23 executive jobs found in Des Moines, IA

What You'll Do: We’re looking for an Executive Assistant to join the Global Operations Support team! In this role, you’ll support & partner with executive leadership within Principal Asset Management.    Strategic calendar management - Independently and proactively manage all aspects of schedules and make decisions on priority on their behalf. Respond to invitations and requests while negotiating with others to find the best date/time options. Independent and proactive meeting management/coordination. Attend meetings, facilitate communications on behalf of the person(s) being supported to the department or team.  Assist with Principal Global Investors Trust Company board meeting planning and logistics. Advanced inbox management – Tracking deadlines and responses. Responding to emails on behalf of in their voice. Articulate opinions while connecting multiple channels of information/communications together to make assessments and assist in prioritizing information...

What You'll Do: We are hiring for an Associate Actuary or Assistant Financial Director in Treasury on the Capital Management and Reporting team. You’ll play a critical leadership role in shaping Principal’s capital deployment, management, and strategy. You’ll provide technical expertise, strategic insights, and forward‑looking analysis to help steward the financial strength of the enterprise. In this role, you will influence capital decisions across business segments, guide executive leadership on capital positioning, and own the development and communication of key capital metrics. Key Responsibilities Lead enterprise capital reporting and analysis , serving as the authoritative source for understanding capital positions across entities and at the total‑company level. Provide strategic guidance to the CFO and Treasurer on both short‑ and long‑term capital positioning, offering recommendations and actions that directly influence financials, shareholder perception...

What You'll Do: As a Director - OCIO Investor Solutions at Principal Financial Group, you will play a pivotal role in driving the commercial success of our Principal Asset Management offerings. You will develop and implement growth strategies for internal and external clients across institutional, retirement, high-net-worth, and retail market segments on a global scale. This is your chance to be an OCIO subject matter expert, improving awareness and confidence in our capabilities! Here are a few examples of the types of tasks you’ll handle: Promote proactive awareness and understanding of Principal’s OCIO capabilities, including Principal Asset Management, DB plans, NQ plans, and custody and administration services. Work closely with distribution, product, and marketing partners to provide tailored investment solutions and relationship management services. Develop and complete go-to-market strategies targeting new markets, such as DB mega-large case market, NQ, and...

About Kuvare Kuvare is on a mission to serve hardworking consumers overwhelmed by the complexities of retirement and is built from the ground up to do so. Our unified financial hub protects the retirement of everyday Americans and the distributors, carriers and investors that serve them. We create life insurance and annuity products that protect consumers’ retirements, and are simplified for distributor partners and financial professionals to sell and service. Kuvare family of companies: Retail Annuity and Life Insurance Solutions: - United Life Insurance Company - Guaranty Income Life Insurance Company - Lincoln Benefit Life Institutional Insurance: - Kuvare Life Re Bespoke Insurance Solutions: - Ignite Partners About the role Actuarial Directors are part of the Actuarial team.  The team covers an array of specialties including Pricing and Product Development, Life and Annuity Valuation, Modeling and Forecasting, Product Management, Asset...

What You'll Do: We’re looking for an Assistant Director join our Product Management team! In this role you'll lead the product management function across the Defined Benefit and Pension Risk Transfer product family. They are accountable for performance and health of the products and the PMs who form the product management team. They evangelize the customer and product mindset and seek to integrate and promote clarity. They are responsible for coaching, mentoring, and providing holistic strategic direction to the product staff. They are a peer and critical partner with Senior leaders of disciplines like engineering, experience, and various business and technical functions.   You'll have the opportunity to: Product Strategy: Guides and defines product strategies for our DB and PRT product family (a set of products which deliver against a shared strategic or business-critical outcome). Deep understanding of, and solutioning for, the end-to-end product experience....

What You'll Do: We’re looking for a Corporate Strategy & Development Director to join our Corporate Strategy and Development team! In this role you'll direct and  gu ide strategy planning and development efforts for the organization in order to contribute to the growth and profitability of the business. In consultation with other department leaders, work with executive management of the company and business unit management to turn strategic ideas into actionable operational plans to ensure successful execution of the strategy. Contribute to the continued profitable operations, growth, and overall success of the company by (1) providing strategic insights, technical expertise, and fact-based recommendations to the CEO, CFO, CRO, CGO and business units’ senior management and (2) executing related transactions involving strategic partnerships, financing, mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and capital management. Collaborate and utilize an agile approach to integrate potential...

What You'll Do: We're seeking a Director of Enterprise Architecture: Data and Analytics to drive our organization's data vision and technical strategy. This role will be instrumental in leading and establishing a consistent, efficient, and comprehensive foundation for data and analytics capabilities within our Retirement and Income Solutions division. Here are some examples of the kinds of things you’ll do: Work with business and IT leaders : help formulate enterprise data architecture strategies to align with company’s business strategies and priorities. Lead Strategy to Execution : of enterprise-wide data architecture strategies aligned with business objectives Engage in Enterprise Architecture Practice:  Partner with enterprise architect peers to build and lead the execution of enterprise architecture strategy with focus on the Data Domain. Deliver Enterprise Data Architecture : Create strategic architecture data standards, guidelines, principles, and...

What You'll Do: We’re seeking a Director, Private Credit – Asset-Backed Finance (ABF) to play a senior role within our Investment Grade Private Credit platform. This individual will be a key contributor to the execution, structuring, and ongoing management of investment-grade private asset-backed finance investments across a broad range of industries and asset types. This role is execution-focused, not origination-driven. You’ll be responsible for implementing sourced opportunities into capital-efficient, regulatory-aligned structured investments, including ABS, ABL, ABF, CLO, and other structured credit strategies—primarily for insurance and long-duration capital.   Additional Responsibilities: You will work across both new and existing transactions spanning sectors such as fund finance, consumer and commercial ABF, mortgage and CRE, and emerging esoteric asset classes.   Key responsibilities include: Leading due diligence and credit underwriting for structured...

What You'll Do: We’re adding a newly created leadership role within Asset Management to help drive the strategy, governance, and growth of our Collective Investment Trust (CIT) platform — a fast-growing and increasingly important part of our retirement business.   With in-house trust capabilities, our CIT platform offers differentiated flexibility across product design, fiduciary governance, and distribution. This role sits at the center of investments, trust governance, and distribution, ensuring the CIT business scales strategically while maintaining strong fiduciary and risk standards.   This is a highly cross-functional role at the intersection of strategy, product, retirement markets, and fiduciary oversight.   CIT Strategy, Product & Commercial Alignment Help shape the strategy and evolution of the CIT platform within the retirement channel Partner with investment teams on the design, launch, and ongoing management of CIT strategies Evaluate...

What You'll Do: We’re looking for Commercial Real Estate interns to join our Principal Real Estate team for an extended internship/co-op for January - August 2027. In this role, you’ll have exposure to many areas of Commercial Real Estate (CRE) while working specifically on one of the teams mentioned below. In this fast paced, constantly evolving environment, you will play a critical role in supporting your team, which is not only exciting, but the best way to learn. Principal Real Estate teams seeking interns: Private Debt Originations Asset Management/Ops Dedicated Private Equity Team Through our comprehensive training program, you will acquire valuable industry knowledge while receiving tailored development opportunities preparing you for future advancement.   Principal Real Estate, a top-10 global real estate manager with around $100Billion in assets under management, is the dedicated real estate investment group within Principal Asset Management. With...

Job Details Description Pella Regional Health Center is seeking an experienced and strategic Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to join our executive leadership team. Working under the direction of the Chief Executive Officer, the CFO is responsible for the overall financial management and fiscal integrity of the organization while providing leadership oversight for multiple operational departments. The CFO has responsibility for Finance, Business Office, Health Information Management, Materials Management, Compliance, Human Resources, Education, and Nutritional Services. This role plays a critical part in aligning financial strategy with organizational goals, ensuring regulatory compliance, and supporting sustainable growth. As a key member of the administrative team, the CFO collaborates closely with executive leadership, the Board of Trustees, and department leaders to guide strategic decision-making, operational efficiency, and long-term planning. The CFO provides...

What You'll Do: Are you passionate about Customer Experience (CX) and eager to shape how thousands of customers interact with a purpose‑driven financial services organization?   As a Senior CX Strategist , you provide strategic leadership to drive customer experience initiatives by translating vision into measurable business outcomes. You will partner closely with our servicing experiences across digital, phone, and account operations channels to understand customer needs, uncover opportunities, and design experiences that elevate satisfaction, streamline operations, and strengthen customer loyalty. Our team is dedicated to deeply understanding the customer journey using diverse data sources across audiences, channels, and key moments of truth. We deliver actionable insights that enhance interactions and measure impact through customer experience, financial, and operational metrics.   Key Responsibilities Strategic Leadership & Program Delivery Lead...

What You'll Do: Are you energized by creating memorable event experiences that bring teams, clients, and partners together? Do you love managing details, building relationships, and delivering polished, high‑impact programs that drive business results?   We are looking for an experienced Events Strategist to support our Sales organization within Principal’s Retirement & Income Solutions (RIS) business. In this role, you’ll play a vital part in bringing our brand to life by planning and executing exceptional events that strengthen and support our sales strategy.   If you thrive in a fast‑paced environment, enjoy owning projects from concept to completion, and are committed to flawless execution—we’d love to have you on our team.   What You’ll Do   Event Design & Execution Partner with internal stakeholders to develop annual event strategies, ensuring alignment with brand, sales priorities, and compliance standards. Manage all logistical...

What You'll Do: We're looking for a Strategic Portfolio Manager to join our enterprise IT management area leading the Information Security Risk (ISR) portfolio. In this role, you'll partner with portfolio leaders, IT teams, and enterprise stakeholders to influence and ensure the ISR portfolio is in alignment with enterprise strategy. This includes setting clear priorities, manage dependencies, and lead effective trade-off decisions to optimize business outcomes within resource constraints. You'll serve as a trusted collaborator and advisor to the portfolio leadership team, share, communicate and promote the portfolio vision to ensure visibility of products/services across the enterprise, foster change leadership consensus to continuously improve portfolio management outcomes, and leverage effective portfolio management tools and techniques which complement the operating model. You’ll have a focus on: Execution of Strategy - Ensure alignment of the ISR portfolio to...

Project Manager - Water Stanley Consultants is an award-winning and industry-leading global consulting engineering firm, with an unmatched commitment to culture, values, and ethics. We are dedicated to client experience and solve the most complex challenges to create a sustainable, connected, and enriched world for all. As the world changes, Stanley strategically evolves with it, integrating the latest technology, innovation, and resiliency practices. With over a century of experience serving the energy, federal government, transportation, and water sectors, we have helped improve lives and shape the infrastructure systems that connect us. As an employee-owned organization with a People First approach, we stand apart from other engineering consulting and services firms. At Stanley, your voice counts, your growth matters, and your success is our success. Stanley Consultants offers flexible work options, competitive pay and great benefits, a strong sense of community, and...

Description: Power Distribution and Make Ready Designer Overhead Utility Pole Design • Joint-Use Engineering • NESC-Compliant Make-Ready Work Location: Des Moines, IA (Remote) Are you an experienced Power Distribution Designer or Make-Ready Designer looking to support meaningful utility engineering projects? Join a team that values accuracy , collaboration , and long-term professional growth . ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY We are seeking skilled Make-Ready Designers (primary focus) and Power Distribution Designers to support engineering programs for major electric and telecom utilities. Ideal candidates bring demonstrated experience in overhead utility pole design , NESC application , clearance assessment , pole loading analysis , and construction package development . Useful design platforms include DDS , Katapult , O-Calc , GIS , MicroStation , AutoCAD , or client-specific drafting systems. In this role, you will review field/walkout data...

Senior Project Controls Specialist Stanley Consultants is an award-winning and industry-leading global consulting engineering firm, with an unmatched commitment to culture, values, and ethics. We are dedicated to client experience and solve the most complex challenges to create a sustainable, connected, and enriched world for all. As the world changes, Stanley strategically evolves with it, integrating the latest technology, innovation, and resiliency practices. With over a century of experience serving the energy, federal government, transportation, and water sectors, we have helped improve lives and shape the infrastructure systems that connect us. As an employee-owned organization with a People First approach, we stand apart from other engineering consulting and services firms. At Stanley, your voice counts, your growth matters, and your success is our success. Stanley Consultants offers flexible work options, competitive pay and great benefits, a strong sense of...

What You'll Do: We’re looking for an HR Business Partner to join our Principal Asset Management team. In this role, you’ll bring your expertise in strategic Human Resources and leverage deep business acumen and human resources expertise to serve as a strategic HR Business Partner to assigned leaders, advising on the people and organizational implications of business strategy. You'll anticipate and translate enterprise and business priorities into integrated talent, culture, organization design and workforce solutions; influences decision-making as a member of leadership teams; and aligns human capital strategy to drive performance, engagement and sustainable results. Your passion for people's strategy will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of talent at Principal. As an HR Business Partner within our dynamic and matrixed enterprise, you’ll serve as a strategic advisor and catalyst for growth aligning talent solutions with ambitious business goals. As a key member of both the...

What You'll Do: Join our Global Sourcing team and play a central role in shaping how we deliver value across the enterprise. This role sits at the intersection of strategic sourcing, investment data, and stakeholder partnership, supporting critical business, technology, and investment outcomes.   As a Sourcing Consultant focused on Market Data, you will help drive the sourcing, governance, and lifecycle management of complex third‑party data relationships. You’ll partner closely with internal leaders and external providers to balance innovation, risk, commercial rigor, and long‑term value. This role is ideal for someone who brings strong self‑awareness, a high degree of personal accountability, openness to feedback and learning, and the ability to build trust with diverse stakeholders   Strategic Sourcing & Category Management Partner with internal business, investment, technology, legal, compliance, and finance leaders to deliver best‑in‑class market data...

What You'll Do: We’re looking for an Investment Manager - Capital Markets to join our Commercial Real Estate Private Equity Real Estate team. In this role, you’ll be responsible for sourcing, coordinating and implementing secured and unsecured financing arrangements in real estate investments managed by Principal Real Estate Investors!   Relationship management of external lending relationships and execution of these financing arrangements Strategy consultant with Portfolio Management in determining the best financing execution for their properties and portfolio Execute the determined financing strategy (including preparation, sourcing, negotiation and documentation of various debt structures). Conduct ongoing research of pricing trends, loan documentation and related developments with lenders and institutional investors About Principal Asset Management   Principal Real Estate, a top-10 global real estate manager with approximately $100B in assets under...