Principal Financial Group · 2 days ago
Assistant Director of Engineering, Data Governance and Data Quality
Des Moines, IA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$141K/yr - $185K/yr
8+ years expPrincipal Financial Group is seeking an Assistant Director of Engineering to join their Enterprise Data & Analytics team. This role involves leading a multidisciplinary team to enhance data governance and quality initiatives, ensuring trusted data for decision-making and AI applications across the organization.
Financial ServicesInsurance
No H1B
Responsibilities
Lead and mentor high-performing data engineering, data governance analyst and data quality team members, encouraging a collaborative and innovative environment to deliver high-quality, scalable processes and solutions in alignment with the enterprise framework
Advance enterprise capabilities in metadata management, data cataloging, data lineage, and data quality, ensuring trusted, well-governed data for AI and analytics
Serve as a technical lead for data quality and governance products that are supported with a global team
Strengthen the organization’s data foundation by driving consistent data definitions, taxonomy, quality, and standards that enable scalable data sharing and AI maturity
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree (preference in a computer science, technology, engineering or math-related field) or equivalent experience
8+ years of relevant technical experience
Excellent leadership, problem solving, analytical, and decision making skills
Deep knowledge of data engineering, metadata management/data cataloging, data quality, AI, and master data management concepts
Skilled in collaborating with a variety of partners, including outside consultants and vendors, with ability to influence others without formal authority
Strong skills in communicating with all levels of the organization and easily translating complex topics for others to understand
Preferred
4+ years of leadership experience preferred
Experience with direct people leadership; passionate about developing others as well as continuing to learn and build your own skills
Experience with data quality and data catalog tooling
Ability to learn new systems and integration patterns, including cloud platforms
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
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.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Dan Houston
President and CEO
Liliana (Lil) Waters, CPA, FLMI
CFO – US Distribution
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