'll work with the product team to deliver valuable solutions for lower complexity products. You will support strategy execution, manage the product backlog, and collaborate across disciplines to achieve outcomes. Key Responsibilities: Product Strategy : Responsible for achieving the strategy as part of a product team(s) Product Discovery: Define business outcomes and requirements, find opportunities, and lead the team in ideating and running experiments. Prioritize work based on insights. Product Delivery: Ensure successful product delivery in collaboration with technology and business partners. Remove impediments, manage dependencies, and frequently release valuable product updates. Act as the product owner in SCRUM teams, leading story creation, prioritization, and acceptance. Product Assessment: Work with other Product...

What You'll Do: We’re looking for a Customer Experience Specialist 2 to join our Participant Contact Center (PCC)! In this role, you’ll educate and assist 401K participants by answering inbound phone inquiries about their retirement accounts and help them take action to prepare for retirement. Correspond with customers via inbound and outbound phone calls or additional channels and provide quality customer service. Handle complex product calls, emails or chats and resolves situations real-time while building foundational financial knowledge. Potential opportunity to secure your FINRA Series 6 license. This role will offer you the opportunity to work closely with Principal’s customers, solving problems, resolving issues, and helping to build their financial confidence.   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,...

What You'll Do: We're seeking a highly motivated counsel to join Principal’s corporate legal team. This role will support a broad range of corporate legal matters, with a focus on supporting mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and other strategic transactions as well as corporate secretarial and governance matters. This role will also serve as a corporate generalist, supporting evolving needs within the corporate legal team, which may include data privacy and security, technology and human resources. This position offers great exposure to sophisticated transactions and corporate operations, collaboration with senior in‑house attorneys and business leaders, and strong opportunities for professional growth within Principal’s Law, Compliance and Government Relations group.   Key Responsibilities Support the corporate transactions legal team across all stages of domestic and international M&A and other strategic transactions, including structuring, legal due diligence,...

What You'll Do: We're seeking a talented and motivated Tax Attorney with 5+ years of experience , including interest and experience in international tax matters , to join our legal team. This role will provide strategic tax advice impacting asset management, insurance, and related financial services businesses, support cross‑border business transactions, and ensure compliance with complex U.S. and international tax laws. The ideal candidate has a strong technical tax background, excellent judgment, and the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including finance, legal, and business units.     Key Responsibilities Advise on U.S. federal income tax matters, with an emphasis on international tax , including transfer pricing, Subpart F, NCTI, BEAT, foreign tax credits, tax treaty interpretation, and global structuring. Support international business operations, cross-border transactions, and foreign subsidiary governance, including advising...

What You'll Do: We’re looking for an experienced  Talent Acquisition Partner (aka Recruiter)  to lead full life cycle recruiting for Finance and Actuary roles in addition to a variety of operational roles across our organization. This role requires strong consultative skills, proven sourcing expertise, and the ability to partner closely with leaders to deliver high‑quality hiring outcomes in a fast‑moving, relationship‑driven environment.   This recruiter will serve as a trusted advisor to hiring leaders, driving thoughtful recruitment strategies while delivering an exceptional experience for both candidates and stakeholders.   Key responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:   Full Cycle Recruitment  Manage the end‑to‑end recruiting process, including sourcing, pipeline development, assessing talent, interviewing, and offer management.  Proactively build and maintain talent pipelines using a mix of traditional and innovative sourcing...

What You'll Do: The Principal Custody Solutions (PCS) Workflow team is hiring a Workflow Software Engineer to join their team!  This role builds and supports automation solutions, integrating with databases and APIs, and collaborates closely with delivery and partner teams with a focus on driving measurable improvements in quality and operational efficiency. Partner with business stakeholders to gather requirements and lead process and workflow design sessions Design, build, and test BPM workflows and automation solutions end to end Collaborate with the workflow team and other technical teams to ensure high-quality integrations and reliable solutions Monitor and maintain BPM platforms, including performance tuning, upgrades, and defect resolution Diagnose and resolve workflow or system issues while providing ongoing technical support Create and maintain documentation for workflows, processes, configurations, and standards   Operating at the...