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Principal Financial Group · 1 day ago

Assistant Director - Engineering, Digital Trust & Transparency

Des Moines, IA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$141K/yr - $191K/yr

8+ years exp

Principal Financial Group is seeking an Assistant Director of Engineering to join their Digital Trust & Transparency team, which focuses on enhancing enterprise customer experience through secure platforms. The role involves leading an engineering team, setting technical direction, and collaborating with various departments to implement privacy and regulatory requirements while ensuring product reliability and security.

Financial ServicesInsurance

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Own engineering strategy and delivery for Digital Trust & Transparency products; driving reliability, scalability, security, and observability

Build and mentor a high performing engineering team that delivers consistently through product mindset and agile principles

Operationalize privacy and regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR/CCPA/TCPA) via platform controls, audit trails, and versioning embedded in the lifecycle

Integrate across the enterprise to enforce consent states and propagate preferences across channels using event‑driven and API‑first patterns

Partner across Product, Marketing, Privacy, Legal, Security, and Data Governance to prioritize outcomes and align roadmaps to enterprise needs

Qualification

Technology leadershipData privacy frameworksCloud proficiencyDistributed systems architectureVendor managementAgile principlesCoaching team membersCollaboration skills

Required

Bachelor's degree (preference in a computer science, technology, engineering or math-related field) or equivalent experience

8+ years of enterprise-level technical experience, demonstrating progressive responsibility and impact

Formal people leadership experience, coaching team members on best engineering practices

Ability to work with multi-functional teams and collaborate with both IT and non-IT partners at all levels

Preferred

4+ years of technology leadership managing and mentoring direct reports; proven ability to build strong teams and a culture of accountability

Experience in working with third-party solutions, developing and managing integrations, and vendor management

Experience architecting distributed systems (APIs, microservices, eventing) with strong observability and SRE practices

Practical knowledge of data privacy and consent frameworks and vendors (OneTrust, PossibleNow, etc)

Cloud proficiency (AWS preferred) and modern DevOps tooling

Background in consent/preference platforms or customer protection notifications integrated with enterprise data ecosystems

Benefits

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.

Pension Eligible

Company

Principal Financial Group

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Principal Financial Group® is dedicated to improving the wealth and well-being of people and businesses around the world—helping more than 62M customers plan, protect, invest, and retire as of December 31, 2023.

Founded in 1879

Des Moines, Iowa, USA

10001+ employees