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Principal Financial Group · United States

# Lead Marketing Strategist

United States Full-time Manager or lead Marketing 

Listed on Principal Financial Group’s official careers site. Posted November 3, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there.
[Apply on Principal Financial Group’s careers site →](https://careers-principal.icims.com/jobs/53952/login)

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## Job description

### What You'll Do

As a Lead Marketing Strategist, you'll connect customer needs, market insights, and business priorities to develop messaging and content strategies that help audiences understand complex products and solutions. You'll partner across marketing and the business to understand our audiences, develop positioning and messaging, and turn complex ideas into clear, relevant stories. You'll then help bring those stories to life through content and go-to-market initiatives.

You'll also apply customer, competitive, and market insights to strengthen how solutions are positioned and identify opportunities to evolve our marketing.

### What you’ll do

Develop positioning, messaging, and content strategies grounded in customer needs, market insights, and business priorities. Translate complex products, solutions, and concepts into clear and compelling audience-focused stories. Partner across marketing and the business to understand audiences and align stakeholders around strategic direction and messaging. Apply customer, competitive, and market research to inform marketing strategies and identify opportunities.

Partner with creative teams to translate strategy into effective content. Lead through influence, bringing stakeholders together around clear strategies, priorities, and messages. Manage complex projects and competing priorities while maintaining strategic focus. Look for new and innovative approaches to marketing, including thoughtful opportunities to apply AI where it can improve the work.

### Who You Are

A bachelor's degree (BS or BA) or equivalent. 10+ years of related marketing experience resulting in advanced knowledge of the marketing profession and modern marketing strategies. Demonstrated experience building and implementing strategic marketing programs that deliver strong results. Experience developing positioning, messaging, and content strategies for complex products, solutions, or audiences. Ability to translate data and analytics into meaningful implications and actionable marketing strategies.

Advanced strategic and critical thinking skills, with the ability to connect customer needs, market insights, and business priorities. Strong ability to simplify technical or complex information and turn it into compelling, audience-focused stories. Strong influence and informal leadership skills, with the ability to bring stakeholders together around a clear strategy and consistent message. Thorough understanding of the customer journey, competitive landscape, market opportunities, and customer experience.

Experience partnering across teams, including with creative teams or agencies, to bring strategies and stories to life. Ability to manage complex initiatives, competing priorities, and deadlines. Preferred experience Experience within financial services, retirement, asset management, or another complex industry. How you'll make an impact Success in this role requires equal parts curiosity, strategic thinking, storytelling, and collaboration.

You'll help teams understand both what we need to say and why it matters to the customer, creating stronger connections between customer insight, business strategy, and the stories we take to market. Salary Range Information 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) $127000 - $171000 / year Time Off Program 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 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 11/3/2026 Most Recently Posted Date 11/3/2026 Principal uses artificial intelligence tools to assist in reviewing and evaluating job applications, fraud prevention, and candidate matching and comparisons.

These AI tools support our human recruiters in the initial review process but do not make final hiring decisions without human involvement. By submitting your application, you acknowledge this use of AI in our recruitment process. Please review our Workforce (U.S.) Privacy Notice for more details on our practices and your data privacy rights. LinkedIn Remote Hashtag #LI-Remote

## At a glance
- Posted by the employer: Nov 3, 2026
- First seen by OpenNash: Nov 7, 2026
- Last checked: Nov 7, 2026
- Listed for: 4 days
- Location: United States
- Employment type: Full-time[Apply on Principal Financial Group’s careers site →](https://careers-principal.icims.com/jobs/53952/login)

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