What are the responsibilities and job description for the Asst Director-Engineering (Hybrid) position at Principal Financial Group?
What You'll Do:
Here are few examples of the kinds of things you’ll do:
We’re looking for someone with:
We’re looking for an experienced Assistant Director of Engineering to join our Information Security and Risk team. In this role, you will focus on our Data Protection Program, helping to design, engineer and implement Data Security and Records Management solutions. As a key technical leader, you will coach and develop staff, guide technical decisions and ensure successful delivery of initiatives that protect our company and customer data.
Here are few examples of the kinds of things you’ll do:
- This position will work side-by-side Product Management, Architecture, Security Engineers and Analysts passionate about protecting and managing data through its lifecycle.
- Collaborate with Data Governance, Privacy, Legal and other internal business partners to achieve outcomes and meet our information security and legal/regulatory requirements.
- Develop and lead implementation of new capabilities and solutions that enable strategic data protection objectives, reduce risk and ensure compliance with policies, standards and regulations.
- Have responsibility for the development and implementation of new processes and procedures while ensuring existing ones are kept accurate and up to date.
- Drive strategy and prioritization of capabilities under your leadership.
- Leverage data and analytics to create metrics that demonstrate compliance and highlight risk.
- Build strong partnerships across enterprise teams. Garner support, trust, and engagement to proactively overcome barriers to stay product centric.
We’re looking for someone with:
- Bachelor's degree (preference in a computer science, technology, engineering or math-related field) or equivalent experience, plus 8 years of relevant experience; prefer 4 years of leadership experience.
- Experience in information security engineering with a focus on data security, data governance, data management or records retention preferred.
- Formal Leadership experience is required.
- Ability to lead, drive and influence projects requiring a high degree of enterprise collaboration.
- Excellent judgment, decision making skills, and the ability to work against aggressive timelines.
- Proven experience implementing frameworks, policies and standards that govern and secure data (examples - data discovery and classification frameworks, processes to support appropriate access controls, data lifecycle management, data handling standards and strategies).
- Excellent presentation skills in order to speak to a variety of audiences, including written and oral communication.
Additionally preferred technical experience:
- Experience optimizing and operationalizing programs, solutions and processes. Cloud experience – AWS preferred
- Data security and risk management processes and controls engineering - detections, analytics, security operations, architecture, identity & access management, risk assessment.
- Vendor Management Skills
Work Environments
This role offers in-office, hybrid (blending at least three office days in a typical workweek). 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 candidates 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 Global Investors 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.
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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): 12/3/2025 Latest Post Date: Careers - US: 12/3/2025Salary : $137,000 - $185,000