Assistant Director - Engineering, Mainframe Services

Principal Financial Group

Full-time other-general
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Location
Des Moines, IA, United States
Posted
June 18, 2026

Job Description

**What You'll Do**

Weโ€™re looking for an Assistant Director of Engineering to join our Information Services team. In this role, youโ€™ll lead the strategy and evolution of our mainframe platform while guiding an engineering team and vendor partners through a period of modernization and transformation.

**Youโ€™ll have the opportunity to**

+ Set strategic direction: Define and execute the long-term strategy and roadmap for our mainframe platform, including modernization and transformational efforts
+ Lead and inspire: Lead an infrastructure engineering team, setting direction, priorities, and clear accountability across a multi-layered global organization while coaching and developing engineering talent (both direct and matrixed), fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement across a global team
+ Drive alignment: Partner with business and technology leaders to align platform capabilities with enterprise priorities and evolving b...