What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT Asset Management - Team Leader position at Principal Financial Group?
What You'll Do
We are seeking a passionate and proven IT Asset Management Team Leader to join our team. This is an outstanding chance to guide a group of dedicated professionals managing Principal Financial Group's IT hardware and software assets. This role provides strategic oversight, people leadership, and cross‑functional partnership to ensure accurate asset tracking, compliance, and lifecycle management across the organization.
Who You Are
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 (Non-Exempt expressed as hourly; Exempt expressed as yearly)
$104400 - $187200 / year
Salary Details
The following locations are examples of market-specific salary ranges across different geographies.
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
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 or Charlotte, NC or Raleigh, NC). 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.
Original Posting Date
5/11/2026
Most Recently Posted Date
5/12/2026
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We are seeking a passionate and proven IT Asset Management Team Leader to join our team. This is an outstanding chance to guide a group of dedicated professionals managing Principal Financial Group's IT hardware and software assets. This role provides strategic oversight, people leadership, and cross‑functional partnership to ensure accurate asset tracking, compliance, and lifecycle management across the organization.
- Lead and develop the IT Asset Management function, providing direction, prioritization, and governance.
- Own the full lifecycle of IT assets ensuring accurate receipt, inventory, deployment, redeployment, and disposal.
- Ensure compliance with software licensing agreements and manage software entitlement and usage oversight.
- Partner with Finance, Legal, Security, and Risk teams to support audits, financial reconciliation, and risk mitigation.
- Oversee asset depreciation, inventory reconciliation, and reporting on financial usage, lifecycle, and trend data.
- Define requirements for asset management tooling and enforce workflow and compliance controls.
- Establish, maintain, and enforce asset management policies; communicate expectations across the organization.
- Consult on the impact of business changes (e.g., mergers, acquisitions, international expansion) on asset and licensing strategies.
- Drive continuous improvement and support special projects as needed.
Who You Are
- Associate's or bachelor's degree (preference in a computer science, technology, engineering or math-related field) and 6 years’ work experience or equivalent experience
- Demonstrated experience in IT Asset Management or a related area
- Experience with leadership and vendor relations management
- Strong understanding of software licensing and compliance, software and hardware contracts, software deployment, and infrastructure components and topology
- Ability to build and implement effective asset management policies and procedures
- Experience with hardware and software asset management tools such as ServiceNow Hardware Asset Management or Flexera One ITAM
- Experience managing teams and cross-team collaboration
- Strong financial acumen including expense, capitalization, depreciation, and useful life
- Experience with advanced functions within Excel including pivot tables, lookups, etc
- Familiarity with compliance controls (e.g. SOC2)
- Ability to analyze large data sets and find anomalies
- Experience with data sanitization
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 (Non-Exempt expressed as hourly; Exempt expressed as yearly)
$104400 - $187200 / year
Salary Details
The following locations are examples of market-specific salary ranges across different geographies.
- Wichita, KS: $104,400 - $140,400/ year
- Des Moines, IA: $116,000 - $156,000 / year
- Charlotte, NC: $116,000 - $156,000 / year
- Chicago/Minneapolis: $127,600 - $171,600 / year
- Los Angeles/New York City: $139,200 - $187,200 / year
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
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 or Charlotte, NC or Raleigh, NC). 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.
Original Posting Date
5/11/2026
Most Recently Posted Date
5/12/2026
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Salary : $104,400 - $187,200