Director of Engineering, AI Enablement

Principal Financial Group

Full-time other-general
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Location
Des Moines, IA, United States
Posted
July 04, 2026

Job Description

**What You'll Do**

Weโ€™re looking for a Director of Engineering to join our Enterprise AI Enablement team. In this role, youโ€™ll lead the strategy and execution of the common AI platforms that power AI across the entire company, shaping how teams build, scale, and deliver AI solutions at Principal.

**You'll have the opportunity to:**

+ Lead engineering teams focused on AI infrastructure, model operations, agent and platform enablement, and agent lifecycle capabilities (design, orchestration, deployment, and monitoring), driving clarity, alignment, and execution across a highly collaborative organization
+ Define and deliver the technical direction for enterprise AI platforms, including LLM, chatbot, and agent-based systems used by teams across Principal
+ Partner closely with product management to build and execute roadmaps that align to enterprise AI strategy and business priorities
+ Drive execution discipline and delivery outcomes within an experime...