Job Description

What You'll Do:

We’re looking for an HR , Employee Experience, Listening and Talent Frameworks  lead to join our HR team—someone who is energized by designing worldclass talent experiences and passionate about turning employee insights into meaningful action. In this role, you’ll lead the strategy and execution of employee experience programs, enterprise listening strategies and talent frameworks. Your work will directly influence how employees grow, connect, and thrive at Principal. You'll partner across HR, the business, centers of expertise global locations to ensure talent programming, especially onboarding, orientation, and knowledge management—is cohesive, scalable, and continuously informed by what employees tell us they need most. This is a high impact, highly collaborative role that blends expertise, innovation, and people leadership to elevate Principal’s talent strategy and strengthen our culture of growth, inclusion, and engagement.

You'll have the opportunity to:

Lead Enterprise Employee Listening Strategy

• Oversee the enterprise listening strategy, made actionable via employee surveys, pulse checks, and qualitative listening methods
• Build clear feedback loops that translate employee insights into meaningful action
• Align insights to evolve talent programming and employee experience design

Drive Employee Experience Strategy & Execution

• Oversee onboarding, orientation, and ongoing experience touchpoints
• Partner closely with HR Operations, Marketing and Technology teams to ensure seamless, employee-centered experiences
• Partner with Talent team to ensure platforms, MSS and ESS deliver employee-centered experiences

Design & Advance Enterprise Talent Frameworks

• Partner with Talent & Learning Development team, HRBPs, and leaders across the business to design, evolve, and embed enterprise talent frameworks and best practices
• Ensure cohesion across all stages of the talent lifecycle—from onboarding to development to succession

Advance  Talent Knowledge Management

• Ensure talent frameworks, programs, and expectations are easy for leaders and employees to access, understand, and use

Lead & Develop a High-Performing Team

• Manage a small team of employee experience and listening professionals
• Set clear priorities, build capability, and model disciplined execution

Turn Insights into Strategy

• Translate qualitative and quantitative listening insights into prioritized, actionable recommendations
• Influence talent investment decisions and enterprise roadmap development

Governance & Continuous Improvement

• Establish rhythms, measurement practices, and accountability structures that keep talent practices evolving and improving
• Ensure all talent solutions are scalable, inclusive, and aligned to the culture we strive to build

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:

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Organizational Development, Business, or related field; advanced degree preferred
• 8+ years of progressive experience across the talent ecosystem (talent strategy, performance, development, succession planning, employee experience, orientation, and insights)
• Deep expertise in designing integrated, enterprise level talent frameworks
• Demonstrated success building employee listening strategies that drive real change
• Ability to translate insights into clear recommendations and measurable outcomes
• Proven people leader skilled in coaching and influencing in a matrixed environment
• Strong executive presence and stakeholder management with excellent analytical, technical, and communication skills

How Success Will Be Measured

• A well governed, continuously improving employee listening strategy
• Clear alignment between employee feedback and enhancements to talent programming
• Consistent adoption and use of talent frameworks and employee experience programs
• Positive trends in employee and leader feedback on framework effectiveness
• Measurable improvements in key employee experience indicators—such as engagement, inclusion, enablement, and trust
• A seamless, modernized onboarding and orientation experience

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: $127000 - $171000 / 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 Additional Information:

Work Environments

This role offers in-office, hybrid (blending at least three office days in a typical workweek), and remote work arrangements (only if residing more than 30 miles from Des Moines, IA.). Strong preference for this role based in Des Moines, IA. You’ll work with your leader to figure out which option may align best based on several factors.

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. Date First Posted (TTF): 1/21/2026 Latest Post Date: Careers - US: 1/21/2026

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Permanent employment, Full time, Temporary work, Work experience placement, H1b, Work at office, Remote work, Flexible hours,

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