Director of Engineering, AI Enablement

Principal Financial Group
📍 Des Moines, IA, United States 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted July 01, 2026

Job Description

**What You'll Do**

We’re looking for a Director of Engineering to join our Enterprise AI Enablement team. In this role, you’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...

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Job Details

  • Location Des Moines, IA
  • Job Type Full-time
  • Category other-general
  • Posted Date July 01, 2026
  • Application Deadline July 06, 2026